Curtis M. Wong is a Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost. He has written for Billboard, The Prague Post, Passport Magazine, The Hartford Courant, Business Insurance Weekly, Abu Dhabi's The National and Ohio's Akron Jewish News, among other publications.
,” which ran from 2009 to 2015. Though his character was shown to be grappling with his queer sexuality throughout many of the musical series’ early episodes, Colfer said he was warned that revealing he was gay in real life would be detrimental to his Hollywood career.“When I read the script for the first time is when I saw it was an openly gay character, and I was terrified,” Colfer recalledthis week.
As buzz about the show began ramping up, however, Colfer understood that hiding his true self would become more of a challenge. “I also told them, ‘I can’t hide it with my voice … I’m more effeminate than most people. I can’t hide it,’” he explained. “And they said, ‘Don’t worry. As long as you never address it, you’ll be rewarded for it in the end.’”while appearing on “Chelsea Lately” in 2009, shortly after the premiere of “Glee” that same year. He said he made the decision to go against the advice of his handlers after a chance encounter with a young fan at an event.
“This little boy secretly slid me an envelope when his parents weren’t looking, and I opened it up and it was a little note that said, ‘Thank you,’” he said. “And there was a little paperclip chain that was the colors of the rainbow, and in that moment, I knew I have to come out.” He went on to note: “At the time, I was thinking, ‘If I’m an openly gay actor, I may never win a major award, I may never get to play a superhero.’ But I think being a beacon of positivity and providing that comfort for people is way more important than attention.”including homophobia, transphobia, same-sex marriage and parenting.
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