Zach Braff Not Gay - Donald Faison Devastated

The message above was posted today to an inactive website belonging to Zach Braff - announcing that Zach had come out of the closet.

But Braff, via Facebook, said it was the work of a hacker:

 "My old website got hacked. Someone issued a 'coming out' statement on my behalf. I'm still straight and in love with my girlfriend. But not too straight; I still love musicals, brunch and Doogie Howser."

I certainly hope Donald Faison doesn't find out about this whole "Zach Braff is straight" thing - it would probably kill him...

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National Coming Out Day - October 11

This was first posted on October 11, 2009 and is being reposted today, in honor of National Coming Out Day...

National Coming Out Day is an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussion about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. It is observed on October 11 every year - and it began in 1988.

I was attending Penn State (and was in the closet) in the late 1980's - and I HATED "Coming Out Day". I was having on-the-sly sex with guys - but I only hung out with "straight" people (although a couple of those "straight" guys turned out to be as straight as I was). Hell, I even had a serious girlfriend for a while. So when those brave, openly-gay kids wore their Keith Haring National Coming Out Day T-shirts every October 11, it made me extremely uncomfortable. Especially since I "knew" a few of those kids (cough, cough) - but I didn't want my straight friends to find out.


After college, I moved back home to Central Pennsylvania and came out to everyone except my parents - although they definitely knew. Then, a couple of years after moving back home, I decided to move to NYC - just like hundreds of thousands of young gay people before me. I didn't want to be an actor, or a writer, or a fashion designer - and just wanted to live in NYC and be gay.

It's funny, I think I am probably among the last generations which found it necessary to move to a big city to "be gay". It seems that more and more, due to the internet and increased acceptance, kids don't automatically think they have to move to NYC or San Francisco if they happen to be gay. They can be gay in Allentown or Albany now if they want to. I'm not saying we don't have a long way to go - but you seem to find fewer people moving to cities these days for the reasons I did.

And after I moved to NYC, I finally came out to my parents ... via LETTER. Yes, I totally wussed out. And of course both of my parents were just as wonderful as they could be. But most surprisingly, both of them wrote me return letters which didn't contain the word "Duh!".

So, Happy Coming Out Day everyone! Feel free to share your coming out stories in the comments.

Keith Hamilton Cobb Is Gay ???

Actor Keith Hamilton Cobb - who appeared in All My Children, Andromeda, and Noah's Arc, has made it official - he is gay. [UPDATED: See bottom of this post]

Relaxing backstage at the Red Bull Theater in New York City, actor Keith Hamilton Cobb is adamant; “I never denied I was Gay,” he says.

Possibly best known for the super macho Tyr Anasazi on the sci-fi series ‘Andromeda’, Cobb was blase. “I mean I’m nearly fifty, never was linked with a woman. The few ‘red carpet’ affairs I attended were set up by the studio; an obvious set up. This can’t be a surprise.”

Thanks to Wonder Man for the heads-up.

UPDATE #1: "Messenger1" left the following comment today ...

Sorry for being the barer of bad news Everyone, but the "article/interview" originally posted at Socyberty.com outing Mr Cobb turned out to be a colossal FAKE!!

It has now being removed from the site and its author has even changed their online name, possibly to escape a lawsuit by the actor.

I found Mr. Cobb an absolutely beautiful man from the first time I laid eyes on him, but never had ANY incline of him being gay...looks like my gaydar was right all along. DRATZ!!!!!

The link to the original story is indeed no longer working - so now I'm confused. Did he say it or not??? How do we know this was a fake quote?? Anybody have more information??? Feel free to leave it in the comments section and I promise to investigate.


UPDATE #2: Thanks to another commenter - Jaye - who pointed out that the link is working again, but all the comments on that post have been removed.

So the mystery continues ?? ...

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Meredith Baxter Has a Big Case of "Teh Gay"

Holy moly - Meredith Baxter announced that she is a lesbian! I don't know why this is so shocking to me - but for some reason, it is.

Baxter decided to come out publicly after the National Enquirer ran pictures of her and her partner of four years on a lesbian cruise. Family Ties indeed!! BTW - what is it with lesbians and boats?!? Just askin'...

Anywhore - Meredith, who has been married (to men) three times and has five grown children, figured out she liked gals about 7 years ago. Baxter has been "out" to her friends and family for a while, but wanted to announce it publicly on her terms - instead of letting the tabloids do it for her.

Read her story in The Advocate HERE.

National Coming Out Day - October 11

National Coming Out Day is an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussion about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. It is observed on October 11 every year - and it began in 1988.

I was attending Penn State (and was in the closet) in the late 1980's - and I HATED "Coming Out Day". I was having on-the-sly sex with guys - but I only hung out with "straight" people (although a couple of those "straight" guys turned out to be as straight as I was). Hell, I even had a serious girlfriend for a while. So when those brave, openly-gay kids wore their Keith Haring National Coming Out Day T-shirts every October 11, it made me extremely uncomfortable. Especially since I "knew" a few of those kids (cough, cough) - but I didn't want my straight friends to find out.


After college, I moved back home to Central Pennsylvania and came out to everyone except my parents - although they definitely knew. Then, a couple of years after moving back home, I decided to move to NYC - just like hundreds of thousands of young gay people before me. I didn't want to be an actor, or a writer, or a fashion designer - and just wanted to live in NYC and be gay.

It's funny, I think I am probably among the last generations which found it necessary to move to a big city to "be gay". It seems that more and more, due to the internet and increased acceptance, kids don't automatically think they have to move to NYC or San Francisco if they happen to be gay. They can be gay in Allentown or Albany now if they want to. I'm not saying we don't have a long way to go - but you seem to find fewer people moving to cities these days for the reasons I did.

And after I moved to NYC, I finally came out to my parents ... via LETTER. Yes, I totally wussed out. And of course both of my parents were just as wonderful as they could be. But most surprisingly, both of them wrote me return letters which didn't contain the word "Duh!".

So, Happy Coming Out Day everyone! Feel free to share your coming out stories in the comments.

BREAKING: Wanda Sykes Comes Out

Wanda Sykes, who was already semi-out, made it official today at an anti Prop 8 rally.

From The New York Times:

In Las Vegas, the comedian Wanda Sykes surprised a crowd of more than 1,000 rallying outside a gay community center by announcing that she is gay and had wed her wife in California on Oct. 25. Ms. Sykes, who divorced her husband of seven years in 1998, had never publicly discussed her sexual orientation but said the passage of Proposition 8 had propelled her to be open about it.

“I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked — our community was attacked,” she told the crowd.

I LOVE Wanda, and I'm glad she has officially joined The Family.