Van Hansis, former As The World Turns star, on his career, and being part of the first gay male kiss on an American soap opera:
“When you’re an actor, to get a recurring role a soap opera—that was kind of my first on-camera professional job—I was not in any place to turn anything down. Luke was such a rich character and such a wonderful experience I ended up having for five years. It was a blessing. Back when I started with Luke, and it being my first thing, a lot of people who were telling me, ‘Don’t come out publicly’ … back then, it was a different world, sort of. It was not like it is today, especially for an actor. If you come out gay, you’re only going to play gay for the rest of your life. [However] in retrospective, I wish I had come out earlier publicly, but I was out in my private life. Even to this day I keep my private life pretty private. I do social media, but I don’t do it a lot. I really try to choose what I put out there about my life because even though I have a public career, I am a private person. I want to stay that way.”
I think he paved the way for a lot of young men, and women, to come out, after seeing themselves on television for the first time. And while ‘ Luke’ came out in 2007, Hansis waited until 2014 to officially come out to his fans during an interview about “EastSiders.”
Still, it’s not when you come out, it’s that you come out.
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My father traveled a lot for work. I never got to go...
ReplyDeleteSpeedy recovery for your father. Now, let's talk about business. Where is the sign-up sheet for Carlos? I do not do nights. We can all pitch in and you will have one less thing to worry about. Just think the stories you will have about Carlos when you get home. We all know he is a handful and high maintenance :). Also, this might be a learning opportunity to spice up your marriage. Facetime and other face to face communications are not just for talking. Just sayin! Wink! Wink!
ReplyDeleteAlexandria is awesome. And sharp! She does her reading. They’re scared of her.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Alphonso! Abouttime!
And Judd Deere is the kind of gay that never, under any circumstances should get ANY dick. None. That’s the price homocons should pay for being spineless opportunistic cunts.
Hope your dad recovers soon!
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I second sixpence; gay + rethug = self-loathing masochist. I don't know how the fuck they live with themselves.
ReplyDeleteAOC rocks!
"...the first civil rights lawyer and first person of color to serve as President of the Human Rights Campaign, [HRC]"
ReplyDeleteI imagine everyone's focusing on him being the first person of color, but he's also the first civil rights lawyer to head the organization? I was under the impression that HRC IS a civil rights organization (albeit one that specializes.) You'd think a civil rights lawyer would have headed by now.
Anyway, congratulations to Alphonso David.
If one really believes that Islam is going to take over the western world, as has been expressed on this blog, then what does arguing or debating these topics matter anyway ? One should just try to enjoy ones life and ones sexuality, as best as one can, until it happens.
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