David Testo, a 30-year-old former MVP for the Montreal Impact soccer team, came out in an interview with CBC Radio Canada.
"I’m gay, I’m gay. I did not choose. It’s just part of who I am. And it has nothing to do with the talent of a soccer player. You can be both an excellent soccer player and being gay," Testo said this week. "I really regret not having said publicly earlier. I fought with it all my life, my whole career. Living the life of a professional athlete and being gay is incredibly difficult ... It saps all your energy to you, in addition to having to perform, having to play."
A native of North Carolina, Testo started his professional soccer career playing for the Columbus Crew in the MLS League. He moved to the Montreal Impact in 2007 and was named its most valuable player two years ago. Though the public was in the dark about Testo's orientation, he says his family, friends, and even teammates knew.
So let's explore more about Nick from Sean Cody.
This story went public but was soon quieted down online.
Why did that happen? And why no comment from Ms. Lang?
So heres the rundown on Jeremy aka Nick on Sean Cody:
He is the son of Katherine Kelly Lang from TV's BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.
He is adorable.
He is handsome.
He has a great body.
He has a juicy cock.
AND....he is a great bottom!!
The captain of the Welsh rugby team, the Old Redcliffians, came out as gay after a potential suitor he met said he couldn't date someone who was closeted.
Jed Hooper, 22, told theEvening Post that the encounter was the catalyst for his big announcement.
"Before that, I think I had already told about ten friends and their reaction was very positive so that gave me an inkling of what might happen," he said. "And I also thought if the crap really hits the fan then at least there are ten people on my side!"
Hooper texted his contacts and also made the announcement on his Facebook page. After, he said, "I then cried my eyes out as I was thinking to myself 'What have you done?,' but very quickly I must have had 40 replies and all of them were positive."
Hooper, who plays the position of back row forward, then consulted the team's chairman, Ray Massey.
"I said that if the club doesn't want a gay man as its figurehead I would understand and step down," Hooper said. "But he was brilliant and said 'you're our captain and this doesn't change anything'. That support was massive to me."
The news comes after another star of Welsh rugby, Gareth Thomas announced his retirement this week. Thomas said he could no longer commit all of his time to the sport, but a film is still in the works, shepherded by American actor Mickey Rourke.
Congratulations to "The Playboy Club" actor Sean Maher, who on Monday publicly announced that he is gay.
In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly," the actor best known for playing Dr. Simon Tam in he beloved sci-fi series “Firefly” said he’s never talked about his sexuality publicly and he’s never been asked about it publicly.
“But I would be lying if I said I didn’t paint a different picture,” the 36-year-old said. Privately, he’s been with his partner, Paul, for nine years. They have two children, Sophia Rose, 4, and Liam Xavier, 14 months.
Maher, who has been working steadily in Hollywood for 14 years, said his family was his biggest reason for coming out to the professional closet. “I have these beautiful children and this extraordinary family,” he told the magazine, “and to think in any way shape or form that that’s wrong or that there’s shame in that or that there’s something to hide actually turns my stomach.”
In NBC’s “The Playboy Club,” Maher plays a closeted gay man, coincidentally also named Sean, who is married to lesbian Playboy Bunny Alice (Leah Renee). Sean is a political speechwriter by day, but he and Renee also are part of an early gay rights movement called the Mattachine Society. (Check Wkipedia if you dont know what that is.) The role, created by the show’s creator, Chicagoan Chad Hodge, gave him the push to come out publicly.
“I had discussed with my partner that eventually this was something that I wanted to do, I wanted to step out publicly, declare my homosexuality and the family that we had created,” Maher said in an interview. “I didn’t know what platform it was going to be, but just reading Chad's pilot—it was almost too perfect.”
Alan Tudyk, Maher's costar on FIREFLY had a brief yet interesting Tweet about Maher's coming out:
Nuff said!
Funny enough, I have just gotten into FIREFLY on NetFlix.
Love the show.
Thought Sean was HOT!!! And Nathan. And Adam.....
CHEERS!!
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