Jim Parsons
May. 23rd, 2012 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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According to this article - link - Jim Parsons officially came out as gay.
In an interview with the New York Times, Parsons discusses his recent work on Broadway, which includes playing a gay activist in The Normal Heart.
In reporting Parsons' affinity for the play, author Patrick Healy revealed something that has been long speculated. "The Normal Heart resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment," he wrote.
Lovely. I'm glad that he felt comfortable enough to come out.
You know, seeing him and Matt Bomer, both in stable gay relationships, I wonder what America is afraid of, why do some Americans think that gay marriage and homosexuality in general threaten their values. Boggles the mind, seriously.
Oh, and I'm glad that Parsons and Bomer will be together in the movie version of The Normal Heart. Parsons will reprise the part he played on Broadway while Matt Bomer will play the HIV positive lover of Mark Ruffalo. Heartbreaking, sure, but I hope it'll get them both more recognition.
