Danny Pintauro Finds His 1997 Coming-Out Article and Feels Proud of His Younger Self

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Danny Pintauro Finds His 1997 Coming-Out Article and Feels Proud of His Younger Self

Danny Pintauro had been searching through storage for six months when he finally found it: the original 1997 National Enquirer article about his coming out.

Almost 30 years later, the discovery has brought an unexpected feeling alongside the complicated memories.

He is proud of the young man who tried to make sure his voice was included.

In a new post on his Instagram account, the Who’s the Boss? actor explained that he was 21 when the tabloid told him it would publish a story about his sexuality whether he took part or not.

He decided to speak for himself.

A choice made under pressure

Pintauro’s account makes an important distinction: agreeing to an interview did not mean he had chosen the circumstances or timing of becoming national news.

He wrote about how difficult it was to have something so personal become public before he was ready for it to happen on his terms.

That history is consistent with his earlier recollections. In a 2015 interview with Oprah Winfrey, previewed by Entertainment Tonight, he discussed coming out after the Enquirer threatened to reveal his sexuality.

The rediscovered copy gives him a chance to look again at what that younger version of himself did within a situation he had not chosen.

“If this story is going to be told, I want my voice in it,” he wrote, describing the resolve he now sees in his 21-year-old self.

Remembering the support beside the headline

The article itself also surprised him. Despite its oversized, distinctly 1990s headline, Pintauro said he found it more heartfelt than he had remembered.

According to his post, it described the support he received from his family and his former co-stars Tony Danza and Judith Light. It also included a message about courage and coming out from Chaz Bono.

Pintauro thanked Bono, explaining that seeing those words beside his story means more to him now than he probably understood at the time.

Those memories do not remove the pressure surrounding publication. They add another part of the picture: the people whose encouragement was recorded alongside a deeply personal story.

A familiar face, telling his own story

For many viewers, Pintauro remains familiar as Jonathan Bower, the son of Light’s character Angela in Who’s the Boss?, which ran from 1984 to 1992.

Now 50, he has built a life far beyond that childhood role. He married Wil Tabares in 2014, and marked their twelfth anniversary earlier this year, as Queerty reported.

His latest reflection is centred on the distance between having his story pushed into public view and being able to decide how to tell it today.

Looking at the original article, he wrote: “And I’m kind of proud of him for that.”

Then came the closing thought: “Still gay. Still here. And very grateful that today, I get to decide how my story is told.”

📷 @dannypintauro

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Troy and Dyllan’s Photo Booth Proposal Captures the Sweetest Surprise

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Troy and Dyllan’s Photo Booth Proposal Captures the Sweetest Surprise

For the first photograph, Troy Gladstone asked his boyfriend to smile. For the second, he asked him to marry him.

That simple change of plan is at the heart of a photo booth proposal shared by Troy and Dyllan Andrew, the couple known on social media as @dyllanandtroy.

The video captures Dyllan’s surprise and joy as an ordinary picture-taking moment becomes a marriage proposal, according to Queerty’s October 29 report.

A surprise between photographs

Photo booths usually ask very little of the people inside: sit close, look towards the camera and be ready for the next picture.

For Dyllan, that was the apparent plan. Troy, however, had prepared a question that would give the next photograph a very different meaning.

After prompting his boyfriend to smile for the first image, he asked him to marry him for the second.

The appeal of the moment lies in that shift. Dyllan was expecting another photograph; instead, the camera recorded his reaction to a proposal.

It gives the couple something more personal than a posed engagement portrait: a record of the surprise itself.

A connection that began online

Troy and Dyllan began communicating online in 2019.

Both have individual social media accounts, alongside their shared account, where followers can keep up with them together.

The proposal brings their relationship into view through one small, memorable scene. Viewers do not need to know their earlier posts to understand what makes it moving.

One man has a plan. The other is discovering it in real time.

For gay viewers, there is also something familiar and welcome in seeing two men share such an affectionate milestone publicly, with the focus on their happiness.

The reaction reaches far beyond the booth

According to Queerty, the video received around 300,000 likes on Instagram and more than two million views on TikTok within its first 12 hours.

Those figures describe the response reported at that point, rather than the video’s current totals.

The scale of the attention is striking, but the scene would be just as meaningful without it. The important audience was already there: the boyfriend sitting beside Troy when he asked the question.

Now the footage lets others share a little of that joy, while the photographs preserve the moment for the couple themselves.

From an online conversation in 2019 to a proposal captured between photo booth pictures, Troy and Dyllan have given their followers a lovely reason to celebrate.

Congratulations to them both.

📷 @dyllanandtroy

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Beijing Queer Film Festival Cancelled After Reported Police Harassment

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Beijing Queer Film Festival Cancelled After Reported Police Harassment

International filmmakers had already travelled to China for the Beijing Queer Film Festival. Volunteers had helped sustain an event with a history stretching back to 2001. Audiences were preparing for a gathering centred on queer stories.

Then, on the evening before it was due to begin, it announced its cancellation.

The independent festival was scheduled to open on October 30. According to reporting by The Guardian’s senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins, the decision followed sustained harassment from authorities, including repeated police phone calls in recent weeks.

A cancellation announced the night before

In an Instagram statement posted late on October 29, organizers confirmed that the event, named in their announcement as Love Queer Film Week, had been cancelled.

They apologized to people who had planned to participate or had been looking forward to the programme.

The Guardian’s account of police pressure is separate from that public cancellation statement. The newspaper reported that Beijing’s public security bureau could not be reached for comment.

There is no announced replacement date in the report.

A space built around queer lives

Founded by a group of Peking University students in 2001, the festival became one of China’s oldest independent film events.

The Guardian describes it as the only film festival in mainland China offering a public forum for films and discussions exploring LGBTQ+ issues.

That role gives the cancellation significance beyond a lost programme of screenings. A festival also offers opportunities to meet other viewers, exchange experiences and encounter stories that may have little space elsewhere.

Hongwei Bao, a professor of Chinese studies at the University of St Andrews who focuses on LGBTQ+ issues, described the festival to the newspaper as “a beacon for LGBT resilience” in China.

He warned that its shutdown would have a chilling effect on the Chinese queer community.

Pressure on places to gather

Maya Wang, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, placed the cancellation in the context of tightening social and ideological control under Xi Jinping.

Speaking to The Guardian, she described overlapping pressures on civil society, LGBTQ+ communities and independent filmmakers — all of which meet at a queer film festival.

The newspaper also reported that LGBTQ+-themed screenings planned at Beijing’s Institut Français during Pride month in June had been cancelled because of police harassment.

These are separate events, but together they illustrate the shrinking opportunities for public screenings and discussion described in the report.

The willingness to participate remained

Despite those pressures, interest in the festival had continued.

Several international filmmakers whose work had been selected had travelled to China to take part. Last year, the festival received 200 volunteer applications, four times the number received in 2024.

Those details speak to the people behind the programme: filmmakers willing to travel and community members willing to give their time.

The cancellation stops this year’s gathering. It also leaves a visible reminder of the audience, enthusiasm and commitment that were waiting for it.

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Michael Doherty Quits OF to Pursue His Pilot Dream and Hopes of Love and Family

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Michael Doherty Quits OF to Pursue His Pilot Dream and Hopes of Love and Family

Michael Doherty is changing direction, with a childhood ambition and hopes of love and family at the centre of his plans.

The gay content creator announced on October 28 that he had quit and deleted his OnlyFans accounts.

His next priorities, he explained, include becoming a pilot and spending more time on the people and interests he loves.

“I’ve waited a while to make this decision,” he wrote in the Instagram announcement, reported by Out.

He described a choice he had considered over several years, rather than a sudden decision made without reflection.

A childhood dream comes back into focus

Doherty said the platform had become an emotional burden for him. Although he appreciated the income it generated, he felt it was distracting him from other goals.

After talking with people close to him, he decided to focus on friends, family, gardening and his chickens, alongside his longstanding wish to become a pilot.

It is an unusually specific list, mixing a major career ambition with the ordinary pleasures that make up a life away from an audience.

His statement expresses an intention to pursue aviation. It does not announce a pilot qualification or confirm that he has begun a particular training programme.

Love and family are part of the picture

Doherty also spoke about wanting to find love and start a family. Those are aspirations for the future, rather than an announcement of a new relationship or a child on the way.

He thanked friends and relatives who have supported him through earlier stages of his life and expressed appreciation for those who will support this change too.

As Attitude noted in its coverage, Doherty previously dated fellow creator Danny E, also known as Danny Edwin Jesús. The pair co-hosted Twink Talk, and Doherty discussed their breakup in a January 2026 podcast appearance.

His latest statement looks ahead to what he hopes to build next.

A public life with room to change

Doherty’s online work has extended beyond subscription content. An earlier EDGE profile highlighted his playful street interviews about LGBTQ+ life and culture, placing him among a group of gay creators making those conversations part of everyday social media.

Now, he is sharing a different kind of personal update: a reassessment of the work he wants to do and the life he wants around it.

His description of OnlyFans reflects his own experience. Other creators may feel differently about their work, and his decision does not make their choices any less valid.

For Doherty, the priorities he has named are clear. He wants more room for relationships, familiar comforts and an ambition he has carried since childhood.

Where those hopes lead remains to be seen. For now, he has told his followers that he is ready to take a different path.

📷 @itsmichaeldoherty

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Remembering Patrick Stewart, His Friendship With Ian McKellen and Support for Gay Rights

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Remembering Patrick Stewart, His Friendship With Ian McKellen and Support for Gay Rights

Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed actor known around the world as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier, has died at 86.

His family announced on October 29 that he had died the previous day at his home in Los Angeles, in the care of his wife, singer and songwriter Sunny Ozell, following Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

The announcement was reported by Reuters and other major news organizations.

For LGBTQ+ audiences, remembering Stewart also means remembering his public support for gay rights and his affectionate friendship with Sir Ian McKellen.

A friendship audiences loved to see

As Professor Xavier and Magneto, Stewart and McKellen shared the screen in X-Men. Their work together also extended to the theatre, including productions of Waiting for Godot and No Man’s Land.

Away from those roles, photographs of their adventures together became a source of delight: two distinguished actors enjoying one another’s company, posing for playful pictures and showing their affection without embarrassment.

The friendship was part of Stewart’s family life too. McKellen officiated at Stewart and Ozell’s wedding in 2013.

In a 2015 interview with The Advocate, Stewart described McKellen as among his closest friends and discussed why he was comfortable supporting LGBTQ+ equality.

Support that felt natural

Stewart explained that gay and lesbian friends and colleagues had long been part of his world, particularly through the theatre.

“It was always a natural and uncomplicated choice,” he said of supporting gay civil rights.

Getting to know activists such as McKellen brought opportunities to join campaigns, march and lend his support.

It was a personal account of allyship rooted in the people around him. His ease with McKellen, and the humour they shared publicly, gave that support a familiar human face.

Stewart was straight. His friendship with McKellen was one of friendship and affection, while Ozell was his wife.

From Shakespeare to the stars

Born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, in 1940, Stewart built a distinguished stage career before becoming an international television star.

He first appeared as Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, later returning to the character in films and Star Trek: Picard. As Xavier in the X-Men films, he brought another widely loved mentor figure to the screen.

His career also encompassed Shakespeare, comedy and voice work. He was knighted for services to drama in 2010.

The family’s announcement remembered his wider humanitarian work, including advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, refugees, veterans and animal welfare, as ITV News reported.

Stewart is survived by Ozell and his two children, Daniel and Sophia.

For fans mourning him, the memories reach beyond any single performance: a commanding voice, a playful sense of humour and a friendship whose warmth was a pleasure to witness.

📷 @sirpatstew

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