Austin Armacost was born on March 28, 1988 in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. He splits his time living in New York, Los Angeles and the U.K.
What is he famous for?
Armacost is a model and reality television star. He was first featured on Logo TV’s “The A-List: New York” in 2010. The show followed 6 bisexual and gay men living in New York City. In 2015, Armacost was runner-up on “Celebrity Big Brother”, season 16. In 2017, he returned to season 19 of the same show but placed 15th.
He is often featured in British tabloid magazines, where his lifestyle is depicted as provocative and controversial. He currently owns a line of underwear.
Is Austin Armacost gay?
Austin Armacost is openly gay. He has hosted PRIDE events in cities throughout the UK including Liverpool and Birmingham. Before gay marriage became legal in the U.S., Armacost was married for 8 years to a British man, Jake Lees. They divorced in 2016.
When compared to fellow “Celebrity Big Brother” contestant Perez Hilton, Armacost said he would like to “redeem gay American men and America as a whole”.
Professional wrestler Anthony Bowens has come out twice; first as bisexual and now again as gay
Anthony opened up about being bisexual in a video on his boyfriend Michael Povano’s YouTube channel about two years ago.
Now the 28-year-old pro-wrestler says he no longer identifies as bisexual and would rather be labeled as gay.
In a New Years greeting on Facebook, Anthony writes:
“..just about two years ago I came out as bisexual which was truely how I viewed myself at the time. However, over the last six months or so I’ve started to less identify less and less with that label to the point where it doesn’t feel like “me” anymore.
“As people move on in their lives, the way they view the world and themselves tends to change and I’m no different. Which is why if you are to label me, I prefer to identify as gay.”
He has also posted a video on Michaels’s YouTube channel where he explains the process he has been going through.
“As you get older, your viewpoints change,” he explains. “The way you look at the world changes, the way you look at yourself changes.”
In Attitude’s 2018 Body issue, the 27-year-old athlete/model talked about his journey from a bullied child to pro-wrestling stardom under the name ‘Vigilante.’
Anthony says he turned to pro-wrestling to overcome his crippling shyness, but he feared coming out as bisexual would become his toughest battle.
“I think it was somewhere in the middle of high school”, he recalls. “I was sitting at a table and a couple were walking down the street and I was like ‘Wow that girl’s beautiful.’
“Then I noticed that I was also looking to see who she was holding hands with and I was like ‘That guy’s kind of attractive too…'”
However, by coming out as bisexual Anthony faced stigma from both the gay and straight community.
“I didn’t know that there was this big — I wouldn’t say ‘war’ — but discrepancy. Which wasn’t the point of me coming out” he says.
“If I was with a woman — or anybody was with a woman — and they married her, and they were with her for the rest of their lives, that doesn’t change the fact that they’re still stimulated by men.
“That doesn’t make you straight, you’re still bi.”
Anthony says he doesn’t care what label people put on him though:
“If you were to call me gay I’d be like ‘OK’. I’m not going to get pissy over it, you can call me what you like.”
Anthony had no plans on coming out of the closet when he joined his boyfriend in a video on his YouTube channel, but that’s just what happened.
“It was this past fall and I was three months into a relationship with my boyfriend, Michael Pavano. Mike and I had uploaded a video to YouTube on his channel called ‘The Laughing Challenge,’ where he described me as his boyfriend,” he writes on OutSports.
“The video was a blast to do, but I worried that someone from the wrestling world would stumble across it and learn my secret. I decided to let it be posted anyway.”
“My job description is to entertain fans through body language, story lines featuring over-the-top characters and, well, grappling other men dressed in a similar way.”
“Understandably, being openly bisexual could be perceived as a problem. It’s what kept me closeted to all but a few from the time I started wrestling as a pro five years ago. It took a Youtube video to make me see that coming out was not going to be the problem I thought it would be.”
He didn’t think much about until a couple of weeks later when he received a text from a wrestling buddy that made his stomach drop.
“Bro, why didn’t you tell me?” the text said.
“Much to my great relief, he told me he didn’t care and that I was one of his best friends in the business,” Bowens writes.
Encouraged by the positive response, Bowens decided to announce his sexuality to the World on Facebook:
“After hitting send, I immediately turned off my phone. I didn’t want to think about what people would write. After about 30 minutes I told Mike to check his phone,” Bowens writes. “He had the biggest smile on his face, our friends in the room cheered, and I made the decision to turn on my phone. The response was overwhelming positive.”
“I can’t even begin to tell you how many people I’ve spoken to over the years who are hiding and suppressing themselves out of fear of being judged. If I can help inspire at least one person to fight past their struggles through my journey or inspire at least one person to live their dreams, it’s all worth it for me. The journey and the fight is just beginning!”
After his announcementmen on Facebook, Bowens has been sharing tons of cute posts of him and his boyfriend. And we say: Keep them coming. You’re an inspiration!
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About Anthony Bowens
Anthony Bowens was born in Nutley, New Jersey, USA on 12/18/1990.
What is he famous for?
Anthony Bowens is an athlete and a model. He is best known for being a pro-wrestler and for accidently “coming out” in a goofy video on his boyfriend Mike’s YouTube channel. His wrestling buddies discovered the video, prompting Anthony to come out on Facebook. Fortunately, the reaction from fans and his wrestling collegues was positive.
Is Anthony Bowens gay?
Anthony Bowens came out as bisexual in January, 2017. He posted this message on Facebook: “I’m not going to make this a long winded post but I think it’s time. Just wanted to let everyone know im Bisexual. I look forward to changing perceptions and breaking stereotypes as I continue on my journey. I have zero patience for negativity so if this bothers you please delete me. Thanks!”
Gay influencer Tyler Oakley and his boyfriend Anthony Russo are showing their new love while admiring the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
The couple met on dating app Bumble a few months ago, or at least that’s what the social media super star claims. It’s hard to say if it’s true or not as Tyler does promote the app on his Instagram account.
Tyler has said that he always have loved the holiday season, but that celebrating it together with a partner makes it even more special.
“making the yuletide especially gay this year, with a little help from @russoao!! i’ve always loved the holiday season, but haven’t had someone to share it with since college,” Tyler wrote on Instagram earlier in December.
Mathew Tyler Oakley was born March 22, 1989 in Jackson, Michigan, U.S.A. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
What is he famous for?
Oakley is YouTuber, activist and author. He is most famous as a social media influencer and for his work for LGBTQ+ youth, LGBT rights, health care, education, and the prevention of suicide among LGBT youth.
Is Tyler Oakley gay?
Oakley came out as gay to his mom at the age of 11, but suspects that his parents always knew he was gay.
His mom and stepfather were accepting; but his born-again Christian father and stepmom worked endlessly to make sure God was on his mind instead of other boys. “But I never bought any of it,” Oakley says.
Oakley has also said that he wishes YouTube existed at the time because “the digital age makes you feel like less of a freak.”
Fantastic Beasts star Ezra Miller reveals in a recent interview that he is part of a polyamorous group of lovers
The 26yo actor – who came out as queer in 2012 – tells Playboy that he is a “sexual being” that has found satisfaction in a squad he calls his “polyamorous molecule”— or “polycule” for short.
“I’m trying to find queer beings who understand me as a queer being off the bat, and I feel like I’m married to them 25 lifetimes ago. And then they are in the squad—the polycule,” Ezra told Playboy.
Ezra’s new movie Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald premiered on November 16th and immediately spurred a lot of buzz around a suggested romantic relationship between Jude Law’s young Albus Dumbledore and Johnny Depp’s Gellert Grindelwald.
J.K. Rowling has previously stated that she has always imagined Dumbledore to be gay and Ezra loves that the movie is pushing the issue further.
“I definitely started drawing conclusions about [the romance] from the time that we first started working on the first film,” Ezra says. “Knowing that Jo, with that brilliant mind for the ambiguity of people—morally, in terms of how we classify them on a spectrum from good to evil—I knew that she would be interested in exploring.”
Last year, Ezra melted our hearts as super sexy ‘The Flash’ and was the breakout star of ‘Justice League’.
“As The Flash, Miller is quite simply a joy. His Barry Allen is young and innocent, thrown into a world of superheroes that he relishes with childlike wonder,” wrote Metro.
“Justice League attempts exposition for the characters who have yet to appear in stand alone films – Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg – but despite the lack of explanation for why and how Barry has become a human who can move at super speed, we do get to see his relationship with his father (Billy Crudup) and those short scenes allow us to understand Barry quicker, and understand why he would be so willing to say yes to Bruce Wayne before even being asked.”
In July 2017, Ezra Miller kissed a fanboy at Comic Con
The 24-year-old actor was at Comic-Con to promote the new ‘Justice League’ movie. Ezra is the first gay actor to be cast as the lead in a huge superhero franchise.
Ezra had been explaining to a crowd of fans why ‘The Flash’ would have a hard time getting drunk, and a fan then asked jokingly to smell Ezra’s breath.
The fan got way more than to smell Ezra’s breath. He got a full-on kiss! All to the delight of the crowd, and to TMZ who managed to capture the moment.
Ezra identifies as queer and in an interview with Metro said he had never tried to hide his sexuality.
“I never thought about hiding anything about myself.
“When I was around 14, I was obsessed with Hunter S. Thompson. I must’ve seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 500 times.
“Hunter created this public persona called Raoul Duke who was very different from himself and it tortured him… So I never wanted to set up a public persona who was different from who I was.
“Maybe it sounds cheesy, but I just wanted to realise my true self.”
Ezra Miller was born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA on 09/30/1992.
What is he famous for?
Ezra Miller is an actor and singer. He is best known for playing Barry Allen (The Flash) in the DC Extended Universe. He first appeared as Flash in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and then in Justice League (2017). He also played Credence Barebone in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016).
Is Ezra Miller gay?
Ezra Miller came out as queer in August, 2012. He publicly defined his sexuality as “queer” in an interview with Out magazine. “I’m queer,” he said. “I have a lot of really wonderful friends who are of very different sexes and genders. I am very much in love with no one in particular. I’ve been trying to figure out relationships, you know?”
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook says he’s proud that he was the first CEO of a major company to come out as gay
“I’m very proud of it,” Tim told Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday in an interview on CNN International. Being gay is “God’s greatest gift to me,” he said.
Tim came out on October 30, 2014.
“I was public because I started to receive stories from kids who read online that I was gay,” he told Amanpour.
“I needed to do something for them.”
Tim said he was shocked that he was the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company and that he wanted show gay kids that they “can be gay and still go on and do some big jobs in life.”
Coming out has also helped the Apple CEO become a better leader.
“I learned what it was like to be a minority,” Tim told CNN. “The feeling of being in a minority gives you a level of empathy for other people who are not in the majority.”
Timother Donald Cook was born November 1, 1960 in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. He currently resides in Palo Alto, California.
What is he famous for?
Tim Cook became the Chief Executive Officer of Apple after Steve Job’s death in 2011. He joined Apple as Senior Vice President in 1998. He is credited with helping Apple achieve financial success by keeping manufacturing costs low and focusing on design and marketing. In 2007 Cook was promoted to Chief Operations Officer and made many day to day executive decisions while Jobs was on medical leave.
Since becoming CEO of Apple, Cook has become a vocal advocate for the political reformation of cybersecurity, surveillance, manufacturing laws and environmental conservation. He is on the board of directors for Nike and the National Football Foundation. He is an active supporter of the Democratic Party.
Is Tim Cook gay?
On October 30, 2014, Tim Cook became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 Company to come out publicly as gay. He did this through an editorial in Bloomberg Business. Although Cook is known for being private about his personal life he said he had been open about his sexuality for years.
In an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in September 2015, Cook was asked what inspired him to come out publicly to which he responded, “Where I valued my privacy significantly, I felt that I was valuing it too far above what I could do for other people, so I wanted to tell everyone my truth”.
