Actor Zachary Quinto is gay. And it’s no big deal … at all. In a new interview with New York magazine, Zac talks about his recent performance in the play Angels In America and he reveals how important it was for him as a gay may to give his best performance possible. Just like that … no big announcement, no hoopla for media attention, no magazine coverstory. Just in passing, while talking about his work, Quinto casually refers to himself as a “gay man”. And that, my friends, is how it should be done.

Zachary Quinto’s eight-month run in the recent New York stage revival of Angels in America was an eye-opening experience for him. Since the project, the actor, 34 – who had an acclaimed role as Louis Ironson, a man who abandons his AIDS-stricken boyfriend – publicly discusses his much-questioned sexual orientation for the first time. In a new interview in New York, Quinto calls his work in the off-Broadway play the “most challenging thing I’ve ever done as an actor, and the most rewarding.” “At the same time,” he adds, “as a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed.” Later in the interview, when the topic changes to legalizing gay marriage and the suicide of bullied gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer, the actor once again refers to himself as a “gay man.” He says that when it comes to the different rights and treatment that come with being homosexual, “there’s a hopelessness that surrounds it.” “Where’s this disparity coming from, and why can’t we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?” he says. “We’re terrified of facing ourselves.”

Love this. For years, Zachary has played gay roles but he has never publicly discussed his sexuality … not that he ever needed to. I’ve met the man a few times and he is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I am so impressed with the nonchalant way he went about coming out in the press. Zachary Quinto may have played an evil villain on his hit show Heroes but by coming out in this way, he is surely to be seen as a hero to many people out there who might be inspired by his honesty.

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