“Here’s the thing: it’s not some coincidence that the press has me lined up to be the next true Hollywood train wreck. A closeted gay man at the end of his rope, a guy who destroys his identity before his identity can destroy him. Well, I won’t let that happen. I reject the idea that I’m the star of some real-life queer tragedy, and I reject the very idea of queer tragedy as the only valid form of gay entertainment. “I call on all of you to usher in a new era of stories where the gay, or bi, or lesbian, or asexual, or pansexual, or trans character lives happily ever after. Buy those stories.
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