coming-out

"Coming Out, What Does That Mean?": A '50s Teen Idol On His Life, Sexuality, and Right to Privacy

Rich Juzwiak · 10/14/15 01:05PM

Sixty years ago, actor/singer/heartthrob Tab Hunter was outed. The story goes that in 1955, Hunter’s first agent Henry Willson sold Hunter out to gossip rag Confidential so that the magazine wouldn’t publish a piece outing another client of Willson’s, Rock Hudson. Despite being something that at the time was virtually inconceivable—especially for all-American boys—Hunter’s career thrived.

Miley Cyrus Comes Out As...Not Straight

Rich Juzwiak · 05/07/15 03:51PM

This is not the most shocking news coming from someone as LGBT-friendly, wiiiiild, and tongue-agile as Miley Cyrus, but it’s nice nonetheless: She revealed to the AP that “not all her past relationships were ‘straight, heterosexual’ ones.” The piece continues, “She did not elaborate.”