Closeted (gay) actors formerly on the soaps

[Contessa Donatella]

Generally my soap celeb crushes were on women which was both convenient and made sense. But for 3 guys: Robert Kelker-Kelly, Stephen Nichols & had it bad/still do Stephen Schnetzer. Oy vey.

[te.]

Who?! Now I'm curious.

[Contessa Donatella]

Oh, yeah, me, too, curiosity!

[Liberty City]

Hmm.. I do wonder who it is... because I know there was one rumoured a few years back, who supposedly did a video with a disgraced p*rn star.

[Wendy]

Just saw him on the Law & Order Mothership revival as a judge in one episode. (In another, Alicia Coppola played a defense attorney, although she was on Criminal Intent well before that role.)

[Chris B]

I’m curious who it is as well. Jacob Young?

[All My Shadows]

Is this something new? I remember pictures of Bruce Michael Hall and his twin brother Seth being on soap hunk websites 20 years ago.

[te.]

Like, way to drop a huge cliffhanger and just opt out of the conversation @Soapsuds

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[Liberty City]

I don't think so. 

[RavenWhitney]

Did Grayson McGough ever come out?  He played Cass's brother on AW and Dusty on ATWT.

I always wondered about David Forsyth. I think he kept it well hidden but I think he's also in the family

[Contessa Donatella]

Be still my heart. What lovely ideas. Cass's brother, Morgan Winthrop. So, you don't mean to tell me that ... Betty Buckley was a beard!

[Xanthe]

Are you suggesting his relationship with Betty Buckley was not genuine? 

[RavenWhitney]

And what about Jeffrey Meek who played Quinn on SFT and briefly Craig on ATWT?  I believe he was married and divorced at one point...What a stud he was....and maybe still is...

[j swift]

I've tried to suppress my impulses for two days now, but I feel it is not cool to speculate on an actor's sexuality.  This is not Datalounge circa 2005, that type of gossip is considered passé, and, IMHO, in poor taste.

I am all for celebrating those in the arts who have come out as a proud member of community and I don't want to focus on the regressive messaging associated with assuming that people are not out because it will damage their image.

Look at politics and the lessons learned from last week's NYTimes article on Ed Koch.  There are only a few examples of out politicians who lost elections within the last decade.  Public support is lost when politicians lie about who they are because it indicates to their electorate that they can't be trusted.

So, please, let's try to re-focus on actors who support the community rather than speculate on whether an actor was gay because they had a cute haircut, took a picture at a bar, or could tap dance.  We all know sexuality is much more complex than the age old binary would suggest.

Edited May 15, 2022 by j swift

[Soapsuds]

No it's not Jacob Young.