I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If I was gay, why would I hide it?
I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.
I don't keep it secret that I live with my partner Gio. I'm very proud of my gayness. But there is lots I wouldn't want the press to write about me... it is a matter of regret that being gay is the most interesting thing about me.
I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.
There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.
Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.
I say I just happen to be gay. It's just like everything else - I've been on the board of The Humane Society, and I'm a vegetarian, but these are just some of the things that define me as a person. They don't define me in general.
Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.
I have lived my life very openly, and have never hidden the fact that I am gay!