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Zachary Quinto On Coming Out As A Gay Man, Dating Struggles And His Celebrity Boyfriend
Posted: 09/12/2012 10:50 am EDT Updated: 09/12/2012 10:54 am EDT
"I thought about it as coming out from behind the wall.
Walls now are only as high or as thick or as strong as we allow them to
be."
That's how Zachary Quinto describes his decision to publicly address his sexuality in a new interview with Out magazine. The "American Horror Story" hunk speaks at length with Aaron Hicklin about coming out as a gay man in a New York Magazine profile last year, and also shares some intimate details on both his childhood and current love life.
"One of the most defining conversations that I had with myself was
that absolutely no good can come from me staying quiet about [my
sexuality]," Quinto continues. "Literally, no good can come from it. But
if I take the step to make the acknowledgment and be honest, so much
good could potentially come from it."
It may come as a surprise to some fans to learn of Quinto's earliest
dating struggles -- something the star partly attributes to having lost
his father at a young age. “I found myself in a pattern of being
attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized
was that I was protecting myself because I equated the idea of
connection and love with trauma and death," he recalls. "I had to do a
lot of work on the couch to really get to a place where I was able to
show up to a relationship with someone who was actually capable of being
in one -- and that took a lot of trial and error. And I’m still working
on all that stuff -- that will never stop."
Not only does the 35-year-old actor say he wants children, but he also confirms reports he's dating fellow actor Jonathan Groff,
who can currently be seen opposite Kelsey Grammar in "Boss" and is
known for his guest-starring role as Jesse St. James on "Glee."
Otherwise, though, he remains tight-lipped about the relationship,
simply noting, "I'm incredibly happy, I'm incredibly lucky."
Read the full Out interview with Zachary Quinto here.
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