scofield is gay!!
Wentworth Miller has come out as gay.
The
Prison Break star decided it was time to publicly reveal his sexuality
after being invited to attend a film festival in Russia.
"Thank you
for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in
the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make
me happy to say yes," Wentworth, 41, says in a letter to Maria Averbakh,
director of the St. Petersburg International Film Festival. "However,
as a gay man, I must decline.
"I am deeply troubled by the current
attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian
government," he continued in the letter, posted on GLAAD's website. "The
situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience
participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people
like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live
and love openly.
He also said "if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice."
GLAAD spokesman Wilson Cruz praised Miller's actions.
"Wentworth's
bold show of support sends a powerful message to LGBT Russians: you are
not alone," Cruz said. "As people from across the globe continue to
speak out against this horrific law, more celebrities and corporations
should follow his courageous lead in openly condemning Russia's
anti-LGBT law."
Implemented last month, a controversial new law
has banned "propaganda of nontraditional intimate relations around
minors," including the public discussion of gay rights and relationships
anywhere children might hear it. The law has been condemned by Russian
and international human rights groups as highly discriminatory.
The
anti-gay propaganda law quickly stirred up controversy, with people
calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia to gay bars
in Los Angeles and New York holding "vodka-dumping" protests.
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