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True Blood alum Mechad Brooks is back on series television in Necessary Roughness. He gave a nice interview to AfterElton.com recently and I wanted to highlight the portion about his gay fans:
AE: Thanks to your days in fashion, and being a Calvin Klein model, and, of course, Eggs, you’ve got quite a gay following. Are you aware of that gay fan base?
MB: I was made aware of it about a year ago actually and I appreciate it.
MB: I was made aware of it about a year ago actually and I appreciate it.
AE: And how were you made aware of it?
MB: A gay reporter told me.
MB: A gay reporter told me.
AE: Oh really.
MB: He said, “You realize you have a huge gay following?” I’m aware of it now. I grew up with a gay uncle who I was very close to and my parents are very liberal and there was a time where … I think every young person questions what their sexuality is. And I did the same thing. I had questions in my head and I realized that I was straight and I thought “Well, why is that any different for anybody else?” If I woke up one day and realized that I like women, why is that different than a woman who wakes up and realizes she likes women or a guy who wakes up and realizes he likes men?
MB: He said, “You realize you have a huge gay following?” I’m aware of it now. I grew up with a gay uncle who I was very close to and my parents are very liberal and there was a time where … I think every young person questions what their sexuality is. And I did the same thing. I had questions in my head and I realized that I was straight and I thought “Well, why is that any different for anybody else?” If I woke up one day and realized that I like women, why is that different than a woman who wakes up and realizes she likes women or a guy who wakes up and realizes he likes men?
I’m a human rights activist and it doesn’t make any sense not to treat everybody the exact same way. It just doesn’t make any sense, it’s counter intuitive, it’s inhuman and it has to stop.
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