Connor Jessup Just Came Out As Gay But We Remember His 2015 Sensual Gay Scene

 

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I knew I was gay when I was thirteen, but I hid it for years. I folded it and slipped it under the rest of my emotional clutter. Not worth the hassle. No one will care anyway. If I can just keep making it smaller, smaller, smaller.... My shame took the form of a shrug, but it was shame. I’m a white, cis man from an upper-middle class liberal family. Acceptance was never a question. But still, suspended in all this privilege, I balked. It took me years. It’s ongoing. I’m saying this now because I have conspicuously not said it before. I’ve been out for years in my private life, but never quite publicly. I’ve played that tedious game. Most painfully, I’ve talked about the gay characters I’ve played from a neutral, almost anthropological distance, as if they were separate from me. These evasions are bizarre and embarrassing to me now, but at the time they were natural. Discretion was default, and it seemed benign. It would be presumptuous to assume anyone would care, yeah? And anyway, why should I have to say anything? What right do strangers have to the intimate details of my life? These and other background whispers––new, softer forms of the same voices from when I was thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.... Shame can come heavy and loud, but it can come quiet too; it can take cover behind comfort and convenience. But it’s always violent. For me, this discretion has become airless. I don’t want to censor––consciously or not––the ways I talk, sit, laugh, or dress, the stories I tell, the jokes I make, my points of reference and connection. I don’t want to be complicit, even peripherally, in the idea that being gay is a problem to be solved or hushed. I’m grateful to be gay. Queerness is a solution. It’s a promise against cliche and solipsism and blandness; it’s a tilted head and an open window. I value more everyday the people, movies, books, and music that open me to it. If you’re gay, bi, trans, two-spirit or questioning, if you’re confused, if you’re in pain or you feel you’re alone, if you aren’t or you don’t: You make the world more surprising and bearable. To all the queers, deviants, misfits, and lovers in my life: I love you. I love you. Happy Pride!

A post shared by Connor Jessup (@connorwjessup) on Jun 23, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT

Twenty-five-year-old Canadian actor Connor Jessup is all kinds of adorable, and just yesterday he took to Instagram to tell that world that he ships penises and buttholes. He said that he was aware of his homosexuality when he was thirteen, and while he's been out in his private life for a while, this is the first time coming out publically. Git it! You can read the full coming out Insta post above. The part that pertains to this particular post goes as such:

Most painfully, I’ve talked about the gay characters I’ve played from a neutral, almost anthropological distance, as if they were separate from me.

Well his pain is our gain bebe! One of the characters that he's referencing is Oscar Madly in the acclaimed indie Closet Monster. About the life of Will Smith. OMG I would never. It's a coming-of-age movie about a closeted creative teen afraid to come out for fear that he'll face backlash from his machismo dad. Side Note: I love this idea of straight dad faulting his son for being gay. It's your gay sperm that did this! Ya gay bitch.

NE WAYZ, we're so happy that Connor is living his gay fantasy out in the open now, and we're also happy that there was a sensual shirtless spit swapping scene in Closet Monster. The flick is available to rent on all of your very favorite streaming platforms. But of course, it goes without saying at this point, you know the drill, git ready... you can see the hottest scene right here!