Arts & Entertainment
‘Teen Wolf’ actor Charlie Carver comes out
‘The Leftovers’ cast member opened up about his sexuality
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“Teen Wolf” and “The Leftovers” actor Charlie Carver came out in a five-part post on Instagram on Monday.
The 27-year-old posted a photo of the quote “Be Who You Needed When You Were Younger” and then added a five-part written caption to the photo.
“As a young boy, I knew I wanted to be an actor. I knew I wanted to be a lot of things… It was around that age that I also knew, however abstractly, that I was different from some of the other boys in my grade,” Carver writes. “Over time, this abstract ‘knowing’ grew and articulated itself through a painful gestation marked by feelings of despair and alienation, ending in a climax of saying three words out loud: ‘I am gay.'”
Carver went on to say that he was fearful to come out because of his acting career.
“As an actor, I believed that my responsibility to the craft and the business was to remain benevolently neutral – I was a canvas, a chameleon, the next character. For the most part I had a duty to stay a possibility in the eye of casting, directors, and the public,” Carver writes. “If I came out, I feared I would be limiting myself to a type, to a perception with limits that I was not professionally comfortable with.”
Eventually Carver realized that this didn’t have to be the case and is grateful to those people who helped him realize that.
“So now, let the record show this – I self-identify as gay… I owe it to myself, more than anything, to be who I needed when I was younger,” Carver writes.
The actor has played gay characters, such as in “I Am Michael” where he shared a threesome with James Franco and Zachary Quinto, but this is the first time he has come out publicly.
Carver also noted that his twin brother and fellow actor Max Carver is “just as cool for being straight.”
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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