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“Orphan Black” star Jordan Gavaris has come out as gay.

In an interview with Vulture, Gavaris, who plays Sarah’s gay brother Felix in the sci-fi series, explained he had never publicly come out because no one had asked.

“I guess that’s where I’m at in terms of coming out publicly: I had this position when I started on the show that it shouldn’t matter. And I believe that. I hope that one day, the world gets to a place where you don’t need to politicize your sexuality any more than someone needs to politicize their race — that we can just act and we can exist in this Zeitgeist, telling stories about one another. And that no one’s afraid, maybe, to come out,” Gavaris continued.

The 27-year-old explained he felt awkward coming out to his parents at 19 because it was a confession that he wanted to be sexual.

“At 19 I thought it was gross. I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is gross. I have to tell them this thing and now they’re going to know that I’m interested in these guys and I want to date these guys and I want to sleep with these guys. This is so weird. Now they know I’m sexually active,'” Gavaris says.

Gavaris went on that he understands being gay will cost him acting parts but he says that other roles will open up for him.

“This is a tricky thing to say and I’ve never actually said it out loud before, but I do believe that jobs will be lost and I do believe jobs will be gained. Maybe not even for the right reasons. There’s been a lot of conversation in the industry about hiring openly gay actors for gay parts, and I think that’s really important. But frankly, I’m not interested in doing any kind of work where I couldn’t bring myself in totality to the character,” Gavaris says.

“Orphan Black” airs its final season on Saturdays at 10 p.m. on BBC America.