Charlie Carver, de Teen Wolf, assume ser homossexual

Charlie Carver, conhecido por seus papéis nas séries “Teen Wolf” e “The Leftovers”, assumiu que é gay na sua conta do Instagram. O ator de 27 anos fez um depoimento emocionante em cinco partes na rede social.

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“Como um garoto, eu sabia que eu queria ser ator. […] Foi nessa idade que eu também soube que era diferente dos outros meninos da minha classe. Esse conhecimento abstrato cresceu com o tempo e se articulou por uma gestação dolorosa, marcada por sentimentos de desespero e alienação, terminando num clímax de dizer três palavras em voz alta: ‘Eu sou gay’”, ele escreveu.

Pt 1: “Be who you needed when you were younger”. About a year ago, I saw this photo while casually scrolling through my Instagram one morning. I’m not one for inspirational quotes, particularly ones attributed to “Mx Anonymous”- something mean in me rebukes the pithiness of proverbs, choosing to judge them as trite instead of possibly-generally-wise, resonant, or helpful. And in the case of the good ol’ Anonymous kind, I felt that there was something to be said for the missing context. Who wrote or said the damn words? Why? And to/for who in particular? Nonetheless, I screen-capped the picture and saved it. It struck me for some reason, finding itself likeable enough to join the ranks of the “favorites” album on my phone. I’d see it there almost daily, a small version of it next to my other “favorites”; I’d see it every time I checked into the gym, pulled up a picture of my insurance cards, my driver’s license…. Important Documents. And over the course of about-a-year, it became clear why the inspirational photo had called out to me. As a young boy, I knew I wanted to be an actor. I knew I wanted to be a lot of things! I thought I wanted to be a painter, a soccer player, a stegosaurus… But the acting thing stuck. It was around that age that I also knew, however abstractly, that I was different from some of the other boys in my grade. 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”. I said them to myself at first, to see how they felt. They rang true, and I hated myself for them. I was twelve. It would take me a few years before I could repeat them to anyone else, in the meantime turning the phrase over and over in my mouth until I felt comfortable and sure enough to let the words pour out again, this time to my family…

A photo posted by Charlie Carver (@charliecarver) on Jan 11, 2016 at 2:14pm PST

Ele ainda disse: “Apesar de me assumir ser muito importante, queria acreditar em um mundo que a sexualidade de cada um não importasse. (…) Eu não queria ser definido pela minha sexualidade. Claro, eu sou um homem gay orgulhoso, mas eu preferirira ser só Humano do que um atributo ou adjetivo que é só uma parte de como me vejo por inteiro”.

A foto utilizada como fundo para a declaração é um quadro que diz: “Seja quem você precisava quando era mais novo”.

Você pode ler todo o discurso inspirador do ator em seu Instagram (@charliecarver).

Recentemente, Colton Haynes, outro ator de Teen Wolf, também se assumiu homossexual.