Model and actor Derek Chadwick is featuring on the August issue of Gay Times for a very special reason.
The social media star, former Urban Outfitters model, and aspiring actor is giving us his thoughts on the coming out process.
Chadwick started opening up about his sexuality on Instagram and Youtube months before, but he's now sharing with Gay Times how his life has changed since then.
“I would identify now as gay… I think I realized vaguely at school that I was gay, like officially. There was a point that I just knew,” he told Gay Times.
“I have a very private life, and because I haven’t been out, I’ve been nervous about people seeing my personality because I didn’t want them to jump to conclusions about me without knowing my whole story.
“It’ll allow me to be more personable on social media. I’ll be able to post more on my stories and videos on Twitter… it’ll allow me to stand up on the stage in front of the LGBTQ community and not feel so pressured about, ‘Oh my God, I wonder they think of me’, or, ‘I wonder what they’ll think of me’.”
Outside of no longer worrying about what others are thinking about him, Chadwick hopes that opening up more about his sexuality, and the many avenues that are affected by it, will help others living similar truths.
“Coming out in this way allows me to use the privilege that I have to help other people who don’t have that. The opportunities that I’ve been given to have a voice,” he explained.
“I feel like that was the main reason why I wanted to do this cover. I want to be the person that’s at those rallies and events advocating for people and anybody. I never felt that I could do that unless I did this, and I think this is a major way for people to see visible queer people.”
You can pre-order the August edition of Gay Times here.
h/t: Gay Times
I think that we’re seeing the
I think that we're seeing the difference between online a/v media versus print media. By the time a magazine works through its backlog and prints a story, it's yesterday's online news.
Groundbreaking journalism.
Groundbreaking journalism.
Good for him but I’m confused
Good for him but I’m confused about the whole “officially coming out as gay” thing. He used to post pictures with his boyfriend and put several videos on YouTube about being gay/coming out. This really isn’t as shocking as they are making it. Again, cool he got the cover but this wasn’t really an announcement when he’s already confirmed it to his massive following.
He has been out though….
He has been out though….
How is this news, he posted a
How is this news, he posted a while back a “Happy 6 Month’s” (since deleted) with the guy he was dating in Australia.. he been gay a while now..
Super for him however it just
Super for him however it just seems now in many cases it's not a big deal, on the other side. I wish him continued success and happiness.