All of this discussion of “our right to know” is a little nauseating. We don’t have a right to know what he does off camera any more than we have a right to know what Madonna or any of these other celbrities are doing. How ridiculous. These are people and they have as much a right to privacy as the rest of us. He’s not doing anything outlandish that could even be attracting attention and obviously has a desire to keep it that way. And perhaps he became an actor because he enjoys the art, not the celebrity.

As for his desired privacy being “bad for the gay community”? Absurd. Reticence does NOT equal shame in all cases. I actually appreciate his casualness and his saying that his sexuality isn’t newsworthy. He seems to be handling himself with grace, suggesting that the public should care more about him as an artist and less as tabloid fodder.

Why do we have to know if he’s gay or not, he plays one on TeeVee.

If he were doing and saying things against the community, then by all means OUT him. But if he’s an actor doing his gig and doing a great job, get out of his asshole.

I’m for respecting his privacy and his private life, but his game of peek-a-boo is a little curious.

Yes, yes and yes to each of you. I can’t say anything more that’s better than what you’ve said, other than, i don’t know…ambiguity = shame.

Funny that ‘Gay Honesty’ -not ‘outing’- got much, MUCH more of a response then anything related to Michael Urie actual career…Maybe he needs a new lesbian agent?

Considering we just got gay marriage legalzed in several states, the White house is under pressure to remove DADT and congress has introduced ENDA I was just wondering what on earth makes you think the gay movement has stalled?

Adam Lambert is openly gay. He told that he is gay on National TV. And he frankly admits that he is dating a guy. How can you say he is being coy about his homosexuality? IMO, gays like you and that idiot Perez Hilton are why the gay movement has stalled…You attack other gay people that you think are not radical enough.

I always love how when there is a celeb who won’t come out, some bisexual always comes out trotting out the whole “Nazi, labels blah blah blah comment.

We aren’t asking him what his favorite position is, we’re asking, “You are seeking my attention as a performer and actor, we like you. We like you enough and are curious enough about you that we want to know more. You seem like a handsome, funny, charming gay man, but I might be wrong. Do you have a partner?”

What is so wrong with that? What could possibly be so embarrassing to acknowledge?

Someone said that his desire to stay in the closet “befuddles Queerty staffers” I’m not a staffer, but I’m a gay business owner/writer/activist and yes – It totally F’cking befuddles me why someone thinks ‘acting’ like a gay cliche on TV is acceptable to them but simply acknowledging his normal gay life is unacceptable.

Like these befuddled staffers working as open and HONEST LGBT people, anyone in the public eye hiding behind an increasingly flimsy veil of false propriety and a need for privacy is a SHOCK to us. Anyone parading in gay drag and MINCING on network TV week after week and yet lacks the BALLS to simply say, “I’m gay” is so far from our queer brains that we can’t help but be appalled and seek answers.

Thank the Goddess in all her forms that these Staffers are propelling us forward with these questions and not dragging us back to an era of pre-Ellen SHAME as it appears many responders would like.

How many straight people say it’s no ones business what their sexuality is? Straight people announce all the time they are straight without even realizing it. From talking about who they are dating in an interview, to being seen kissing in public, to getting married in front of their friends and relatives. Someone mentioned Johnny Depp not being in the public eye? Well we sure do know who he’s married to, don’t we?

THE ONLY REASON gay people say it’s no ones business is because we all still think there is something wrong with being gay. Other people will think less of us. Other people will stop watching our movies. Other people might say mean things about me in the press. Well the only way to put a stop to all that crap is for everyone to be out and stop enabling this.

Michael Urie wants to live like a normal human being with a profession, not a celebrity. I can understand why this idea would be befuddling to the Queerty staffers.”
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The key words in your comment being “You likely didn’t even remember who Neil Patrick Harris was before he came out”.

You’re right, and he wouldn’t have been hosting the tony’s or been the toast of New York etc… The fact of the matter is, to the people saying that it’s private and none of our business. i’d buy that IF we didn’t have to hear every frigging detail of EVERY straight actors life all the time. From Angie and Brad’s every damn shopping trip to John Mayer and whoever he is banging, to Jessica Simpson and did she or didn’t she on breast implants etc… If these actors won’t come out because they think Hollywood is homophobic, fine, then I refuse to watch their shows until they do come out. I’m so sick and tired of the “Oh, and actor needs to play many roles and I don’t want to be typecast.” Really? Because heath Ledger had a daughter and was sleeping with women and yet they still cast him as a big ole Mo in Brokeback Mountain.

Sound Fck’d up???! This is the bullsh@t that gay-haters throw at us all the time. Gay is a choice! You can turn it off for work, turn it on at the bars. And why wouldn’t they believe it? Closet cases and queers who hide behind their ‘privacy’ kerchiefs give more ammo to those that think men suck dick just to annoy the mainstream.

I don’t care if this queen humps men/women/mannequins – he and that IDOL reject lambert should be bitch slapped for their sad, 1992-era, coyness. They are more hurtful to queer visibility than a blatant homophobe. Give me Eminems’s insults, which I can wholeheartedly fight against, over the community coddling these nancy boys need to put aside their over-rated careers and be gay MEN. And when we do confront them, those seeking truth are told to back off! They aren’t ready yet, they need to come out at their own time – but please buy their products and support them b/c you KNOW they are gay.

Hey Urie – You want it both ways? Open your mouth and bend over.

The worst is yet to come: You KNOW that GLAAD and HRC are already minting ‘HERO’ awards for these two gay assholes.

From Angela Corice of Associated Content:

Johnny Depp is one of the most famous actors in the world, but we don’t constantly see stories on him posted in the tabloids. It’s not that he doesn’t have any drama going on in his life; everyone does right? It just seems like he refrains from speaking about his home life when being interviewed and he doesn’t allow the cameras to catch him in any embarrassing public displays. Even though he lives in London (a far cry from celeb-packed LA) he probably gets his share of photographers following him around, but other than taking pictures they really have nothing more to report on him. I mean, what’s so interesting about a celebrity dropping their kid off at school or walking down the street pushing a stroller?

Stars like Britney Spears tend to end up in the tabloids more because of the things that they allow the public to see, yet they cry invasion of privacy when everyone knows their business. The whole world only knows their business because they put it out there. It is not very hard to keep yourself from being photographed with no underwear on or vomiting on a public street after leaving a club.