In a move that has broken hearts across the world, Wentworth Miller, notable for his role in Prison Break, has come out as gay in a letter to the Saint Petersburg Film Festival in Russia.
He rejected the invitation to attend the festival because of the recently passed Anti-gay laws of Russia.
The letter:
Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in
the past and can also claim a degree of
Russian ancestry, it would make me happy
to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must
decline.
I am deeply troubled by the current attitude
toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government.
The situation is in no way acceptable, and I
cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being
systematically denied their basic right to live
and love openly.
Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I’ll be free to make a different choice.
Until then.
Wentworth Miller.
Way to go, Wentworth. We should stand up for what we believe in.
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