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6:19 pm, August 21st, 2013
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Wentworth Miller has come out as gay.
The “Prison Break” actor has come out of the closet in an open letter declining an invitation to the St. Petersburg Film Festival in protest of Russia’s anti-gay laws.
Miller’s letter was posted on the GLAAD website, and reads as follows:
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.
Miller made his screenwriting debut with this year’s Stoker, and has appeared in movies like Underworld, The Human Stain, and Resident Evil: Retribution.
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