What Prompted Colton Haynes to Step Out of the Closet? (Video)

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What Prompted Colton Haynes to Step Out of the Closet?
With the TV shows Arrow and Teen Wolf behind him, the 27-year-old actor is ready to say he's gay.
 Dawn Ennis
          
          May 06, 2016
          
        
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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What Prompted Colton Haynes to Step Out of the Closet?

With the TV shows Arrow and Teen Wolf behind him, the 27-year-old actor is ready to say he's gay.

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The unsolved murder, dubbed the “gay Black Dahlia,” was cracked wide open by director Rachel Mason after 25 years.

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