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 05, 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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A recent claim on X drew attention to the cable news network’s growing fixation on the left-wing streamer.

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