Matt Bomer publicly comes out

February 16, 2012

While accepting an award for HIV/AIDS activism work in California, US actor Matt Bomer revealed that he is gay.

At the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards ceremony, Bomer told the audience his sexual orientation indirectly.

“I like to give a special shout out to my table… and I’d really especially like to thank my beautiful family Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry – thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest accomplishment.”

Simon is his publicist and boyfriend Simon Halls and the others are his three children.

Bomer has never been upfront about his sexuality in the past when rumours swirled, preferring to play around the speculation.

“I don’t care about that at all. I’m completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life,” he said in 2010.

Bomer will be in the film version of Larry Kramer’s HIV/AIDs play The Normal Heart.

At the ceremony, Bomer received the New Generation Arts and Activism award.

“My world has really been rocked by doing research for Normal Heart, just in terms of the history of HIV and AIDS.

“And so I’m very proud to receive this award from an organization that is at the forefront of carrying the torch into a very, very bright future.”