As we count down the days to Sunday's wedding of Scotty and Kevin on the "Brothers & Sisters" series finale, GLAAD has noted that this is the first network television show to have gay series regulars wed. GLAAD also compiled a list of other same-gender couple who have tied the knot on broadcast and cable television:

Broadcast:
Roc -- "Can't Help Loving That Man"October 20, 1991
Roc's uncle Russell married his partner

Northern Exposure -- "I Feel The Earth Move" May 2, 1994
B&B owners Ron and Erick get married

Roseanne -- "December Bride" December 12, 1995
Roseanne's boss, Leon, marries his partner Scott

Friends -- "The One with the Lesbian Wedding"January 18, 1996
Ross' ex-wife Carol marries Susan

Spin City -- "Grand Illusion"October 22, 1996
Carter stages a mock wedding in protest of the Mayor's stance against marriage for gay couples

Whoopi -- "Don't Hide Love"
March 23, 2004
Mavis hosts her lesbian cousin's wedding in her hotel

The Simpsons -- "There's Something About Marrying"
February 20, 2005
Patty comes out by announcing her plans to marry her girlfriend Veronica

Brothers & Sisters -- "Prior Commitments"May 11, 2008
Kevin and Scotty wed

Cable:
Queer as Folk -- "Episode 211"
March 31, 2002
Lindsay and Melanie get married, marking the first time gay series regular characters wed on cable

Queer as Folk -- "Episode 413"
July 11, 2004
Ben asks Michael to marry him in Canada where it's legal

Degrassi: The Next Generation -- "Voices Carry (2)"
November 9, 2004
Ashley's dad marries his partner in Canada

Six Feet Under -- "Everyone's Waiting"
August 21, 2005
We see into the future that David and Keith get married

The L Word -- "Legend in the Making"
January 7, 2007
Shane jilts Carmen at the altar

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I posted yesterday about Reichen Lehmkuhl's split from model Ryan Barry and his posting of Ten Rules for Dating In Hollywood as well as the remark: "You Shady Lying Sack of (expletive). You're BEYOND Gross. What an Idiot I Have Been!"

He now regrets displaying such raw emotion online and posted the following statement on his MySpace page: We all experience pain, but venting on MySpace isn't right. I'm sorry and I regret it. I was emotional and I don't feel any of the things I've said. And whoever I've dated that it could have been directed toward is and was never the way I may have described. I was venting on life and frustration and I apologize for offending anyone or for making myself look childish.

On the page, Reichen indicates that he is also on his way to Brazil. That would certainly cheer me up!

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First there was the red carpet kiss, or almost kiss. And now Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell admit, with a wink, that the stars of "Cassandra's Dream" are the hot new couple.
The following exchange was reported in Metro.co.UK today:
Ewan: "Me and Colin Farrell lovers? Yes. You heard it here first. Friends, lovers, all of those things."
Colin, walked up behind him on the red carpet in Toronto and confirmed it: "We're lovers, but only physically. No movies, no dinners, or long meaningful conversations caring about how the other person is doing in their lives...We just like to make love every now and then. Once a year is going to be the deal, like Woody Allen makes his films....We're going to make love once a year. He does look well, doesn't he? Very dapper. It's the accent as well that gets me."
Ewan: "I'm going to watch a film with people who like to watch films. Then Colin and I are going to go crazy!"

I know they are kidding but it's still kinda hot.

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I'd like to think that this blog is above doing more than one post in a single day about actors Wentworth Miller ("Prison Break") and Luke MacFarlane ("Brothers & Sisters" hanging out together.
Yeah, I'd LIKE to think so.
JustJared.com has posted the details of their outing and I, realizing there is interest, want to share those details with you. It's pretty SCANDALOUS: According to spywitnesses, the pair first avoided being photographed together, but eventually walked down the street together with a smile. Their day off together began with a visit to Kinkos where Wentworth surfed the web. Next stop: Starbucks. They then headed to a small art gallery in Culver City. And before calling it a day, they hit the In-N-Out Burger drive-thru.
No idea if they ordered a double-double, animal style.

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"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller and Luke MacFarlane (our beloved Scotty from "Brothers & Sisters") were photographed spending time together recently. These pics were just posted on Towleroad.com without any conclusions jumped to...

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Lance Bass, now appearing in the Broadway production of "Hairspray," has apparently broken up with his Brazillian boyfriend after just two months. Oh well, it must have been fun while it lasted!

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Hey wait a minute.
Wasn't Lance Bass NOT gonna talk about his new boiyfriend? Well, that lasted for about five minutes and if I was dating someone that good lookin, I'd blab about it too. Bass talked to People mag (of course) about connecting with the hunky Brazilian model Pedro Andrade who he first spotted him 35,000 feet up in the air.
"He was asleep in the back of the plane on the way over," the former 'N Sync star said of the Brazilian model, who was also en route to Vienna for the May 28 Life Ball. "I was like, 'He's really cute.'"
At the time Andrade, according to designer Richie Rich, was working at the Austrian event as a model for Heatherette.
"It's so fresh and new," Bass said. "The good thing is learning everything about him. He's really great . . . amazing."
Bass said that it took some time to get over his break-up with Reichen Lehmkuhl last December – but he's enjoying the dating life. "It's the first time I've ever been able to date, so it's nice to go out ? and get to know people and not jump into a relationship right away, which I usually do."

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Lance Bass may be dating the gorgeous model Pedro Andrade, but he doesn't want anyone thinking he's got a new boyfriend.
“He's just a friend,” Bass, 28, told Usmagazine.com during a party in his Hollywood Hills home on July 7. “We are just friends now. I guess you can say we're dating because we've been on multiple dates, but it's nothing exclusive. I'm freshly out of a relationship.”
Bass broke up with Reichen Lehmkuhl for over four months now.
“...I've never dated in my adult gay life,” he said. “I need to do that. Mainly I don't want to date anyone right now because I'm so focused on my career, which I haven't been for the last four years.”

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That Tori Spelling. What's she gonna do to surprise us next?
The no-TORI-ous Donna Martin, a two-time bride herself and a new mom, is now officially ordained and officiated over her first wedding at her bed-and-breakfast Inn Chateau where her latest reality show is set. What I love is that the first couple she married were two men!
She describes it herself in her blog: "It was so beautiful as I united Tony and Dex as life partners in love. They wrote their own beautiful vows and there was so much love surrounding them that there wasn’t a dry eye in the driveway! I was beyond nervous though. I’ve done live theater and presented at The Emmys and this by far was my scariest moment simply because they had bestowed such an honor upon me and I didn’t want to let them down."

Continue reading "Rev. Tori Spelling performs gay wedding..." »

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We are now getting a feel for Lance Bass' taste in men: gorgeous. He has moved on from hunky Reichen to New York-based Brazilian model, Pedro Andrade. According to the site, Queerty, the couple made their public debut on July 4th at Sag Harbor’s The Estate. How convenient that Andrade lives in NYC since Bass, next month, begins a lengthy run on the Broadway state in "Hairspray."
Good for him!

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The pics, squiggles and caption are from PerezHilton.com: "Spotted: hottie Neil Patrick Harris and his equally hot boyfriend, fellow actor David Burtka, at the UPRIGHT Cabaret show in West Hollywood this past Friday. So nice to see them out and about together!"

I agree that NPH and David Burtka are "hot" but coming from Perez, it rings somewhat hollow given his ferocious effort to force Harris out of the closet last fall after his former publicist insisted that Harris was not gay. The actor had never discussed his sexuality.

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I dunno. Maybe it's for good, maybe not. These crazy kids. I almost posted about this last week but wanted to wait and see if it stuck. Apparently it has since Lance has confirmed it to People.com: We broke up last week," Bass tells People. "But we're really good friends. Nothing bad at all – nothing bad at all to say."
The couple had announced in early December that they were splitting though trying to work on their relationship. "We remain the best of friends," they told People in an exclusive statement Dec. 4. "Please respect our privacy as we try to work things out during this difficult time."

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The UK's OK Magazine has exclusive pictures and an interview with John Barrowman and Scott Gill about their recent nuptials. Here is a taste of it with more to come in an update later.
Barrowman on relationships: "Relationships are work. We've had clashes but what I have learned from my parents is never go to bed angry...We are a couple who will get through any humps or bumps in the road. But we are not in an open relationship...If we ever split, we're rational. We'll talk about it. But I don't have as much money as Paul McCartney and I'm not married to a gold-digger."

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I had never spoken to Marc Malkin until yesterday when he weighed in on my David Beckham is coming to LA story. But now I'm familiar with his Planet Gossip site and it is terrific. He has what he says is the first picture of Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer's wedding in London. Festivities included the couple's first skate on a rented ice rink. Cumming has said he would have preferred getting married in the U.S.

Read Marc's post on the wedding at Planet Gossp which is part of the E! Online site.

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Ellen DeGeneres was so cute at the People's Choice Awards last night. When she was announced as the winner of the favorite talk show host award, she kissed girlfriend Portia de Rossi on the lips and took the stage. And during silly speech, the camera kept cutting to the beautiful Portia. It was sweet. Ellen didn't say anything sappy about the woman she loves while on stage, but backstage, she was asked what the secret is to their happy relationship:
"Finding the right person, finding someone that just clicks," Ellen said as Portia stood off to the side by the door.
She compared finding the right person to when you put together a jigsaw puzzle and there might be a piece that doesn't quite fit but you keep trying to force it to.
"You just have to find the right piece and I found the right piece," she said.
Then, ever the comedianne, she suddenly added: "That sounds dirty in a way."
Portia laughed, everyone laughed, and the two of them walked out together.

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Tony winning actor Alan Cumming, who married Grant Shaffer's civil partnership ceremony in London yesterday, has this to say about the experience: "We'd like to thank everyone for their good wishes and messages of support—they mean a lot to us, not only as a celebration of our happiness but also a celebration that two men actually can get married and have the same civil rights as any straight couple. We really hope that soon gay people in America will be treated with the same respect as they are here in the U.K. America is really missing out. You know, the gays really know how to throw a party."

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How cool is this? First Elton John ties the knot, then John Barrowman and now Alan Cumming! The Tony Award-winning Scottish actor and his American boyfriend of two years, illustrator Grant Shaffer, married today during a civil ceremony in London. Attending the nuptials were singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and actress Mary-Elizabeth Mastrantonio, according to Broadwayworld.com.

Cumming was on Broadway last year in the Roundabout Theater Company's revival of The Three[enny Opera. He won a Tony in 1998 for for his role as the Emcee in Roundabout's Cabaret. Cumming, star of over forty films including X2, Spy Kids, Golden Eye, The Anniversary Party, Emma, and Titus, has also starred on Broadway in Noel Coward's Design for Living, and was recently in a West End revival of Bent.

Shaffer is an illustrator, having recently worked on the critically acclaimed Little Children. His other art department credits include Closer, Angels in America, Zoolander, and Meet the Parents.

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I'm noticing that a lot of news organizations are refering to John Barrowman and Scott Gill as entering into a civil partnership and refer to it as a "marriage" with annoying quote marks around the word. That's insulting! If a straight couple gets married in any kind of civil ceremony or anywhere not in a church, you would write they were married in a civil ceremony, not "married" in a civil ceremony. I'm registering my immense irritation and just chalk it up to unchartered waters.
Anyway, my rant aside, I wanted to post a picture of this handsome couple but can't find any of them together! Maybe they are gonna sell them for big bucks to Britain's OK Magazine or Hello! magazine or whatever. If so, good for them!
Barrowman, 39, plays Captain Jack Harkness in "Dr Who" spin-off "Torchwood" and he and Gill have been together for 16 years. For the ceremony at Cardiff's St David's Hotel, Glasgow-born Barrowman sported a kilt.
Afterwards, Barrowman said it was important gay relationships were accepted. "It feels great and I think more gay men and gay women should go ahead and do it as long as they're serious about it," he said. "It's not really recognition but it's important for people to see the normality of the entire situation and it forces people who don't agree with gay men and women...to have to accept us.
"We deserve the rights like everybody else," he added. "It's been a long wait but we legitimised our relationship to each other a long time ago when we signed our mortgages together and this is just something that forces people who don't want to recognise it that they have to."
Well said John!

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This is such wonderful news: the multi-talented and very handsome John Barrowman, the star of the British TV series "Torchwood," married architect Scott Gill in a civil ceremony at the luxury five-star St David's Hotel and Spa in Cardiff Bay in front of 40 guests.
"It was a lovely ceremony, it went very well," .the hotel's marketing manager told The Daily Mail. "It was private event and attended by family and friends only - the couple seemed very happy."
Barrowman is a TV and stage star who has never had the success in the U.S. that he deserves. But he always finds work because he is so talented as an actor and as a singer. He's like a better-looking Tom Cruise, and far more authentic.
The couple did not issue a statement after the ceremony but Barrowman had previously told the BBC: "Our relationship was legitimate for us a long time ago. We have been spending most of our time together. The ceremony is because we have the right to be recognised as a couple. It forces people who don't want to recognise same-sex relationships as legitimate, it forces them to do so."
Since December 2005, gay couples have had the right to form a civil partnership; a public and legal recognition of their commitment to each other, in the UK.
CONGRATULATIONS to the happy couple!!!

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Elton John and David Furnish, together more than a decade, celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary today. Congralations to them and to the U.K. for showing that same-gender marriage does not have to be so SCARY!!!

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Well, I guess they've worked things out...this week. Just spotted these pics on Towleroad.com and thought you'd all like to see how happy and committed to one another Lance and Reichen looked over the weekend at the Reef Check fundraiser in Hawaii. To think, it was only a week ago that Lance's peeps were releasing a statement confirming their break-up. Those crazy kids.

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I first spotted John Barrowman more than 10 years ago on the short-lived CBS sudser "Central Park West" which had him playing a JFK Jr. type character who ends up killing his awful wife. I was pretty smitten with him and still am but, sadly for me and others, the out British actor is off the market. AfterElton.com reported today that Barrowman, currently starring in the BBC’s sci fi show "Torchwood," is set to marry his partner Scott Gill December 27th in Wales.
Pardon me as I try to continue typing through the tears. You see, John Barrowman isn't just a handsome, talented actor, but he is also a stage and recording star who can REALLY sing and dance. And he's a gay man so talented that he just keeps working and working in every medium from leading roles in such West End musicals as "Anything Goes" and "Sunset Boulevard" and in the U.S. films "DeLovely" and "The Producers." His CDs include "John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter" and "John Barrowman: Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber."
The last time Barrowman appeared as a regular in a U.S. series was in 2001's short-lived "Titans," an NBC sudser with Victoria Principal, Perry King and others. His current series "Torchwood" is a spin-off of the popular UK series "Doctor Who" and Barrowman plays bisexual intergalactic con man Captain Jack Harkness.
Congratulations to John and his lucky future hubby Scott!!!

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There are A-list epic romances and then there are 15-minutes-of-fame type pairings. In the epic category - even though they aren't real people - are Luke and Laura from "General Hospital," with all their break-ups and make-ups over 25 years. Then there was Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, who came out as a lesbian couple at the height of Ellen's sitcom fame and were soon seen at the White House, movie premieres and everywhere else. Superstars Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were seen as the ideal Hollywood couple and their split certainly got the world's attention. Then there was Burt Reynolds and Sally Field who had a passionate and rocky romance during the time that he was the number one box office star in the world and she won her first Emmy and first Oscar. They lasted a good five headline-grabbing years...
And if you go back several decades, what romance made more headlinesand ups and downs than the legendary one between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton? But we cared, we were interested. They fought, they loved, they made movies together like "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe." These were talented and interesting people with successful careers, so unlike folks like Britney and KFed and Pam Anderson and Kid Rock.
In that vein, I think it's gonna be a real pain in the neck if something so seemingly sketchy as the romance between former 'N Sync star Lance Bass and reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl starts making headlines for every blip in their relationship. Earlier this week, I hear they broke up and Lance's publicist had confirmed they had split. But now Bass, via his MySpace Web page, writes that they are trying to work things out (so WHY release a statement confirming the split only days ago? sheesh!).
"Reichen and I have gone through a few rough days... I have no doubt things will work out. We are very mature and deal with things the right way."
Mature? Um, OK. I guess we'll stay tuned for a bit. I'm already thoroughly bored with it though.

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Lance Bass and Reichen Lehmkuhl are attempting to work out their relationship, they tell PEOPLE in an exclusive statement.
"We remain the best of friends," they say. "Please respect our privacy as we try to work things out during this difficult time."
Hmmmmm. Something tells me they aren't going to "work things out" since they have already gotten all the ink they can possibly get outa each other. During their relationship, the two made many public appearances together, including red-carpet events and Lehmkuhl's book release party for his memoir Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The NY Post's PAGE SIX column gives this account of the split: Lance Bass finally kick Reichen Lehmkuhl to the curb - we hear he's already got another man. At the opening of Sunset Beach in L.A. the other day, Bass showed up with "a very attractive man as his date," said our spy. Bass refused to pose for pictures with the stranger, and snuck in and out of the side entrance. Page Six first reported the troubles Bass and Lehmkuhl were having due to the former Marine's insistence on Bass dropping his straight friends and not having a full-time job. Bass' friends also think Lehmkuhl maneuvered the former *NSYNC-er into coming out at the same time as his book debut, "Here's What We'll Say."

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I'm sure they don't aspire to be like Lance and Reichen who have been endlessly photographed at public events since Bass came out this summer, but Neil Patrick Harris and boyfriend, actor David Burtka, are now living under more of a microscope with paparazzi interested in their every move.
Here is a picture of the couple taken Sunday afternoon as they were out walking the dogs and picking up some flowers and groceries. They are awfully cute, don't ya think?

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I swear, I'm not trying to become the next Perez Hilton or anything. I'm still soul searching over the entire Lance/Matthew/Jake "bro-mance" post last week telling myself it was legit since Lance and Matthew addressed the rumors in a cover story in Details. Still, did i need to run about 10 photos of these hunky guys and their pal Jake Gyllenhaal? Oh, the questions that keep me awake at night. But, what the heck. Now that I've already dipped my toe in the tabloid gutter, I offer you this photo and the following speculation: T.R. Knight of "Grey's Anatomy" and Luke MacFarland, who plays Kevin's new love interest on "Brothers & Sisters," were spotted all over town this weekend and lots of pics were taken. Since T.R. publicly came out of the closet last week, obviously there is a buzz around whether these two talented and way cute actors are dating. Now, the photos tell us nothing really since there are no blatant PDAs between the two. And, it's certainly not fair to automatically link any man seen walking around with an out man as gay (I have a lot of straight friends who can tell you this!). But here's a few more pictures (one is from Perez Hilton's site which explains the silly doodling) and maybe some of our astute body language experts can read something into all of this.

My final words on the subject: In my feeble defense of the tabloid-like nature of this post, I did have to go to the doctor today for treatment of a sinus infection. I was given some drugs and my judgement may be impaired as I blog from the home office. So enjoy the tabloidy "Out In Hollywood" for at least today! Tomorrow, we are back on the high road...well, at least the middle road.

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In the weeks since singer Lance Bass publicly came out of the closet and went public about his relationship with reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl, Internet rumors has the two on the rocks. Reichen, winner of "Amazing Race" with his ex-partner, has a book coming out this fall about his experiences being gay in the military and some say he is milking the publicity from his relationship with Bass to fuel interest in the book.

Reichen has been bothered enough about some of these rumors that he posted on his MySpace blog over the weekend a long note taking aim at the nasty talk. Of the book, he says: I've wanted to write this book for 10 years. I started writing it 2 years ago and have had a book deal with Avalon Publishing since way before I even knew the people in my life who are very much in the public eye. My book was scheduled long ago to come out in Fall of 06. This book is all me, by me, and to fight for a cause that I've believed in forever...ending the ban on gay people from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces."

As for Bass, his coming out landed him a People magazine cover last month and he talked to the magazine again over the weekend at an LA party he attended with Reichen.

"We are very happy. It's nice to be able to go out and be yourself," Bass said."We're always out. It's just now people are paying attention, I guess. It's funny."

Said Reichen: "We love to keep it mellow. It's really nice right now to enjoy private time together. We're just normal like anybody else, (going to) the beach, movies, the pool."

Of his partner's decision to come out, Reichen said: "I'm just really proud of Lance and the decision he made. He did it all on his own and I just stood by and supported him. It's just been great."

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Aside from the massive coverage of Mel Gibson and Lindsay Lohan woes, I was struck by how much attention Lance Bass' coming out continues to receive. Bass' boyfriend, "Amazing Race" winner Reichen Lehmkuhl, has mostly been sem-famous for being semi-famous since his reality show victory. The Bass relationship puts him back in the national spotlight in a big way.

Known simply as Reichen, he would appear to be an excellent role model for Bass as far as being upfront about your sexuality publicly. He and his former partner were billed as being "married" during "Amazing Race" and even though they split up after the show, they will forever deserve kudos for being open and unapologetic about who they are.

Anyway, that's my two or three cents. Now here are some excerpts from an interview Reichen gave to "Entertainiment Tonight" that will air later today:

"I support Lance wholeheartedly," he says. "I couldn't be more proud of what he's doing."

Tthe two had to go to great lengths to maintain their privacy: "The more intense the secret has to be in the beginning, the tougher it's going to be in the end. There's definitely a lot more scrutiny when you come out in the public eye."

Reichen is a former U.S. Air Force captain who has penned the forthcoming book "Here's What We'll Say" which is about being gay in the military. During his years in the military, Reichen kept his relationships a secret.

"I can speak for myself and others in the gay community about 'beards,'" he told ET. "We have girls by our sides that we call 'beards,' that can be difficult. It's a fact of life for a lot of gay people who are in the closet to have a girl around."

Reichen says he understands how it is easier for Bass to come out now than it would have been during the heyday of NSYNC.

"You worry about how it's going to affect things in your own life, not just to protect yourself but everyone around you," he says. "Anytime someone comes out of the closet, they have their own personal journey."

Now that their relationship is out in the open, Reichen feels that the hardest part is over.

"Lance is going to have amazing support," he says. "The most positive thing about all of this is that the truth has been told. Life is going to be easier now...There's nothing better than the weight of secrecy being off your shoulders."

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