Hugh Sheridan Comes Out As Non Binary
Hugh Sheridan has come out as non-binary, eight months after they revealed that they were attracted to both men and women. Sheridan made the announcement via Instagram, coinciding with an interview for the cover of this month鈥檚 DNA Magazine.
鈥淚鈥檇 begun to publicly acknowledge being gay. A lot of people were congratulating me; a lot of people were angry and unkind to me about being open about my sexuality,鈥� they told DNA magazine, adding that they were 18 when they first realised, they were attracted to men, but it wasn鈥檛 until late last year that they publicly came out.
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鈥淚 just want to be human. I understand labels are important for so many people. I鈥檓 just saying for me, I wanted my label to be 鈥楬uman鈥�.
Sharing the cover image on Instagram, Sheridan 聽 鈥淚 am still a human (non binary/bi/me/Hughman) but I鈥檓 in a monogamous relationship with another human, who I love. I don鈥檛 accept a label cause it limits me鈥� if you want it; take it. I chose zero labels for no other reason except the exclusion, limitations, separation,聽I believe are all one, deeeeep down. &鈥ho knows? Why chose?!! Be you. Be true. Be free: to BE, to JUST BE鈥� you, a human, same as me. READ THE ARTICLE, you鈥檒l laugh. I did.鈥�
The cover image featured Sheridan and his fianc茅 Kurt Roberts, in to a photo of James Dean kissing Marlon Brando.
In March of this year, during the opening night performance of his Adelaide Fringe show聽Hughman. The pair had only been together since November last year. In February, they nearly broke the internet when the posted some rather steamy images of the pair
In November last year, a production of Hedwig And The Angry Inch which was set to star the Adelaide born actor, , with producers citing issues around representation, and the casting of Sheridan as a non-binary or gender queer character. Sheridan was later admitted to hospital where they underwent mental treatment due to the public outcry.
Sheridan who is currently based in Los Angeles, said in an interview with Stella Magazine, that they have a responsibility to speak out.聽 “In many ways, I wish I didn鈥檛 have to write this, but I feel a responsibility to others who may come after me,” they said.
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“By sharing my story now, and becoming more transparent, maybe I can help to give others who are private a break. We might live and let them live as they wish.”
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Seriously he is the most binary person I have seen in a long time.
We fall in love for different reasons. It’s a beautiful period of our lives.
Good on Hugh for being true to himself. I can understand people who don’t want to be labelled or put in boxes (although by doing this, we handicap ourselves in our fight for our rights, because we in effect tie our own hands behind our backs). However I do find his adoption of the Royal plural rather silly.
Wow who cares?