{"id":43545,"date":"2016-08-30T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tearful-colton-haynes-accepts-hrc-visibility-award-makes-promise-to-future-lgbt-people-watch\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:20:57","slug":"tearful-colton-haynes-accepts-hrc-visibility-award-makes-promise-to-future-lgbt-people-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tearful-colton-haynes-accepts-hrc-visibility-award-makes-promise-to-future-lgbt-people-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg?resize=740%2C414\" alt=\"Colton Haynes HRC\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg?w=1200 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg?resize=300%2C168 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg?resize=768%2C429 768w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg?resize=1024%2C573 1024w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2_haynes.jpeg?resize=150%2C84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Actor Colton Haynes, who came out of the closet<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/colton-haynes-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"> just this past May<\/a>, received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award at a gala in Seattle over the weekend. Haynes was emotional throughout his acceptance speech, fighting back tears as he talked about the freedom he has now to be himself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never made a decision to be <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>,&rdquo; said Haynes. &ldquo;That came just as naturally as the color of my eyes.&nbsp;But, however, it&rsquo;s up to me to be honest and open with everyone.&nbsp;And that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m here tonight, and why it&rsquo;s so special for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>RELATED:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/colton-haynes-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Colton Haynes Confirms He&rsquo;s Gay &mdash; Officially.<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m asked to play so many roles as an actor. But tonight I can actually be myself for the first time. It feels incredible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Haynes said he planned to pay it forward:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t necessarily feel especially deserving of this recognition.&nbsp;We all know there are many other people who have come before me and blazed the trail as LGBT advocates and as role models. And I&rsquo;m walking in their shoes and I&rsquo;m following their lead. Instead I&rsquo;ll accept this award as a promise. And this promise is simple and real. And I&rsquo;m not making it to you. I&rsquo;m making it to the next generations of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexuals<\/a>, and transgender youth, and I hope my example will give them the confidence and hope to be who they are as well. And for them to conquer their own fears and hesitations. I want&nbsp;to give them just a little more courage to know that they&rsquo;re loved just as they are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also shared some personal thoughts.&nbsp;He grew up in Kansas and Hot Springs, Arkansas, he is &ldquo;obsessed with clouds&rdquo; and was going to be a meteorologist instead of an actor.<\/p>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have many hopes for the future, and many ambitions as an actor and an artist. On a personal note, I have to confess that I also want to raise kids of my own, eventually, maybe half a dozen. Maybe have a basketball team or something like that,&nbsp;but I would love to not raise them alone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<div data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanrightscampaign\/videos\/10154526503913281\/\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Itay Hod at The Wrap<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/is-colton-haynes-getting-an-lgbt-visibility-award-just-for-showing-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"> asks whether&nbsp;Haynes should be the recipient of an award just for coming out?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For years, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation&rsquo;s largest LGBT advocacy group, has presented its Visibility Award to&nbsp;high-profile, positive role models. But the decision to give the award to&nbsp;recently out actor Colton Haynes strikes some activists as premature.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing celebrities come out sends a powerful message to other LGBT people &nbsp;&mdash; especially <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teens<\/a> who may feel isolated and alone &mdash; that they are part of a community and shared struggle. The question for some activists is whether, in the age of legal same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage and other advances, coming out should be viewed as something worthy of an award, or as a basic responsibility. They argue that we no longer <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> in a time when celebrities need to hide their sexuality for fear of career repercussions.<\/p>\n<h2>RELATED:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/noah-galvin-colton-haynes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">&lsquo;Real O&rsquo;Neals&rsquo; Star Noah Galvin Blasts Colton Haynes: &lsquo;That&rsquo;s Not Coming Out, That&rsquo;s Pussy Bulls**t&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Hod grilled&nbsp;activists, publicists, past HRC members, and other out celebs on whether this kind of award should be given to a newly-out celeb like Haynes, and most agree that large lobbying organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign use celebs &ndash; especially those with a vast social media reach like Haynes &ndash; as a tool to fundraise and raise awareness at the same time:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Attaching a celebrity to the awards gets more eyeballs and attention to the topic,&rdquo; Scott Martin, who was an active member of HRC Seattle for years, told TheWrap. &ldquo;It gets more people to talk about it and tweet about it. Colton&rsquo;s peers, who may still be in the closet, may see the embrace Colton gets and perhaps be inspired to do the same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not about the award,&rdquo; celebrity blogger and activist Perez Hilton told TheWrap. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about Colton giving of his time and allowing HRC to use his name and likeness to sell tickets and fundraise. He&rsquo;s directly doing good for the entire LGBT community by agreeing to accept this &lsquo;award.&rsquo; They <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> it an award but it&rsquo;s really an arrangement. &lsquo;This is how you can help us!&rsquo; I&rsquo;m glad he said yes!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read Hod&rsquo;s full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/is-colton-haynes-getting-an-lgbt-visibility-award-just-for-showing-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/colton-haynes-hrc\/\">Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=MNvrg9i5SnY:KsfOH0jKRjc:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/MNvrg9i5SnY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/MNvrg9i5SnY\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/MNvrg9i5SnY\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH Actor Colton Haynes, who came out of the closet just this past May, received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award at a gala in Seattle over the weekend. Haynes was emotional throughout his acceptance speech, fighting back tears as he talked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tearful-colton-haynes-accepts-hrc-visibility-award-makes-promise-to-future-lgbt-people-watch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tearful-colton-haynes-accepts-hrc-visibility-award-makes-promise-to-future-lgbt-people-watch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tearful Colton Haynes Accepts HRC Visibility Award, Makes Promise to Future LGBT People: WATCH Actor Colton Haynes, who came out of the closet just this past May, received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award at a gala in Seattle over the weekend. 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