Unnecessary Battles

It was really dumb for Noah Galvin, the gay teenager on The Real O'Neals, to pick a battle with other gay actors. And now it appears his tirade almost cost him part of the second season of his show. With all the other gay battles in America, this was self-indulgent and damaging at a time when a little bit of unity would have been nice.

It started when Noah attacked other actors, such as Colton Haynes, in a Vulture interview:

Too often, gay characters on TV are being played by straight people. Some play stereotypes of gay people, some don't. But more often than not, the people playing gay on TV are either not gay, or they are gay and they're not out of the closet.

Colton had recently come out and discussed the issues related to keeping his sexuality hidden. He had made himself sick with worry, noting:

People want you to be that GQ image that you put out, but people don't realize what it's like to act 24 hours a day. I'd go home and I was still acting...People who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don't realize that acting 24 hours a day is the most exhausting thing in the world.

Of course, Noah realized the idiocy of his comments, and shortly apologized:

To Colton Haynes and to the LGBTQ youth, especially those who have embraced our show, I have no right to dictate how or when anybody comes out of the closet; I know how difficult and scary the process of coming out can be, and the last thing I would ever want to do is make it scarier. 

Noah is not a teenager in real life (he is 22), so maybe he should start acting like an adult. And a little bit of support among actors, particularly those coming out, would make more sense.