John Barrowman - Gay Icon

We have known for some time that John Barrowman -- Captain Jack Sparrow of Doctor Who and Torchwood -- is gay. Tonight he discussed openly what reasons may have caused him to be gay. The discussion on BBC TV was utterly fascinating.


Ian Johnson, Out Now
July 24, 2008

Being gay is something that many wonder about. Tonight John Barrowman put himself out into the mainstream media as a gay man. The resulting dialogue was utterly fascinating.

I am not especially a fan of the actor John Barrowman.

He is cute enough but before tonight I thought him brash and his well known role as bisexual Jack Sparrow in Doctor Who and Torchwood left me cold.

All that changed tonight.

BBC occasionally does TV that makes you so grateful that Brits pay their annual license fee.

As a non-UK resident viewer of BBC1 and BBC2 TV output I would gladly pay them this fee because of how good their TV output is.

Especially tonight.

Barrowman talked at length about his own history, his own sexuality and the modern scientific attitude to the perennial 'nature versus nurture' debate.

The answer?

It is nature.

I could not agree more.

Homosexuals are born in the womb. Biology seems to be behind the determining factors.

So my Mum can stop worrying about my childhood.

Mum -- I'm gay. Always have been.

If you wonder why, just ask John Barrowman.


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