QUEER QUOTE: Actor Haaz Sleiman Comes Out As Gay (and "Total Bottom")

Actor Haaz Sleiman has long been a favorite of mine. His chiseled features and beautiful complexion make him extremely attractive to me. As an actor, he appeared in the Oscar-nominated indie film The Visitor (see my review) in 2009 as well as in the first season of the Emmy-winning Showtime series Nurse Jackie (playing the sassy gay friend of the titular character played by Edie Falco).

We had not heard much from him for several years but in the last few weeks the "Arab hottie" has been raising his profile as the news that he has come out publicly as a gay man has propagated through the LGBT blogosphere. Possibly what raised eyebrows was Haaz's quote that he is a "total bottom" and an interview he gave to Unicorn Booty where he hotly rejects "bottom shaming" in what is today's Queer Quote.

“Bottom shaming is no different than sexism. We don’t take bottoms as seriously. We say, ‘Tops are better.’ And then we eyeroll when we hear that someone is a bottom. We hear that men are more worthy than women, and men are the center of the world. It is the same when it comes to the dynamic between bottoms and tops. It is OK if he is f***ing another man but it’s not if he is being f**ed by another man.”

Haaz is pretty active on social media, especially Facebook, Twitter (@haazsleiman) and Instagram (@haazsleiman). So far it looks like he is getting mostly positive reaction to his speaking out. What do you think?