‘Prison Break’ Star Comes Out As Gay In Letter Rejecting Invitation To Russian Film Festival
US actor Wentworth Miller has come out as gay in an open letter to Russia in which he rejected an invitation to attend a film festival in protest at the Kremlin’s ban on homosexual “propaganda”.
The 41-year-old member of the “Prison Break” cast told the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival that he would have loved to have come to the event were it not for the highly controversial legislation.
“Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes,” Miller wrote in a letter posted Wednesday on the website of the pro-gay rights organisation GLAAD.
“However, as a gay man, I must decline,” Miller said.
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“I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly,” MIller said.
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