Wayne Brady says opening up about his pansexuality “goes part and parcel” with mental health: “I’m lighter”

by CBSnews

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  1. Here’s a preview of the article:

    Wayne Brady, host of the CBS game show “Let’s Make A Deal,” recently came out as pansexual, marking a turning point in his mental health journey.

    Pansexuality, as defined by the advocacy group GLAAD, involves the capacity to form enduring attractions to any person irrespective of their gender identity.

    Brady, who is 51, said he has grappled with anxiety and depression for years, and that he felt he needed to talk about his sexuality because it “goes part and parcel with the mental health piece.”

    “I look at it as being able to love whomever I want no matter the vessel,” Brady told “Entertainment Tonight” co-host Nischelle Turner in his only TV interview on coming out. “I never spoke about it before because especially in my generation, you were raised to suffer in silence. Whatever your truth is. You should be able to feel like you walk in that daily because that’s the only way to really be free.”

    **Read more:** [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wayne-brady-pansexual-mental-health-opens-up/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wayne-brady-pansexual-mental-health-opens-up/)

  3. Thanks for letting me know who you prefer fucking. My day is so much better now

  4. Really happy for Wayne Brady and hope that he inspires others to open up about themselves who may feel like they have to pretend to be someone else to fit in with others. It feels absolutely liberating to be open about who you truly are after suffering in silence due to old school toxic masculinity for so long.

  5. Dude really is making Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.

  8. I’m so confused. Did he previously come out as bi like a decade ago and is now coming out as pan?

    When this news first hit I remembered seeing him on Stargate and talking about him being bi with my now ex-girlfriend who was very active in the queer community and pansexual herself.

    I reached out to her for the first time in years to make sure I’m not insane and she immediately said she thought of that conversation when she heard the news.

    Am I wrong? What?

  10. Hes coming out as “pubsexual” – desperate for publicity

  11. Oddly enough I’ve been watching through old and new “Whose Line is it Anyway?” on Max. He makes quite a few jokes about transgenders, gays, etc, (more frequently than the others) and especially likes making jokes about Aisha having a penis. I had that feeling like he was really projecting some of those things considering I had a similar experience before accepting who I was. Glad he’s finally being true to himself.

  12. “I’m lighter”- yeah, lighter in the loafers.

    But seriously, congrats for coming out and being happy

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