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Y&R Star’s Who’ve Come Out As LGBTQ+
In recent years, there has been increasing visibility and acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals in the entertainment industry, including soap operas like The Young and the Restless. So let’s take a look at all the stars from the show who are LGBTQ+
1. Camryn Grimes
Not only is Camryn Grimes bisexual in real life, but she also portrays a bisexual character, Mariah Copeland, on The Young and the Restless. Grimes has been playing this role since 1997, initially as Cassie Newman before taking on Mariah’s character. Fans of the show know that Mariah is currently married to Tessa Porter, marking the first LGBTQ+ marriage in soap opera history. But before Mariah’s relationship with Tessa, she dated men on the show as well. And in real life, although Grimes is engaged to her fiancé, Brock Powell, and recently welcomed their first baby, she has always been open about being bisexual.
Back in September 2023, when some online users bashed for lying about her sexuality, and said that she was pretending to be bi to make her fiancé feel better, she came on to twitter to shut it down. Along with clearing up other rumors, she said, “I am bisexual, not sure how you figure that one.” Back in 2020 in a series of twitter replies, she came out for the first time and also revealed that her fiancé was bi as well.
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2. Christian LeBlanc
Not many of you know this but Christian LeBlanc who plays the role of the legal eagle, Michael Bladwin on Young and the Restless is also gay in real life. In fact he has been married to his husband, Sid Montz for three decades. When LeBlanc started dating his husband, it wasn’t accepted as widely as it is today. So, he kept it a secret for decades and it wasn’t until 2021 that he decided to come out and make it public. In a podcast, “State of Mind” hosted by Maurice Bernard, Leblanc finally spoke up about his sexuality and mental health issues. He also revealed that although being married to Montz for decades, he still couldn’t hold his hand in public because back in the day, people thought gay people were considered sick.
Leblanc and his husband, Sid fell in love and got married back in 1993 and just last year, they celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Although the couple still keep their relationship super private and haven’t posted a couple picture on their IG, we can always find them together in gatherings and dinners along with other people. Montz is also a Buddhist monk and art director who teaches meditation and yoga. He also shared a birthday post for his husband last year.
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3. Greg Rikaart
Now, we all know about Greg Rikaart. The actor who has been playing the role of Kevin Fisher in the show has always been open about his sexuality and his partner and husband, Robert Sudduth. While Kevin is all about Chloe on screen, Rikaart, in real life, is absolutely in love with his husband. After dating back in 2013, the couple finally got married in Maui, Hawaii, back on May 9, 2015. Later on, after just a year, they welcomed their first child, a son named Montgomery through surrogacy in 2016.
Back in 2022, Robert took to his Instagram to share a young picture of themselves and wrote, “Seventeen years ago, Greg Rikaart and I had our first date. This is not that date. It’s just a picture of us being young on a balcony, leaning into stripes.” And we just can’t get over their Halloween picture of last year.
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4. Thom Bierdz
Thom Bierdz was one of the favorite actors of Young and the Restless who played the role of Phillip Chancellor III from 1986 to 1989. If you remember in the soap, Phillip decided to fake his own death just so he could hide the fact he was gay. But that’s not it, the actor in real life also revealed that he was into men. Now, post his soap days, the actor became a renowned painter and in 2005, he was also named one of Out Magazine’s Best Emerging Artists.
Although we can’t find any records of his ex boyfriends, he has always been open about his sexuality and is thriving in his new painting career.