Sometimes Breaking News is Breaking News Simply Because it is Not Breaking News

Jim Parsons, star of the Big Bang Theory as well as the Broadway revival of “Harvey,” came out of the closet in an article in the New York Times.

Via The Huffington Post ~

Actor Jim Parsons has revealed he is gay and in a committed relationship in a new interview.

New York Times scribe Patrick Healy confirms “The Big Bang Theory” star’s sexuality as part of a profile of the 39-year-old actor, who is currently starring on Broadway in a revival of “Harvey.” The revelation comes late in the article, when Healy describes Parsons’ role in the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer’s HIV/AIDS crisis drama, “The Normal Heart.”

Writes Healy: ‘”The Normal Heart” resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said.”

This did not occur on the cover of a magazine.  This was not the purpose of the article.  This was not a big deal.  And because of that, this was a very big deal.  And it happens this way more and more frequently.  We come out of the closet and the world breaths a collective sigh of disinterest.

Perhaps my favorite thing about the article in the Huffington Post ~ the article about the article ~ is the wording of his coming out.  He did not “admit” to being gay.  He simply “revealed” it.  Words are powerful.

Next step on the “this is not a big deal” ladder ~ one day there will be no article about the article.