
Anna Paquin came out as bisexual earlier this year in a PSA. Her video was part of True Colors First’s ”Give a Damn” campaign, which premiered April 1. It attracted so much traffic that wegiveadamn.org had to invest in additional servers to handle the load. She appeared on camera and said, “ I’m Anna Paquin. I’m bisexual, and I give a damn.”
And as far as she’s concerned it was never hush-hush. She told Zap2it.com, “It wasn’t like it was a big secret. It was just a cause I cared about and privately supported, but not one that I had ever had an opportunity to speak out about in a way that would be useful.” She added, “I’m not someone who endlessly talks about her personal life for no reason, but obviously, as someone who identifies as bisexual, those are issues I really care about – and frankly, I don’t see why everyone doesn’t care about them.”
Alan Ball, True Blood‘s boss who is openly gay himself, wasn’t surprised. He said, “I thought that was really brave, and I say ‘good for her’. I like the fact that she doesn’t feel the need to keep that hidden, and she was sort of saying, ‘This is who I am and I am doing this because I want to make a stand for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, and equal rights for all.”
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