On Mekahel tells Newsweek about coming out as gay in this original essay.
While I was in acting school, I would travel to LA for auditions. I was staying there for a couple of days when I met my ex-boyfriend. He was a barista and wrote his number on the cup. It was kind of like love at first sight. He moved to live with me in New York after around a month; however, if my parents came to visit, we told them he was my roommate.
I hired an entire production team and everything was ready to start filming in New York, but a week before we started shooting my ex-boyfriend broke up with me. I was devastated; I think that first heartbreak is always the hardest. I knew this series was going to be public. It was going to be everywhere and would force me to say that I am gay to the rest of the world. I wasn't ready, I was thrown out of the closet, but it was for the best.Coming out as gay to friends and family
The reaction of my family was amazing. My brothers were the best people ever and my mom was instantly supportive. My dad found it a little harder to accept and understand at the beginning.
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