Is luke evans gay
Hollywood actor Luke Evans writes candidly in his memoir about his experience growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness – and having to deal with religious and homophobic prejudice.
Evans describes a childhood where he was taunted by peers as a “Bible-basher”, and how he endured homophobic bullying. He writes:
I was bullied for being gay before I even understood what it meant. The worst nickname was “Jovey Bender”, because it combined two aspects of my identity that could never be reconciled. It wasn’t possible to be a “Jovey” and a “Bender” because being gay was strictly forbidden by the religion.
As an academic who works on religion and sexualities, my latest research focuses on gay ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for their door-knocking evangelising, pique interest because of the closed nature of their group. They are a fundamentalist and apocalyptic religious group organised into congregations, overseen by male elders – women are not permitted to be elders.
They refer to their beliefs and teachings as “the Truth”. There is a governing body, known as Th
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Luke Evans on growing up gay as a Jehovah's Witness
Hollywood star Luke Evans has described the difficulties growing up as a Jehovah's Witness knowing he was gay.
Evans said he hid his sexuality, partly to defend his parents.
Jehovah's Witnesses reject homosexuality and Evans - the Welsh actor whose films include Beauty and the Beast, The Hobbit, and Fast & Furious 6 - understood he would be expelled from the community if he came out, with implications for his family too.
"I just knew that because of the religion it would pose a very difficult situation for us, because the religion would not accept it," he said.
Growing up as an only youngster in the south Wales valleys, he said he had a very proximate and happy relationship with his parents, David and Yvonne.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Lucy Owen programme he said he had no choice but to try to fit in during his early teens, despite knowing he was gay.
"I guess I chose the religion. I'm not sure I believed in any of it, if I'm blatantly sincere, but I did
Luke Evans just starred in his latest action flick Weekend in Taipei where he played a ruggedly handsome former Drug Enforcement Administration agent who revisits his forbidden romance with a former undercover operative, played by Gwei Lun-mei, when he visits Taiwan for a mission. Evans is also currently promoting his autobiography Boy from the Valleys: An Unexpected Journey’ where he shares how grateful he is for the support fans and Hollywood have given him by not typecasting him into roles.
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