Tyler James Williams Addresses ‘Dangerous’ Rumors About His Sexuality

Tyler James Williams cleared the aerial astir rumors surrounding his sexuality successful a connection of solidarity during Pride Month.

In respective since-expired posts shared to his Instagram Story implicit the weekend, the “Abbott Elementary” histrion noted that helium usually “wouldn’t code worldly similar this” but felt the “conversation is bigger than me,” People reported.

“I’m not gay, but I deliberation the civilization of trying to ‘find’ immoderate benignant of hidden trait oregon behaviour that a closed idiosyncratic ‘let slip’ is precise dangerous,” the 30-year-old wrote, condemning radical who effort to statement others arsenic queer earlier they’re acceptable to disclose their sexuality.

“Overanalyzing someone’s behaviour successful an effort to ‘catch’ them straight contributes to the anxiousness a batch of queer and queer-questioning radical consciousness erstwhile they fearfulness surviving successful their truth,” the Emmy nominee explained. “It makes the astir pedestrian of conversations and interactions successful spaces consciousness little harmless for our cheery brothers and sisters and those who whitethorn beryllium questioning.”

Tyler James Williams stars successful ABC's "Abbott Elementary."

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The erstwhile kid prima of “Everybody Hates Chris” noted that making assumptions astir someone’s sexuality based connected stereotypical characteristics “also reinforces an archetype galore consecutive men person to unrecorded nether that is oftentimes unrealistic, little free, and limits idiosyncratic expression.”

Adding that being cheery oregon consecutive “doesn’t look 1 way,” helium warned that “what whitethorn look similar harmless amusive and speech whitethorn really beryllium sending a unsafe message.”

Williams, who erstwhile played a cheery quality successful 2014’s “Dear White People,” wrapped up his connection by wishing “Happy Pride to each of my queer and questioning brothers, sisters, and individuals.”

“I commune that you consciousness seen successful ways that marque you consciousness harmless successful the solemnisation that is this month,” the histrion added earlier promising to assistance the satellite get to a “future wherever we are each accepted and fixed support to beryllium ourselves.”

After Williams’ station began making the rounds connected societal media, immoderate Twitter users offered their enactment and praised his words.

“The Wedding Year” actor’s connection besides garnered enactment from his younger brother, 26-year-old Tyrel Jackson Williams.

“The mode helium handled my and our younger brother’s coming retired should beryllium studied. He COMPLETELY deconstructed his views connected masculinity and made definite to physique spaces for america to beryllium comfy and seen until we were acceptable to archer our friends/family,” the “Lab Rats” alum wrote successful portion of a lengthy Twitter thread that besides referenced the pair’s younger sibling, 21-year-old Tylen Jacob Williams.