S’pore actor Steven David Lim describes experience of coming out as gay
The actor has also been in a relationship with his current boyfriend for 5 years.
Matthias Ang |
June 24, 07:50 pm
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If you watched Growing Up from 1996 to 2002, one of Singapore’s most well-known English dramas, you might recall the character of David, the second child of the Tay family, played by Steven David Lim.
Lim went to Britain to attend drama school and pursue a career in theatre.
He appeared in the theatre adaptation of Adventures of Tintin.
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Out of the closet by the 1990s
On June 23, Singapore based LGBT website Dear Straight People put up an interview featuring Lim, in which he described his experience of coming out of the closet.
Came to realise he was gay over a period of time
Lim said that there was no single moment in which he realised he was gay.
Rather, it was a culmination of multiple small moments that supposedly peaked in an epiphany while he was dating a girl.
As Lim stated in his own words:
Subsequently, he met his first boyfriend, with their relationship lasting for over a year.
Source: Dear Straight People
The actor has also been in a relationship with his current boyfriend for 5 years.
Matthias Ang |
85
If you watched Growing Up from 1996 to 2002, one of Singapore’s most well-known English dramas, you might recall the character of David, the second child of the Tay family, played by Steven David Lim.
Lim went to Britain to attend drama school and pursue a career in theatre.
He appeared in the theatre adaptation of Adventures of Tintin.
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Out of the closet by the 1990s
On June 23, Singapore based LGBT website Dear Straight People put up an interview featuring Lim, in which he described his experience of coming out of the closet.
Came to realise he was gay over a period of time
Lim said that there was no single moment in which he realised he was gay.
Rather, it was a culmination of multiple small moments that supposedly peaked in an epiphany while he was dating a girl.
As Lim stated in his own words:
“I don’t remember it being one singular moment of clarity but rather over quite a long period of time with small incidences.”
Lim added that while the relationship with the girl went well, he found something amiss from it which led him to the conclusion that he was gay.Subsequently, he met his first boyfriend, with their relationship lasting for over a year.
