Coming Out Colton

When “Coming Out With Colton” was announced the same week when he came out on public TV, I despised its premise along with many others. It came across as a marketing ploy to improve Colton’s image after major negative image issues the prior year. To be honest, this post was only reason I finally watched this queer reality-tv series. After watching the series, I’m not as opposed to it – but I am equally not a fan. Most of this queer series was actually filmed BEFORE he came out publicly – it’s literally the raw messiness that we all have gone through in our own coming out stories. While there are many other positive queer role models in the series and it discusses several important topics, such as acceptance in faith among others, overall the series is quite awkward to watch at times. Despite the realistic nature of reality-tv and the fact that I believe people telling out coming out stories will help others follow their true selves, I don’t feel “Coming Out Colton” is a positive role model for those who are questioning.