Tom Lenk, the adorable actor who played lovable geek Andrew on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has officially come out of the closet.  If you ever watched Buffy, especially the DVD commentary, the fact that he is a gay man comes as no surprise to you. However, it’s great to hear when one of the Buffy alum comes up in the news!  Good for Tom, for making it official.

…Lenk pinged quite a few gaydars including Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who told The Advocate that Andrew hadn’t been planned as gay, but when Lenk auditioned they decided to take the character that way since “Tom has a bit of a fey thing going on in his persona that, you know, you can’t really deny.”

Technically, Andrew was never gay, but when we included him on our list of the “Ten Best Gay and Bisexual Science Fiction Characters“, Whedon himself wound up weighing in on the topic.

Lenk says his coming out now was supposed to be timed to coincide with his first television same-sex kiss. The Buffy alum had been cast as the boyfriend of Jesse Tyler Ferguson‘s character on Fox’s Do Not Disturb. Alas for Lenk, DNR didn’t make it past its second episode before Fox showed mercy on us all and canceled the sitcom.

Lenk also reveals he was constantly tormented growing up.  Check out Ingenue Perspective for a video of Lenk in Buffy.  Put Tom in more TV stuff!

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