Alan Cumming defends the rights of gays to adopt: “Most of the abuse against children comes from straight parents—from straight men, actually”

I love Alan Cumming’s work on the screen but I love his outspoken nature even more.

The Tony winner and Emmy nominee is starring in a new film called Any Day Now which just won the audience award at the Tribeca Flm Festival.

Cumming and Garret Dillahunt play a couple in the 1970s who are engaged in a legal battle to adopt a teenager with Down’s Syndrome who they have been caring for.

The actor shared his thoughts on gay adoption at the Tribeca festival with Queerty.com. He is incredulous that a perception persists among some that gay men are not qualified to care for children.

‘You know, most of the abuse against children comes from straight parents—from straight men, actually,’  Cumming said. ‘And its a terrible misstatement that gay men are somehow going to be more abusive to their children. It’s absolutely not true in any way. And yet still there’s kind of this myth in society. And I find that part of the whole prejudice that gay people suffer. We’re still fighting against it and I hope that this film will in some way help to eradicate that.’

Cumming and his husband, graphic artist Grant Shaffer, got married in New York City in January – five years after they entered into a civil partnership in London.

But the couple has no plans to adopt at this point.

‘Over the years we’ve come to a decision that we don’t want to do it,’ Cumming says. ‘I’ve got a relationship that’s the most conducive and strong for [parenting], but we’re actually kind of happy as we are.’