Charlie Carver of “Teen Wolf” and “Desperate Housewives” fame comes out publicly as gay

This just makes my damned day folks.

Not just that a popular young actor has come out – but the way he’s come out. Wise words.

Charlie Carver, one of the former stars of MTV’s Teen Wolf series, has come out publicly as a gay man.

Carver, 27, went public by posting a heartfelt essay on Instagram about his journey which he titled Be Who You Needed When You Were Younger.

‘I’ve lived “out,” not feeling the need to announce so. I was comfortably out in my private life. And for a time, that was enough,’ he writes.

‘When it came to this differentiation of public/private, I was of the opinion that my sexuality could stay off the table. While my Coming Out was very important for me, I wanted to believe in a world where one’s sexuality was for the most part irrelevant.

‘After having the privilege of playing a range of characters, gay, straight and otherwise, I realize this is not the case.’

As his career, alongside twin brother, Max Carver, grew with recurring roles on the TV series Desperate Housewives, Teen Wolf and now The Leftovers, Carver began to evolve and feel the need to be authentic in his public life like he was privately.

‘I now believe that by omitting this part of myself from the record, I am complicit in perpetuating the suffering, fear, and shame cast upon so many in the world,’ Carver writes.

‘In my silence, I’ve helped decide for to you too that to be gay is to be, as a young man (or young woman, young anyone), inappropriate for a professional career in the Arts (WHAAA???) So now, let the record show this- I self-identify as gay.’

Carver realized he needed to be the person who he needed when he was first starting out in show business.

‘As a young man, I needed a young man in Hollywood to say that- and without being a dick about it, I owe it to myself, more than anything, to be who I needed when I was younger.’

He adds for those who might be wondering: ‘And let the record show my twin brother is just as cool for being straight.’