When Chris Colfer was just 20, he'd already been named one of GQ magazine's men of the year, having sung and acted his way into the hearts of America as Kurt, the high-pitched, openly gay brunet ...

Chris Colfer played a character on the hit series “Glee” who was gay, but he had not yet publicly identified himself as a gay man when he first started playing the role.

Out gay Glee star Chris Colfer wasn’t always so open. In fact, the 34-year-old’s popular onscreen character from the show, Kurt Hummel, was out before Colfer was. Related.

(CNN) — Chris Colfer played a character on the hit series “Glee” who was gay, but he had not yet publicly identified himself as a gay man when he first started playing the role.