Tampa Bay Overheard: Gays of our Lives

Tampa Pride has announced that actor Christopher Sean will be the celebrity grand marshal for this year’s Diversity Parade.

The actor is best known for his recurring role of Gabriel Waincroft on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 and currently portrays the popular gay character Paul Narita on NBC’s soap opera Days of our Lives. Sean, who is of Japanese-American descent, became the third prominently gay Asian character to currently appear on television.

The character’s coming out episode was heralded as groundbreaking, with BuzzFeed noting that the “closeted professional baseball player came out to his family in a scene spoken entirely in Japanese with English subtitles.”

The fourth annual Tampa Pride, which last year drew 35,000 attendees, will be held on March 24. For more information about this year’s parade and array of events, visit TampaPride.org or email Tampa Pride President Carrie West at c.west@TampaPride.org.

Image from Christopher Sean’s Facebook page.

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