Spacey's response to sex allegation met with outcry
LOS ANGELES - A two-time Academy Award-winner and acclaimed star of film, theater and television publicly comes out as gay for the first time. In 2017, that would seem like a triumphant moment and cause for celebration in the LGBTQ community.
But when Kevin Spacey finally ended decades of speculation by declaring in a late Sunday night tweet that "I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man," the announcement drew widespread condemnation on social media.
At issue was the timing of his announcement - just hours after Buzzfeed had published a report in which actor Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey made a sexual advance toward him
