‘The Amazing’ Randi Finally Comes Out At Age 81

James “The Amazing” Randi is finally coming out of the closet at 81, writing in his blog that that he was inspired by the movie “Milk.”

According to Metro Weekly, Randi wrote in his blog (Randi.org) ”I’m gay…. From some seventy years of personal experience, I can tell you that there’s not much “gay” about being homosexual. For the first twenty years of my life, I had to live in the shadows, in a culture that was — at least outwardly — totally hostile to any hint of that variation of life-style…. This declaration of mine was prompted just last week by seeing an excellent film — starring Sean Penn — that told the story of politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. I’m in excellent company: Barney Frank, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry, Ellen DeGeneres, Rachel Maddow, are just a few of those who were in my thoughts as I pressed the key that placed this on Swift and before the whole world…”

Click here to read the full story