Love Out Loud VII, an annual event sponsored by We Love Soaps and Poz magazine, was held on Wednesday, May 16 at Prohibition in New York City. It's an AIDS Walk NY fundraiser: the hosts, the sponsors, and (this is truly wonderful) the celebrities are all donated their time to the cause! In the latest episode of our web series, WE LOVE SOAPS TV, we talked with former ALL MY CHILDREN and AS THE WORLD TURNS actor Ben Monk (formerly credited as Ben Jorgensen) backstage at Love Out Loud. Monk shared professional highlights such as the coming out storyline of AMC's gay teen Kevin Sheffield, starring in Calvin Klein's Obsession ad as a child, and his successful career as an editor and filmmaker. Monk was recently bit by the acting bug again and he provided an update on that as well.
"The writing was so good," Monk remembers of his time at ALL MY CHILDREN. "It was like a movie going by. My coming out scene was the best."
"What was interesting is they never seemed to want to hire the gay actors to play the gay parts," he continued. "I was playing opposite a lot of gay actors. I don't want to name names on ALL MY CHILDREN, but let's just say we flipped the nut both ways."
Watch our latest episode below.
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Damon L. Jacobs is a Licensed Therapist in New York City who specializes in treating grief/loss, depression, stress management, anger management, addiction, and bullying. He is also the author of the popular book "Absolutely Should-less: The Secret to Living the Stress-Free Life You Deserve," currently available at Amazon.com. For more information about scheduling a speaking engagement, please email him at Shouldless@gmail.com, or check out www.shouldless.com
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