The Real L Word

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The cast of The Real L Word consists of six women whose age ranges from 27 to 37. Whitney, the youngest among the bunch, is a special effects artist who always looks for love but ends up in trouble. Then there's Tracy, a film executive who just recently came out of the closet, much to her mother's dismay.

Fashion enthusiast Mikey has her plate full, whether it's work behind the fashion show curtain, custom-built motorcycles, or planning her wedding with her makeup artist fiance. On the other hand, Jill is the girl next door type who's on every guy's watch.

Rose, who's the inspiration for Papi's character on The L Word, joins the group as the heartbreaker who's hard to tame. And last but not the least, there's Nikki, the successful alpha type-A who was married for some time to a man before she came out on The Oprah Winfrey Show."

The Real L Word Cast

Whitney- "I was very fortunate to grow up in an accepting family," says Whitney Mixter, a special effects artist. "I was always told by my mother, 'I don't care if they're black, white, or polka dotted, as long as they make you happy.'" "My coming out really just broke down to me bringing a girl home one day instead of a boy," she says. "Removing the boundaries of who I can love allowed me to really own my sexuality at a young age. Feeling confident and matter-of-fact about that transferred over into my life as a whole."Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10003898-10.html#ixzz0tXZIbiuF

Mikey-"Coming out was rather easy, as I have never cared what others thought of me," says Mikey Koffman, a 35-year-old producer in the fashion industry with an extremely hot temper. "Although I was raised Catholic and attended private school for the majority of my youth, I have been on my own financially since the age of 17," she says. "I was never been very close with my family, so I did not give them a chance to have an opinion about my sexuality."Read more  http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10003898-12.html#ixzz0tXZfeaT6

 

Nikki - In college I was in love with my roommate, but it was one of those things that you kept to yourself," says Nikki Weiss, who manages A-List Hollywood talent and was married to a man at 22. Weiss had no idea "who she was" until she found herself attracted to a "very confident, sexy, out lesbian." Weiss told herself she wasn't really cheating because her love affair was with a woman. "In retrospect, how very selfish of me," she says. But after that I "knew I was gay and I struggled for a year to come to terms with it, hurting my husband terribly with lies and deceit," she says. "I loved myself enough to live an honest life, and I loved him enough to let him go to do the same."Read more:  http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10003898-6.html#ixzz0tXY1hXdm

Jill-I never quite had a solid epiphany about my sexual orientation," says Jill Sloan Goldstein, a writer originally from New Jersey. "I had dated men most of my adult life. I did, however, fill my world with some very unique and special female relationships along the way, in which the emotional bond was stronger than one might deem appropriate for a friendship." She had a secret affair with a woman, she tells CBS News, but was confused because she "hadn't lost my attraction to or interest in men." She used to fear being labeled "by society," - a fear she no longer has, now that she has found true love in co-star Nikki Weiss.
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Tracy-"What most people don't realize is that coming out is a two-step process - first you come out to yourself and then to society," says Tracy Ryerson, who works in the film industry and projects a wholesome image.
"At 26, I met a girl, who, even though she was wearing a matching argyle socks and vest ensemble, held my attention," she remembers. Eventually, a "light bulb went off in my head, and I realized that I was gay."Read more:  http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10003898-2.html#ixzz0tXWwtKHb

Rose - My coming out story was a great one," says Rose Garcia, a real estate broker. "When I was 19 I confided in my best friend. She told me she always knew. I wanted to tell my mother but feared my Puerto Rican Catholic family would disown me." "My friend called my mother to 'out' me, she says." To my surprise my mother said she had a feeling (that I was a lesbian). She said I had her full support and that if anyone in the family didn't, it was their loss."Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10003898-8.html#ixzz0tXYRaVg3