Bomer sprang officielt ud som homoseksuel i 2012, da han takkede Halls og deres børn ved en takketale for hans Steve Chase Humanitarian Award. <ref name="Advocate">{{Kilde nyheder|url=http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/13/Matt_Bomer_Acknowledges_Partner_Family|title=Matt Bomer Acknowledges Partner, Family|last=Jeremy Kinser|date=13. februar 2012|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT Magazine)|The Advocate]]|access-date=14. februar 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215074313/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/13/Matt_Bomer_Acknowledges_Partner_Family|archive-date=15. februar 2012}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-06-27/news/32445017_1_matt-bomer-job-title-gay-man|title=Matt Bomer on coming out in Hollywood: I never hid the fact that I'm gay|access-date=25. februar 2013}}</ref> I 2012 modtog Bomer også en Inspiration Award for sit arbejde ved [[Gay, Lesbisk og Straight Education Network|GLSEN Awards]]. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=6. oktober 2012|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/352005/matt-bomer-opens-up-about-growing-up-gay|title=Matt Bomer Opens Up About Growing Up Gay|website=[[E! Online]]|access-date=10. april 2013|archive-date=24. august 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824013103/http://www.eonline.com/news/352005/matt-bomer-opens-up-about-growing-up-gay}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matt-bomer-gay-white-collar-simon-hall-290036|last=THR Staff|title='White Collar's' Matt Bomer Officially Comes Out as Gay at Awards Show|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823205111/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matt-bomer-gay-white-collar-simon-hall-290036|archive-date=23. august 2017|date=13. februar 2012|access-date=6. december 2017}}</ref> Han er [[LGBT]]-rettighedsaktivist. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt Bomer - openly gay American actor and father|url=http://www.out.com/matt-bomer|website=Out.com|publisher=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|access-date=12. december 2016|archive-date=20. december 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220201911/http://www.out.com/matt-bomer}}</ref>
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