We’re just a couple months into the year and various celebrities have bravely lived their truths by coming out as part of the LGBTQ community.
Here, we round up everyone who has proudly and publicly joined our community to inspire a whole new generation of LGBTQ youth.
Known for: Actress and model
Identifies as: Gay
“I’m going to coming out straight. I’m gay!”
Known for: Professional wrestler
Identifies as: Gay
“I now feel more comfortable labelling myself as gay.”
Known for: Broadway
Identifies as: Lesbian
“I’m who I am and I think that’s worth fighting for.”
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Known for: Country singer
Identifies as: Gay
“Being gay, it’s not as easy to dance as a couple in public together as it is for a straight couple.”
Known for: Former ‘gay cure’ therapist
Identifies as: Gay
“With that freedom, I am now choosing to pursue life as a gay man.”
Known for: Actress
Identifies as: Bisexual
“I have been coming to pride for over a decade now. The love and acceptance shown by the people of Manchester allowed me to accept my bisexuality and be proud of who I am.”
Known for: Eurovision 2019 winner
Identifies as: Gay
“I am more than just an artist, I am a person, I am a living being, I’m bisexual, I’m a musician, I stand for things.”
Known for: American Idol
Identifies as: Gay
“My family doesn’t know that I’m gay, so this is a really big step for me.”
Known for: YouTuber
Identifies as: Bisexual
“Female. Coloured. Bisexual.”
Known for: Soccer
Identifies as: Gay
“What do you mean ‘I didn’t tell you?’”
Known for: Actress
Identifies as: Demisexual
“My definition of love is very different of other people’s.”
Known for: Republican Mormon lawmaker
Identifies as: Gay
“I might as well just jump up and say it, I’m gay. That’s my reality.”
Known for: X Factor UK
Identifies as: Transgender
“I knew something was different in terms of my gender identity when I was younger I was mimicking the girls dancing in the opening scenes of the Bond films – I’d wrap material around my waist like a dress and walk down the stairs like I was Miss World.”
Known for: Actor
Identifies as: Gay
“So, for clarity, here’s a pic of me and the boyf. Just to, y’know… straighten that one out. As it were.”
Known for: Singer
Identifies as: Non-binary genderqueer
“But I don’t think it is. When I saw the words ‘non-binary’ and ‘genderqueer’ and I read into it and I heard this people speaking, I was like ‘Fuck, that’s me.’”
Known for: Football
Identifies as: Lesbian
“They helped me to realize that I don’t have to change, and it’s OK to stay with the team and love the person I love. I felt relieved.”
Known for: Porn star who claimed she had an affair with Donald Trump
Identifies as: Bisexual
“I like to fuck men and women. It’s called bisexual.”
Known for: Actor (Pretty Little Liars)
Identifies as: Bisexual
“I’m queer. I’ve identified as bisexual since a teenager. I just want to feel powerful in my own skin, and my own mind, and in my own heart.”
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Known for: RuPaul’s Drag Race
Identifies as: Non-binary
“I feel like a goddess. I feel like I’m my own gender.”
Known for: Singer
Identifies as: Gay
“I really hope this reaches the eyes of underrepresented LGBT kids in the world and I can only do that with your sharing. Life’s so much more fun when you’re being you. I promise!”
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