65 People You Might Have Or Probably Didn't Know Came Out In The Last 10 Years
In honor of National Coming Out Day, let's take a look at some of the people who have come out in the last 10 years...
1.Rebel Wilson
2.DJ Qualls
He came out in early 2020 on Twitter as gay:
It is 11:20pm. I just came out on stage at a @jimjefferies show in San Diego. Yep, I’m gay. Been gay this whole time. Tired of worrying about what people would think of me. Tired of worrying about what it would do to my career.
3.Tim Cook
Tim Cook publicly came out in a 2014 Business Week op-ed: "While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me."
4.Bella Thorne
She realized she was pansexual in 2019. She described what that meant to ABC News: "You like beings. You like what you like. It doesn't have to be a girl, or a guy, or … you know, a he, a she, a this, or that. It's literally, you like personality, like you just like a being."
5.Elvira
Last year, she revealed that had been in a relationship with a woman for 19 years. She doesn't identify as lesbian or bisexual and says, “I think pansexual might be a good label for it possibly. Just fluid."
6.Carole Baskin
She told Pink News, "I have always considered myself to be bisexual. Even though I’ve never had a wife, I could just as easily have a wife as a husband."
7.Alyson Stoner
She came out in a 2018 Teen Vogue essay: "I, Alyson, am attracted to men, women, and people who identify in other ways."
8.Rebecca Black
She came out as queer on the Dating Straight podcast in 2020.
9.Sara Ramirez
They came out as bisexual in a 2016 speech at the 40 to None Summit.
10.Miley Cyrus
She told Variety in 2016 about the first time she realized she was pansexual, "I think when I figured out what it was. I went to the LGBTQ center here in LA, and I started hearing these stories. I saw one human in particular who didn’t identify as male or female. Looking at them, they were both: beautiful and sexy and tough but vulnerable and feminine but masculine. And I related to that person more than I related to anyone in my life. Even though I may seem very different, people may not see me as neutral as I feel. But I feel very neutral. I think that was the first gender-neutral person I’d ever met. Once I understood my gender more, which was unassigned, then I understood my sexuality more. I was like, 'Oh — that’s why I don’t feel straight and I don’t feel gay. It’s because I’m not.'”
11.Stacy London
In 2019, Stacy responded to a meme about her being gay.
12.Abbi Jacobson
She told Vanity Fair in 2018, "I kind of go both ways; I date men and women."
Abbi got engaged to her girlfriend this summer:
13.Brendon Urie
He came out as pansexual in 2018. He told Paper Magazine: "I guess you could qualify me as pansexual because I really don't care. If a person is great, then a person is great...I guess this is me coming out as pansexual."
14.Nikki Blonsky (from Hairspray)
She came out as gay on TikTok in 2020.
15.Lili Reinhart
She came out as bisexual in 2020. She told Flaunt Magazine: "I knew full well that I was attracted to women from a young age. I felt that since I’ve exclusively been in hetero-normative relationships, it would be too easy for any outsider, especially the media, to vilify me and accuse me of faking it to get attention. That’s not something I wanted to deal with. But to my close friends, and those in my life, my bisexuality has been no secret.”
16.Lilly Singh
She came out as bisexual in February 2019.
17.Tess Holliday
She came out as pansexual in a Nylon magazine interview in 2019.
18.Niecy Nash
Niecy got married to Jessica Betts in August 2020.
Mrs. Carol Denise Betts 💍 @jessicabettsmusic #LoveWins🌈 📸 @robertector
19.Da Brat
She came out in a 2020 Instagram post dedicated to her girlfriend:
20.Cara Delevingne
She told Variety, "I always will remain, I think, pansexual. However one defines themselves, whether it’s ‘they’ or ‘he’ or ‘she,’ I fall in love with the person — and that’s that. I’m attracted to the person.”
21.Tinashe
Tinashe came out as bisexual in a Gay Times interview from 2019.
22.Aaron Carter
He came out as bisexual in 2019:
I want to make something else clear I know there’s been a lot of questions about my sexuality and yes I am a bisexual men I date women but I am also attracted to men so please respect that too thank you
23.Nicholas Petricca of Walk the Moon
RCA Records
He came out as bisexual on Instagram in 2020.
24.Taylor Schilling
Her girlfriend posted this picture a few years back during Pride.
25.Demi Lovato
She told Joe Rogan that she identified as pansexual: "I'm so fluid now, and a part of the reason why I am so fluid is because I was super closeted off."
26.Velma
LESBIAN VELMA REAL!!
27.Danell Leyva
The gymnast came out as bi/pan in October 2020:
A thread for #NationalComingOutDay For a long time I’ve known that I wasn’t straight. But because of certain very personal reasons, I always rejected that side of me. Earlier this year I finally understood that I’m bi/pan (still trying to figure that one out) but...
I also realized that, as of now at least, I’m not attracted to cis men. (That comes with those personal reasons I just mentioned). But I felt that it was time for me to finally share this with you all. As most of you can imagine, this is absolutely terrifying....
28.Julianne Hough
She came out as "not straight" in 2019.
29.Jazz Jennings
She came out as pansexual on Twitter:
I am pansexual. This means that I am attracted to people at a level that surpasses gender identity or sexual orientation. I love people for their souls and internal beauty.
30.Tessa Thompson
She came out as bisexual in 2018.
31.Nikkie Tutorials
Nikkie Tutorials came out as trans in a YouTube video in 2020:
32.Kehlani
She came out as a lesbian in an Instagram post: "I am gay guh-gay gay gay!"
33.Stormy Daniels
She came out as bisexual on Twitter in 2019:
@BoroPark85 Nope...I like to fuck men and women. It's called bisexual.
34.Loki
From the moment I joined @LokiOfficial it was very important to me, and my goal, to acknowledge Loki was bisexual. It is a part of who he is and who I am too. I know this is a small step but I’m happy, and heart is so full, to say that this is now Canon in #mcu #Loki 💗💜💙
35.Tyler Blackburn
36.Lee Pace
In 2018, he said he was a member of the queer community:
As a member of the queer community, I understand the importance of living openly, being counted, and happily owning who I am. That’s how I’ve always lived my life...
37.Kevin McHale
He came out in a 2018 Facebook Live: "I think there was zero surprise."
38.François Arnaud from Schitt's Creek
He came out as bisexual in September 2020.
39.Clive Davis
He came out as bisexual in his 2013 autobiography.
40.J. August Richards
He came out as gay on Instagram in August 2020.
41.Barry Manilow
He talked about his sexuality for the first time in 2017. He told People: "I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay. So I never did anything. When they found out that Garry (Barry's husband) and I were together, they were so happy. The reaction was so beautiful — strangers commenting, ‘Great for you!’ I’m just so grateful for it.”
42.Country singer, Billy Gilman
He came out in a since-deleted YouTube video from 2014.
43.T.J. Osborne of the country duo Brothers Osborne
He told Time in 2020, "People will ask, ‘Why does this even need to be talked about?’ And personally, I agree with that. But for me to show up at an awards show with a man would be jaw-dropping to people. It wouldn’t be like, ‘Oh, cool!’”
44.Olympic swimmer, Ian Thorpe
The Australian five-time Olympic gold medalist came out as gay in 2014.
45.Emeli Sandé
Emeli told Metro she was in love with a woman in March. When asked if she was bisexual, she said: "I’m not sure what I identify as but I guess so. I just feel like I should fall in love with whoever I fall in love with."
46.Alia Shawkat
She came out as bisexual in 2017. She told Out: "I was a tomboy growing up, and I remember my mom asking me when I was 10, 'Are you attracted to boys or girls?' I said I don’t know. Now I consider myself bisexual, and I think balancing my male and female energies has been a big part of me growing as an actor."
47.Teddy Geiger
48.Emily Hampshire
She told Dan Levy, "I looked at Dan, and I was like ‘What am I?’ I like a person, and I genuinely don’t care what the equipment is as long as we’re happy. ... And he was like ‘Do you watch the show [Schitt's Creek]? You’re pan!’ Cut to five years later, definitely pan!”
49.Janelle Monáe
She came out as pansexual in a Rolling Stone interview from 2018.
50.Keiynan Lonsdale
He said on Instagram in 2017, "I like to change my hair, I like to take risks with how I dress, I like girls, & I like guys (yes), I like growing, I like learning, I like who I am and I really like who I'm becoming."
51.Ozzy Lusth
The four time Survivor contestant came out as bisexual earlier this year:
And for my Republican Colleagues, and anyone else who matters, Yeah I’m Bisexual. Am I committing crimes??If so come get me. Let us ALL live with dignity.Ask yourself if you support people, or the fucked dogma you’ve been fed. #ozzyisBi
52.Dove Cameron
Last year, she came out as bisexual in an interview with Gay Times Magazine.
53.Aubrey Plaza
She came out as bisexual in a 2016 interview with the Advocate: "Girls are into me — that’s no secret. Hey, I’m into them too. I fall in love with girls and guys. I can’t help it."
54.Shannon Purser, aka Barb from Stranger Things
She came out as bisexual in 2020:
Every gender is hot. Truly a blessing to be bisexual. Happy Pride 💗🏳️🌈
55.David Archuleta
56.Wentworth Miller
He came out as gay in 2013 in a GLAAD blog about rejecting an invite to a Russian film festival.
57.Matt Dallas
He came out on Twitter in 2013 by mentioning his fiancé, Blue Hamilton.
Starting off the year with a new fiancé, @bluehamilton. A great way to kick off 2013!
58.Teen Wolf star, Charlie Carver
He came out as gay in 2016.
59.Rowan Blanchard
She came out as queer on Twitter in 2016 saying she's "open to liking any gender in [the] future [which] is why I identify as queer."
60.Mara Wilson
She said she was bi/queer on Twitter in 2016:
.@__SonjaLouise__ I said I *used* to identify as mostly straight. I've embraced the Bi/Queer label lately
61.Héloïse Letissier, aka Christine and the Queens
She's pan. She described to the BBC what pansexuality meant to her: "It means that I can fall in love with someone regardless of their gender, regardless of how they define themselves. I don’t really see that as an obstacle, as a definition.”
62.Paris Jackson
She identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community.
63.JoJo Siwa
She told People in 2021 how she's technically pansexual: "Technically, I would say that I am pansexual because that's how I have always been my whole life is just, like, my human is my human."
64.Rita Ora
The singer said she had romantic relationships with men and women in a Notes app apology about her 2018 song, "Girls":
65.And last but not least, Jason Mraz
In 2018, Jason called his sexuality "two spirit" because he's had experiences with men and women.
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