32 celebrities who are openly proud about being LGBTQ

The "Umbrella Academy" star, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2007 film "Juno," clarified his name and pronouns in a letter shared on Twitter.

"I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life," he wrote. "I feel overwhelming gratitude for the incredible people who have supported me along this journey. I can't begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self."

In the letter, Page denounced politicians "who work to criminalize trans health care and deny our right to exist," and "all of those with a massive platform who continue to spew hostility towards the trans community."

He added: "I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer. And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive."

Page, who is married to dancer Emma Portner, previously came out as gay during a 2014 speech at Time to Thrive, a conference to promote the welfare of LGBTQ youth in Las Vegas.

"I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission," the actor said. "I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I'm standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain."

The rapper and bonafide country star opened up about overcoming his internalized homophobia on HBO's "The Shop."

"For me, the cool dude with the song on top of everything to say this — any other time, 'I'm doing this for attention,' in my eyes. But if you're doing this while you're at the top, you know it's for real and it's showing it doesn't really matter, I guess," he said.

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The "So Good" singer has been known to donate to pro-LGBTQ organizations and weave her sexuality into her music.

Halsey is also vocal about the challenges that come with being bisexual, including erasure and misconceptions about it being a "phase."

"I'm a young, bisexual woman, and I've spent a large part of my life trying to validate myself — to my friends, to my family, to myself — trying to prove that who I love and how I feel is not a phase. It's not part of some confusion that's going to change or could be manipulated," they said in a GLAAD Media Awards speech in 2018.

Sawayama, who identifies as pansexual, has celebrated the LGBTQ community in songs like "Chosen Family" and "This Hell."

She is also an outspoken advocate for queer representation in music and diversity in the studio.

"Why do we let straight white men dictate what our music should sound like, and what we should be listening to on the radio, and what our stories should be?" she told the Gay Times.

"I understand that when you're with a label or a publisher it's hard to turn down those people, but as women, and especially as queer people, we need to say no to things and be heard and stick our head above the water," she continued. "It's an issue, and I'm constantly trying to work with different people."

As the front man of Panic! at the Disco, Brendon Urie became known for rejecting stereotypical masculinity, toying with androgyny, and embracing sexuality.

"I'm married to a woman and I'm very much in love with her but I'm not opposed to a man because to me, I like a person," he told Paper magazine in 2018. "Yeah, 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 just like good people, if your heart's in the right place. I'm definitely attracted to men. It's just people that I am attracted to."

"Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women — I consider myself to be a free-ass motherf---er," Monae said in an interview with Rolling Stone.

As the article makes clear, Monae first identified as bisexual.

"But then later I read about pansexuality and was like, 'Oh, these are things that I identify with too,'" Monae said. "I'm open to learning more about who I am."

The "Inventing Anna" star recently became the first transgender woman to inspire her own Barbie doll.

"I think it's important to be able to be like, 'Yes, your shoulders are broad, yes your hands are big and your voice is deep and you're really tall and people notice you, and that makes you noticeably trans, but that doesn't make you any less beautiful,'" Cox told Self magazine. "You're not beautiful despite those things, you're beautiful because of those things, and [believing] that has to be an active conscious process."

"I'm sexy and I'm going to own that because I think trans women are sexy," she continued. "A lot of us are sexy not despite our transness, but because of our transness. That's just the truth."

On a 1997 episode of her ABC sitcom "Ellen" — one week after her famous "Yep, I'm Gay" Time magazine cover — DeGeneres' titular character came out onscreen.

As Kevin Fallon wrote for the Daily Beast, "It's easy to forget, given DeGeneres' status as daytime talk show queen and America's resident BFF, how controversial, brave, and even damaging the decision to come out on an ABC sitcom was in 1997, the first time a character ever did so."

The episode won a Peabody Award and an Emmy, but DeGeneres' career suffered for years as a result of her public sexuality.

"It was surprising how many people I upset. I was a comedian, I was funny, and I just also happened to be gay, and I just got tired of hiding it," she said on her talk show in 2017, reflecting on the 20th anniversary of her "coming out" episode.

We are all individual, we are all unique, and we are supposed to be that exact person," she continued. "We're not supposed to conform, we're not supposed to be like somebody else, we're not supposed to act like somebody else — and as long as you stay true to exactly who you are, you will be rewarded in ways that you can't imagine."

Parsons publicly came out as gay in a 2012 New York Times feature, which explored his role as a young gay activist onstage in "The Normal Heart," a Broadway show that grapples with AIDS.

"Once it was out in the public, I was like, 'Well, f--- you! If you still have a problem with gay people, you directly have a problem with me,'" he recently told Variety. "Being a full-fledged member of it and claiming it, there was just an elation there, and there still is! I still feel it. It's a huge relief, and it's also really nice to sometimes be able to feel righteous anger."

The actor is set to star in a Netflix adaptation of the drama "The Boys in the Band" alongside fellow gay actors Matt Bomer and Zachary Quinto. The story follows group of gay men who find solace in each other, amidst their struggles in a close-minded society.

Kiyoko hopes that, by singing about her own experiences and featuring same-sex love stories in her videos, she can help queer fans accept themselves.

"That's the whole reason for doing pop music and being in the mainstream and being bold: trying to showcase not [being] scared. I don't want people to be like, 'Well, my life's gonna suck for the next 10 years.' No! Your life can be amazing now," she told The Guardian.

Kehlani clarified that she's a lesbian in 2021 after previously identifying as queer. The singer has long been a visible member of the LGBTQ community, particularly after the release of her 2017 love song "Honey."

"I mean, I've been making music about women my whole career, but I never felt the need to write 'she,' necessarily. It wasn't in the forefront of my mind," she later said in an interview with The Fader.

"But now I've seen how people reacted to my song 'Honey,' or when I've used the correct pronouns and put women in my music videos," she continued. "Just seeing how much people felt like they needed that representation or how much it inspired them definitely encouraged me to step into this new phase of making music."

Lovato came out as gender non-binary in 2021 and has said simply that "love is love."

"You can find it in any gender," they told InStyle. "I like the freedom of being able to flirt with whoever I want."

Indeed, Lovato has repeatedly opened up about their "fluid" sexuality and encouraged fans to engage with LGBTQ issues.

Dillion plays Taylor, a non-binary character in Showtime's "Billions."

"I would have never wanted to play Taylor if it had been a one-off episode and in that episode it would have been all about their gender identity," Dillon told NBC News. "If it hadn't been a fully fleshed-out character, I wouldn't have wanted to do it, because that representation is old hat, frankly, and not interesting. Non-binary people are multi-dimensional human beings."

Dillion also played a non-binary character known as The Adjudicator in the 2019 "John Wick" film.

As a queer woman, Thompson pushed for her "Avengers" character to be explicitly bisexual onscreen and frequently advocates for more inclusion in Hollywood.

"I don't think any artist has the responsibility to be the ambassador, especially when it comes to who you love," she recently told Time. "I don't begrudge anyone who wants to keep that separate from their professional life. There's not just a perceived risk of coming out in Hollywood. There's a real one."

In a 2017 op-ed for the New York Times, Billy Porter revealed he had been bullied and physically and sexually abused throughout his childhood.

"None of this was easy," he wrote. "I lost high-profile roles I knew I could have gotten, and the paychecks that went with them. Homelessness and bankruptcy were part of this journey as well."

He reflected on his evolution as a gay man in theater, his recent success on Broadway, and FX's "Pose," and his refusal to keep playing stereotypes.

"The world has caught up with me," he concluded, "and I'm a living witness that dreams do come true, even if they aren't the ones you start out with."

"I am a bisexual Cuban-American woman and I am so proud of it," Jauregui wrote in an open letter to Trump voters. "I am proud to be part of a community that only projects love and education and the support of one another."

Petras, who came out as trans at a young age, opened up about feeling "suicidal" in the wrong body in a 2018 video for MTV.

The German pop star began hormone therapy at age 12 and now says she's proud to be "a role model for young trans kids."

"In my career, I chose not to talk about being transgender in the beginning, 'cause I wanted my music to do something itself, and it did," Petras told Insider in 2019.

"I feel like I've really proven myself as a songwriter," she continued. "Now, I'm down to be transgender however I want and talk about it as much as I want. Because I've always been open about it, but now I don't care anymore, 'cause I know I'm here because of my music."

"I owe it to this part to speak as honestly as possible," Hedges told Vulture about his film "Boy Erased," which deals with conversion therapy.

"In the early stages of my life, some of the people I was most infatuated with were my closest male friends," he continued. "That was the case through high school, and I think I was always aware that while for the most part I was attracted to women, I existed on a spectrum. Not totally straight, but also not gay and not necessarily bisexual."

The "Rocket Man" singer has habitually donated and drawn attention to LGBTQ causes, including founding the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, the same year he told Rolling Stone that he felt "quite comfortable being gay."

In 2019, he shared a message for young people struggling with their sexuality: "Just be yourself."

"Don't let anybody do you down," he shared during an interview with Variety. "I've been very privileged because I'm in a business that kind of accepts gay people. There are kids that aren't privileged. They come from poor backgrounds. Their parents don't understand; religion gives them a hard time."

"I prefer 'queer,'" Wood wrote on Twitter in 2013. "Bisexual works too except I don't exclude transgender people. This is why labels are tricky."

The "Westworld" actress then addressed a variety of biphobic assumptions in a series of tweets in 2015.

"I can assure you that whatever 'straight privilege' I sometimes get accused of having, gets erased by #biphobia," she wrote. "Remember, bisexuality doesn't mean halfway between gay or straight. It is its own identity."

Back in 2015, Cyrus launched a foundation to support homeless LGBTQ youth.

"A big part of my pride and my identity is being a queer person," Cyrus told Vanity Fair. "What I preach is: People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever. What I'm in love with exists on almost a spiritual level. It has nothing to do with sexuality."

After announcing her divorce from Liam Hemsworth, Cyrus began dating Kaitlynn Carter and opened up about her own fluidity.

Sivan addressed his sexuality in a 2013 video on his popular YouTube channel, titled "Coming Out."

"This is not something that I'm ashamed of, and it's not something that anyone should have to be ashamed of," he said.

He followed he candid video with a "Part 2" in 2015 and now, as a pop star and actor, Sivan has continued to openly discuss his experiences as a gay man. He's also a vocal advocate for intersectional support of the LGBTQ community.

"The first step and the hardest step is coming out to yourself," he told Dazed in 2016. "Realizing who you are and your identity — once you've gotten past that process — make sure you're in a safe environment. And if you feel it is a safe environment, I would highly, highly recommend coming out. I can speak from personal experience and say it's been the best thing I've ever done in my entire life."

"You're not confused if you're bisexual," she told The Guardian in 2017. "It's not confusing at all. For me, it's quite the opposite."

Stewart also spoke to the complexity that comes with having her sexuality in the spotlight.

"I mean, it's hard to talk about," Steward said. "I don't want to seem presumptuous, because everyone has their own experience. The whole issue of sexuality is so grey. I'm just trying to acknowledge that fluidity, that grayness, which has always existed. But maybe only now are we allowed to start talking about it."

As Brent Lang wrote in a profile of Eichner for Variety, "On social media, he's become one of the most vocal gay voices of the resistance" and frequently urges his fans to get involved politically.

Notably, the comedian will soon hit the big screen in "Bros," a romantic comedy about two men with commitment issues from Judd Apatow's production company. According to Variety, this makes Eichner the first openly gay man to write and star in a major studio movie.

"I'm honored that it's me, but it should have been someone else 30 or 40 years ago," he told Variety. "I hear people talking about diversity and inclusion, but I often see gay people left out of those conversations. The comedy community, which has always been such a straight man's game, has not been kind to openly gay men, and I still see so much homophobia when it comes to casting."

In 2017, for Billboard's "Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community" series, Sia wrote that she "decided to dedicate myself to the queer community in a more meaningful way."

The singer largely used her brief letter to spotlight the struggles and many-varied faces within the LGBTQ community.

"I am so very grateful for my queer community and would have withered away long ago without them," she wrote. "Specifically my manager David, who has held my hand now for 12 years, through light and dark. He recently came out publicly as HIV positive, and the transformation of his shame into self acceptance has been magic to watch. I am so happy and proud of him."

"I don't love just men. I love people," Kesha told Seventeen Magazine. "It's not about a gender. It's just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you're with."

Ramirez starred as the bisexual orthopedic surgeon Callie Torres on "Grey's Anatomy" for 10 years. The actor came out as bisexual six years after leaving the show.

Ramirez told Huffpost they waited to come out because they was worried it would negatively affect their career. In the time since, the actor has become a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community.

"Because of the intersections that exist in my own life: woman, multi-racial woman, woman of color, queer, bisexual, Mexican-Irish American, immigrant, and raised by families heavily rooted in Catholicism on both my Mexican and Irish sides, I am deeply invested in projects that allow our youth's voices to be heard," Ramirez said during a speech at True Colors Fund's 40 to None Summit.

Ramirez currently stars as a non-binary comedian named Che Diaz on HBO's "And Just Like That."

"What I love about Che is that Che is complicated and messy and human. Che is a great reminder that even when we don't like someone in our community, they still deserve love, safety and joy, like everyone else," Ramirez told Variety. "But the movement for liberation includes everyone, even people we don't like. This movement, this fight, this party of pride, isn't just for the people who make us feel cozy and cute — it's for everyone."

When a Vogue writer implied that her bisexuality is a "phase," Delevingne directly addressed the comment: "My sexuality is not a phase," she told the New York Times in 2015. "I am who I am."

"Why should I have to explain who I am to you?" the supermodel-turned-actress added in 2017. "You should know that. If you have a question, ask me and I'll tell you what you want to know. People should be allowed to just be who they are and others need to stop putting others in a box."

"Gender and sexuality are so fluid. It's OK to change your mind a million times and figure out what works for you. It's OK to take your time," Stenberg told Seventeen magazine in 2018. "I love that we have this umbrella term of 'queer,' and so many things can exist underneath it, but I realized that part of my journey was hiding underneath that umbrella, because I was scared — on a personal and a public level — to confront what I was."

"It was easier for me to say 'I'm bi' or "I'm pan' as I was figuring it out," they continued. "But I came to a place where I felt really proud of my sexuality, and I decided I wanted to share that pride."

Just before the release of his debut album, "Channel Orange," Ocean posted an intimate note on his Tumblr that clarified its inspiration.

"Four summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too," Ocean wrote. "It was my first love, it changed my life."

"I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore," he continued. "I feel like a free man."

While Ocean has largely avoided any specific label, many fans interpret his 2017 single "Chanel" as an exploration of bisexuality.

In his 2014 memoir, "Choose Your Own Autobiography," Harris reflected on his experience with coming to terms with his sexuality.

"After a long internal journey, you now embrace being gay, recognizing it as a wonderful and integrally important component part of the totality that is you," he wrote.

"After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I've decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out," the "Stay With Me" singer said when they clarified their pronouns.

"I am at no stage just yet to eloquently speak at length about what it means to be non binary," they continued, "but I can't wait for the day that I am. So for now I just want to be VISIBLE and open."

Smith had previously opened up about their fluid approach to sexuality and how they "float somewhere in between" male and female during an interview with Jameela Jamil.

"Non-binary, genderqueer is that you do not identify in a gender," Smith said. "You are a mixture of all different things. You are your own special creation. That's how I take it. I'm not male or female, I think I float somewhere in between. It's all on a spectrum. I think the same with sexuality."