Although it seems precisely the opposite, in the world of fame there is still a certain distrust of talking about the sexual preferences of each star. Fortunately, many famous gays and lesbians have increasingly been encouraged to speak openly about their homosexuality.
So much so, that many of these personalities have been proud ambassadors of this group for years.
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30 famous gays and famous lesbians without fear of admitting the truth
The following celebrities are famous gays and lesbians from the world of music, television and cinema.
1. Ellen DeGeneres
The popular television presenter is an example for the homosexual community in the United States. In 1997 she admitted that she is a lesbian , after appearing on the cover of Time magazine with a headline that read in English: “Yes, I am gay”.
2. Matt Bomer
The popular actor Matt Bomer is one of those famous gays whose way of coming out served to silence rumors and not to talk about it again. At an awards ceremony in 2012, the actor thanked his family “Simon, Kit, Henry and Walker” for their support. “Simon” is the name of producer Simon Halls, whom he married a year earlier.
3. Ellen Page
Being already an established Hollywood star , Ellen Page waited until 2014 to tell the world the truth. He was in a campaign in Las Vegas in favor of Human Rights.
4. Ricky Martin
For years there was speculation about his possible homosexuality or not. Already when he triumphed in the nineties with Maria or Livin ‘la vida loca, even though he was a heterosexual icon, Ricky Martin never denied the gossip, but he didn’t confirm it either. However, after years of silence, he dared to admit the truth in 2010, adding to the list of the best-known gay celebrities.
5. Ian Mckellen
The actor who has played the wizard Gandalf and the powerful mutant Magneto, is a respected English Lord, who recognized in 1988 that he is homosexual. Since then he is one of the most authoritative movement activists in his home country, the UK.
6. Boris Izaguirre
The well-known writer and editor of articles, as well as a guest on many television programs and a former presenter in this media; He has always been very honest about what it has meant to be gay from a very young age and how bad he went through during his adolescence in Venezuela.
Despite everything, Boris Izaguirre is one of the gay celebrities who has best known how to recover from adversity and move on.
7. Jorge Javier Vazquez
The Catalan presenter is one of the usual faces of Spanish television with less tendency to remain silent on certain issues, especially those that concern him directly, such as his homosexual preferences.
8. Neil Patrick Harris
One of the actors with the longest professional career (he made his television debut at the age of 16), Neil Patrick Harris, came out as gay as early as 2006, when he dispelled all doubts about it.
If we tell you that he plays the womanizer Barney Stinson in the sugary and corny series How I met your mother , you already put a face on him, right?
9. Freddie Mercury
Farrokh Bulsara, as he was really called, leader and vocalist of the group Queen, said in a interview to a musical magazine, that he was gay. It was in 1974.
Queen has become one of the best rock bands in history, both for its great songs and for the charisma of Mercury, one of the most representative gay celebrities on an international level.
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10. Anthony Perkins
Known for his role as Norman Bates in Psycho (1960), Anthony Perkins had an affair with fellow actress Victoria Principal and was married to another woman. However, the actor said that until then he was homosexual , in fact, it is known that he was dating another famous actor: Rock Hudson.
Like Mercury, he died of having contracted AIDS.
11. Elena Anaya
The Spanish actress, winner of the Goya for The Skin I Live In (2011), has also made the leap to Hollywood, participating in films such as Van Helsing (2004) or Wonder Woman (2017).
Elena Anaya is one of the best-known famous homosexuals in her country of origin. A year ago she debuted as her mother along with her girlfriend, Tina Afugu.
12.Sam Smith
The greatest hits singer Sam Smith is one of the gay celebrities who has recently confessed his homosexuality: it was during the collection of his Oscar for the song of the movie Specter (2016) , when Smith said out loud that he felt fully proud of his sexuality.
13. Barry Manilow
After a lifetime on stage, singer Barry Manilow secretly married his agent, Garry Kief, in 2014.
Despite this, he would not openly confess that he is gay until April 2017, in an interview for People magazine; something he probably did out of fear of the fan reaction to him.
14. George Michael
At 24 years old, George Michael was a sex symbol who had won over the public, thanks to his prodigious voice and his perfectly synchronized choreographies. However, despite his flirtatious image, the singer was convinced that he was attracted to men.
After a scandal with an undercover policeman, George Michael became one of the many famous gays who were pushed by circumstances to reveal the truth to the world, although rumors about his sexual orientation had been hovering over his life for years. head.
15. Kristen Stewart
Having left her Twilight virginal image behind her , both Kristen Stewart’s career and personal life took a 180 degree turn.
In the last two years, the actress has maintained a relationship with the French singer Soko and currently with Stella Maxwell, one of the most sought-after models of Victoria’s Secret.
16. Maria Bello
Confessing to her 12-year-old son that she had a homosexual relationship with her best friend, Claire, was one of the hardest moments in the life of actress Maria Bello, who has since openly declared herself bisexual.
17. Anne Heche
The popular actress of the 90s, Anne Heche, had between 1997 and 2000, a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, another of the famous homosexuals on our list. It is insinuated that her idyll may have ended because of Heche’s relationship with actor James Tupper, her current partner.
the romance betweenHeche and DeGeneres gave the press so much to talk about , that even The Simpsons paid them their own tribute.
18. Elton John
We advance with another of the most legendary gay celebrities of the group: the singer and pianist Elton John.
In 1988 he publicly admitted that he is gay, from which time he became one of the defenders of the rights of homosexuals and an activist in the fight against HIV and AIDS. So much so that he created the Elton John AIDS Foundation, an institution dedicated to researching treatments to combat the disease.
19. Jim Parsons
The neurotic Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, maintains a relationship with Todd Spiewak, being one of the gay celebrities most admired by the general public, for his ability to speak without shame about it.
20. Rosie O’Donnell
Rosie O’Donnell is one of the most prestigious American television actresses.
In 2002, faced with President Bush’s position on same-sex marriage and adoption, Ella O’Donnell declared herself a proud lesbian, convinced that she could be as good a mother as any other woman.
21. Sarah Paulson
Until she met actress Cherry Jones, Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) had only dated men.
Since then and until she ended her relationship with Jones, she has been with women.She is currently in a relationship with Holland Taylor, another famous actress who is a lesbian .
22. Rupert Everett
Known for his role in My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), as well as other performances, Rupert Everett complained that after he told the world the truth about his sexuality, he would start having trouble finding I work in the industry.
It seems that since then, his participation has been limited to brief collaborations in some films and television series with little success.
23. Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster waited until January 2013 to find out something she already took for granted: she’s a lesbian. It Happened at the Cecil B. DeMille Awards Show, when he received the award for a lifetime dedicated to cinema and blurted out to the audience, laughing: “I’ve been out of the closet since the Cave Age!”
24. Cynthia Nixon
If you’ve seen the Sex and the City series, you’ll remember among the quartet of main characters, Miranda, Carrie’s lawyer and best friend.
The actress who gave life to this thirtysomething from Philadelphia, Cynthia Nixon, declared for The New York Times that she no longer felt heterosexual, that for her homosexuality was her best option. Yes, I’m talking about “option”.
25. Luke Evans
The Welsh actor Luke Evans, who has been seen in such acclaimed films as the last two parts of The Hobbit or in three installments of the Fast and Furious saga, has never hidden his homosexuality.
Unlike other colleagues, he says that this has not affected his professional career at all.
26. Anabel Alonso
Despite the fact that there were more and more famous gays before her, they had progressively come out of the closet, even having played a lesbian character in the series 7 lives; It was not until 2016 that Anabel Alonso felt strong enough to declare her homosexuality and that she had been dating a woman for years.
27. Pedro Almodovar
The Spanish film director has always been characterized by capturing some of his films, relationships between gay-oriented characters, a circumstance that he has taken advantage of to include certain aspects of his life among famous gays.
28. Kelly McGillis
The iconic 1980s movie, Top Gun, will be remembered for its cast of actors , including the leading couple: Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis.
She said actress, she said on a radio show that she preferred to be with women rather than men, which she no longer attracted.
29. George Takei
The helmsman of the Enterprise, the famous ship from the Star Trek series, is a renowned actor and famous gay, for his fight for gay marriage and freedom of choice.
30. Wentworth Miller
Although he initially denied it in 2007, the protagonist of the hit series Prison Break , refused to attend the 2013 St. Petersburg International Film Festival, in opposition to the discriminatory treatment of gays and lesbians in the steppe country.
After that, he admitted that he is also gay and that he had even tried to commit suicide as a teenager.
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