When asked straightforwardly in a 2003 interview
if she was bisexual, actress Angelina Jolie
responded with similar directness: Of course.
ANGELINA JOLIE
In a 1995 interview with The Advocate, Green Day
singer Billie Joe Armstrong said, I think I've always
been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've
always been interested in. I think people are born
bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society
kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.'
They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that
BILLIE JOE
it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful
thing."
Actress Evan Rachel Wood came out offhandedly in a
2012 Tweet: I myself am bisexual and have always
"joked" about miley giving me gay vibes. Not a bad
thing! Just an observation.
RACHEL WOOD
Despite being mainly with men, singer Joan Baez has
been open since the mid-79s about a 1962 relationship
she had with a woman. She stood by this coming out
despite the controversy it caused at the time and has
been a prominent voice for LGBT equality since.
JOAN BAEZ
Lauren Michelle Jauregui born June 27,
1996 is a American singer, best known as a
member of the girl group Fifth Harmony.
Jauregui has been featured on songs
by Marian Hill, Halsey, Ty Dolla Sign,
LAUREN and Steve Aoki. .
Annabella Avery Thorne born October 8, 1997 is an
American actress and singer. She played Ruthy
Spivey in the television series My Own Worst
Enemy, Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season
of Big Love, and CeCe Jones on the Disney
Channel series Shake It Up. She also appeared as
BELLA THORNE Hilary/"Larry" in Blended and as Celia in Alexander
and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
In 2015, she played Madison in The DUFF, Amanda in Perfect Highand Hazel
in Big Sky. Thorne currently stars as Paige on the Freeform series, Famous in
Love.
Ellen DeGeneres came out as gay on The Oprah
Winfrey Show in 1997 and she has been married to
fellow actress Portia de Rossi since 2008. "It made me
feel ashamed that I couldnt feel honest and really be
who I am, and I just didnt want to pretend to be
somebody else anymore so that people would like
me," she said of coming out publicly.
ELLEN DEGENERES
"When I really, truly came out was at the Golden
Globes, when Arrested Development was
nominated," said Portia de Rossi during
aninterview on Inside the Actors Studio.
PORTIA DE ROSSI
Sarah Paulson said that she was accidentally outed at
the 2005 Tony Awards when her then-girlfriend,
Cherry Jones, went up on stage to accept an award.
SARAH PAULSON
Comedian Tig Notaro has never publicly announced
that she is gay, but in 2012, she talked about
breaking up with her longtime partner. She has
been married to Stephanie Allynne since 2015 and
they have twin boys.
TIG NOTARO
The L Word actress Leisha Hailey came out as a
lesbian as a teenager. She was the inspiration for
k.d. lang's album Invincible Summer.
LEISHA HAILEY
Traci Dinwiddie regularly walks the red carpet arm
with her girlfriend.
TRACI DINWIDDIE
"This is my life. Its my one shot and I have to be
true to who I am," said Hannah Hart in a
2011 interview. "I wanted to come out before I
ever decided to do something creative because I
never wanted to the world to meet me as
HANNAH HART
someone I wasnt."
Actress and comedian Cameron Esposito is
married to Rhea Butcher. Together, they star in
the Seeso series Take My Wife.
CAMERON
EEEESESPOSITIOES
POSITO
Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992)
is an English singer-songwriter. He rose to
fame in October 2012 when he was featured
on Disclosure'sbreakthrough single "Latch",
which peaked at number eleven on the UK
Singles Chart.
SAM SMITH
In October 2017, Kevin Spacey came out
as gay on his Twitter in response to a sexual
assault allegation by actor Anthony Rapp.
KEVIN SPACEY
In 2016, Teen Wolf and Leftovers actor Charlie
Carver came out via his Instagram account.
He wrote, As a young boy, I knew I wanted to
be an actor. It was around that age that I also
knew, however abstractly, that I was different
from some of the other boys in my grade. Over
time, this abstract knowing grew and
CHARLIE CARVER articulated itself through a painful gestation
marked by feelings of despair and alienation,
ending in a climax of saying three words out loud: I am gay.'
Arrow star Colton Haynes came out on Tumblr in the
first few days of 2016. Rumors about the Teen
Wolfactor had long swirled, but Haynes had yet to
confirm them. Then, a user commented.
COLTON HAYNES
In 2012, Anderson Cooper publicly came out in a
statement that said, "Ive begun to consider whether
the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy
ANDRESON outweigh personal and professional principle.
'N Sync singer Lance Bass came out as gay in 2006
to People magazine. He said, "The thing is, I'm not
ashamed that's the one thing I want to say. I don't
think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through
JAMES LANCE this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my
whole life. I'm just happy."
Chris Colfer has been "out and proud" since he
first appeared on "Glee" in 2009.
CHRIS COLFER
Best known for her role as Sophia Burset on
the hit Netflix show Orange is the New Black,
Cox was the first transgender person to ever
be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
LAVERNE COX
Former People staff editor Janet Mock became
a woman at age 18 and came out publicly as a
woman in a Marie Claire article in 2011. Since
then she has become a spokesperson for
JANET MOCK transgender rights with her New York Times
bestselling memoir, Redefining Realness.
As Andrej, he rose to fame as a male supermodel
who modeled both male and female clothing
before having sex reassignment surgery in 2014,
changing her name and announcing that she
ANDREJA
wished to be recognized as a woman.
A British actress and model who starred as a Bond
girl in For Your Eyes Onlyand modeled for Playboy,
she was outed as transgender by the British
tabloid The News of The World, after appearing in
the Bond movie in 1981.
Caroline
The Canadian model made headlines and broke down
barriers, in 2012, when she legally fought to be
allowed to compete in Miss Universe Canada. By the
way, she won the title of Miss Congeniality.
JENNA
Born into the famous Arquette acting family as
Robert, Alexis has had supporting roles in several
movies and her transition from male to female was
documented in the 2007 film, Alexis Arquette:
Shes My Brother.
ALEXIS
Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo has
something to say to just about everything,
whether its politics, racism, intelligence (or the
lack of intelligence), or sex. She has publicly
come out as being uninterested in relationships
Janeane Garofalo
and calls herself asexual.
Singer, songwriter, composer, author, and
violinist, Emilie Autumn is the mistress of many
artistic trades, but she is also asexual. As a victim
of abuse, she, like many women who have
suffered at the hands of others, turned her
energy elsewhere.
Emilie Autumn
Nikola Tesla once said, I do not think you can
name many great inventions that have been
made by married men. True to his word, the
famous inventor never married and it is believed
that he may have died a virgin.
NIKOLAS TESLA
Singer Morrisseys sexuality has often been the
subject of debate, with many people believing
that he is gay. In 2013, he came out in his
autobiography as being humasexual, saying, I
am attracted to humans. But, of course not
many..
STEVEN PATRICK
Stand-up comedian, author, and the voice of
Forgetter Paula in Inside Out (2015), Paula
Poundstone is a well known asexual. On sex, she has
PAULA POUNDSTONE
said, I dont have sex because I dont like it.
Because of Florence Nightingales selfless,
heroic efforts, she and her team of nurses
helped save the lives of numerous soldiers
during the Crimean War.
FLORENCE
The former rhythm guitarist in a Welsh band,
Manic Street Preachers (1988 to 1995) and
lyricist, Richard James Edwards went missing in
1995 and is desperately missed by his sister,
RICHEY EDWARDS
Rachel Elias.
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest
scientists of the world. A physicist and
mathematician, he was the leading founder of
calculus, physics, and optics.
ISAAC NEWTON
Winner of the Booker Prize and author of The Bone
People, Keri Hulme is very open to questions about
her asexuality. In an interview on the NZ Herald
News, she tells us that there is absolutely nothing KERI HULME
wrong with being asexual.
Australian short story author of Sniggerless
Boundations and other interesting titles, Morgan Bell
is making her name as a writer who stands solid with
people off all sexual orientations.
MORGAN BELL
As is often the case, any man or woman of
history who was never married or had children
is called out as being gay
T.E LAWRENCE
Intriguing, morbid, and humorous are the words that
often describe the works of the late illustrator and
author, Edward Gorey.
EDWARD GOREY
The most celebrated and loved detective of all times, Sherlock
Holmes is a literary figure whose sexuality has often been
questioned.
SHERLOCK
