The world and Hollywood are evolving, as it is becoming more welcoming of the LGBTQ+ community. There was a time when stars were scared to confess they were not straight but today. Many stars have mustered up the courage and come out as bisexual, pansexual, gay, queer, and much more in front of millions of people while advocating rights for the LGBTQ+ community. They have spoken up about their sexuality confidently time and again and are making people aware that it’s okay if you are not straight at a time when the rules for LGBTQ+ are getting more and more difficult.
Here are 45 out and proud LGBTQ+ stars who inspire many young people and are vocal about the rights of their community members.
Lady Gaga
You all probably knew about this singer’s sexuality! After all, she has released various songs that show her attraction towards women. Lady Gaga is a proud bisexual who has openly talked about it since 2009.
Megan Fox
The Victoria’s Secret Model Megan Fox identifies herself as bisexual. She has been open about it and even shared a since-deleted post on Instagram celebrating Pride month.
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish got candid about her sexual preferences in Variety’s “Power Of Women” November 2023 issue. She was on the magazine cover and talked about how she was attracted to women and men.
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus, an LGBT activist, shared that she was pansexual in Elle Magazine in 2015. Since then, she has openly talked about her personal preferences and how she does not fall in love with a person due to their gender or physical looks but with their spirituality.
Sophia Bush
The One Tree Hill actress, Sophia Bush, shared that she is queer for Glamour magazine in 2024. She also revealed that she was in a relationship with Ashlyn Harris, a retired professional soccer player.
The actress wrote a beautiful note talking about her sexuality for the fashion magazine’s cover story. A part of it was, “I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024. But I’m deeply aware that we are having this conversation in a year when we’re seeing the most aggressive attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community in modern history.”
Andrew Scott
Best known for his role as Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock, Andrew Scott is an out and proud member of the LGBT community. He spoke about being gay with The Independent magazine in 2013, saying, “Mercifully, these days, people don’t see being gay as a character flaw. But is it not a virtue, like kindness, or a talent, like playing the banjo? It’s just a fact.”
Phoebe Bridgers
A part of the band Boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers is bisexual and has always been open about it. She is proud to be a part of a queer group at a time when things for the LGBTQ+ community are getting hard due to all the anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
Cardi B
The famous rapper talked about being bisexual and having multiple sexual encounters with women after she was framed for “queerbaiting”.
Cardi B and Normani released a sensual music video for their single Wild Side. The music video began raising eyebrows with people accusing Cardi B of queerbaiting, but the award-winning rapper soon put it all to rest through a tweet on X where she said that although she is married to Offset, a man, she has had her fair share of experiences with women.
Uuummmm @RollingStone queer baiting? You do know we was trying to hide a whole baby bump right ?Also I’m married to a man but I have express soo much about my bisexuality and my experiences wit girls .All of a sudden “queer baiting” is the new word & people use it to the ground ! https://t.co/M3kn4NyJBs
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) July 23, 2021
She also said that she didn’t like the new term “queerbaiting” which forces celebrities to speak up about their sexual experiences in case they express any sort of queer theme in their work.
Reneé Rapp
The famous singer and actress Reneé Rapp shared that she is a lesbian in 2024. She had previously said that she is bisexual, but now, the Snow Angel singer has spoken up about how she does not like men and has eyes only for women.
Demi Lovato
Known for her quirky personality on the Disney show Sonny with a Chance and her successful music career, Demi Lovato identifies herself as pansexual. The singer initially thought that she was bisexual and even came out to her parents in 2017, but eventually realized that she was pansexual. She has also talked about she is non binary and even adopted the pronouns they/them for a while but changed them back to she/her in 2023. Moreover, Lovato has also talked to Glamour magazine about how she is not into cisgender men as she is “too queer” for it.
Aubrey Plaza
The Parks and Recreation and The White Lotus actress Aubrey Plaza is a proud bisexual and has been open about her sexual preferences for quite a few years.
In her interview with The Advocate, she shared how her family has other LGBT members and that her sister is also a lesbian. When the interviewer asked her if women come on to her, she replied, saying that women definitely come on to her because she has a sort of “masculine” energy. She further said that not only women are attracted to her, but she is attracted to them as well and accepted that she was bisexual then and there.
Beabadoobee
The singer Bea Kristi, better known as Beabadoobee, is bisexual. She has released love songs for both men and women.
Joe Locke
The Heartstopper actor Joe Locke has known that he was gay since he was 12 and has been open about it to his friends and family since then. However, he never accepted it in showbiz until his interview with Teen Vogue in August 2023, where he said, “I have been openly gay since I was, like, 12.” He also talked about how, before the interview, he had never shared this part of his life with the public, but people assumed it for him, and he just never felt the need to correct anyone.
Kit Connor
Kit Connor accepted that he is bisexual in a since-deleted tweet on X. The actor had to come out and accept his sexuality as fans were accusing him of queerbaiting after he played the role of Nick Nelson, a bisexual boy on the Netflix series Heartstopper.
Halsey
Halsey is another bisexual celebrity who is proud to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community. She accepted that she was bisexual in her speech while accepting an award for the category of outstanding music artist at the Glaad Awards.
In her speech, she said, “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.”
Ben Whishaw
Known as the voice behind the bear Paddington, Ben Whishaw is gay. The actor didn’t come out to his family until he was 26 or 27. He didn’t even announce the news of his marriage to Mark Bradshaw publicly until one year after it in 2013. The couple has since parted ways in 2022.
Bella Thorne
Bella Thorne is another old Disney face who openly discusses her sexuality. The actress initially identified herself as bisexual in 2016 but later shared that she is actually pansexual. She updated everyone with this change in her sexuality in 2019 while promoting her book, The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray on Good Morning America.
Kesha
While Kesha has not chosen a label for herself, she has admitted that she is into all genders and falls in love with a person’s spirit rather than their sexual identity. She also celebrates Pride Month.
Lili Reinhart
Lili Reinhart accepted that she was bisexual on her Instagram story in 2020, writing, “Although I’ve never announced it publicly before, I am a proud bisexual woman.” The Riverdale actress also shared a poster that read, “LGBTQ+ for #BlackLivesMatter” for a protest that was taking place in West Hollywood at the time, urging fans to be there and confirming that she would also come out to the protest to show her support.
Janelle Monáe
The pop sensation Janelle Monáe identifies herself as pansexual and is a proud queer female. She confirmed her sexuality in an interview with Rolling Stone in 2018, saying that although she first thought she was bisexual, she has realized that her preferences match best with being pansexual. She said, “But then later I read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too.’ I’m open to learning more about who I am.”
Over the years, Janelle has also come out as nonbinary and uses the pronouns she/her and they/them.
David Dawson
David Dawson became the center of attention when he played a role with Harry Styles in My Policeman, a gay drama. The British actor has since been open about his sexual preferences and married Josh Silver in 2023.
Willow Smith
Willow Smith accepted that she was bisexual and is open to the idea of a polyfidelitous relationship where she would date both a man and a female at the same time on the show Red Table Talk.
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming is bisexual, and he has spoken about it way too many times in too many interviews.
Anna Paquin
The Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin is bisexual and came out back in 2010. The actress has also been a part of a successful queer show, True Blood, on HBO, showing her support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Sia
The Chandelier singer, Sia, identifies herself as queer. She came out to fans in 2013 through a tweet on X which read, “I’m queer. I don’t really identify as a lesbian because I’ve dated predominantly men. But I’ve certainly dated women.”
Ben Platt
Ben Platt is engaged to Noah Galvin. He accepted that he was gay in 2019 while promoting his song Ease My Mind.
Paris Jackson
While Paris Jackson considers herself a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, she prefers not to label herself. She has been clear about her sexual preferences from the age of 14 but has never chosen a label for herself and has encouraged people not to choose one for her. Although, she has accepted that she has had crushes on women in magazines and is into men simultaneously.
She also discussed the subject on her Instagram, saying, “I’m not bisexual. I just love people for people. I don’t label myself so please don’t label me. Thank you!”
Billy Eichner
Billy Eichner has been openly queer since his first day in stardom. The Billy on the Street creator has been open about his sexuality from his stand-up comedy days at Joe’s Pub with a show called “Billy Eichner: Gay, White, and Terrified!” Moreover, he has also starred as a fictional gay character on Difficult People.
Sara Ramirez
The Grey’s Anatomy star Sara Ramirez is bisexual and came out at the True Colors Fund’s 40 to None Summit in 2016. While giving a speech at the event, the star said, “Because of the intersections that exist in my own life: woman, multiracial woman, woman of colour, 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.”
Since then, Sara Ramirez has also announced themself to be nonbinary and goes with the pronouns they/them.
Brandon Flynn
Remember that handsome boy who played Justin Foley in 13 Reasons Why? Well, he’s part of the LGBTQ+ community, too! The actor has been in the headlines for dating men, one of whom was Sam Smith. He even opened about his sexuality to his family and friends when he was only 15, and they have all been supportive.
Fergie
Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas admitted that she was bisexual back in 2009. Back then, she even talked about how she did not know that being sexually involved with women while being married was considered cheating until her therapist told her so. She understood what her therapist was saying and even told her then-husband, Josh Duhamel, about it.
Drew Barrymore
The phenomenal actress Drew Barrymore came out as bisexual in 2003, admitting that she liked both men and women sexually.
Colton Haynes
Enjoying stardom at its peak from a very young age, Colton Haynes had always been open about being gay with his friends, family, and co-stars but did not openly accept it to the public until 2016 in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. This is because back in the day, being gay was still considered a taboo, and professionals around him had advised him not to come out of the closet very soon as it would affect his career.
Tessa Thompson
Tessa Thompson has spoken about how open-minded her family is and said that she has never had to worry about bringing a certain gender back home. She has also admitted that she has fluid sexuality.
Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg opened up about her sexuality to Wonderland Magazine in 2018, saying that she is gay. The Hunger Games star said, “I was so overcome with this profound sense of relief when I realized that I’m gay – not bi, not pan, but gay – with a romantic love for women. All of the things that felt so internally contrary to my truest self were rectified as I unravelled a long web of denial and self deprivation.”
In 2016, she had said that she was bisexual in an interview with Teen Vogue but eventually realized that she was gay. Since then, she has also identified herself as non-binary.
Anitta
Through her Netflix docuseries, which premiered in 2018, Anitta admitted that she was bisexual. But she had come out of the closet in front of her family long before. She talked about the story of accepting her sexuality in front of her mom with the Los Angeles Times in 2022. The Brazilian hitmaker said that her first kiss was with a girl, but she told her about her mom after kissing a boy. Anitta had thought that there was something wrong with her for being attracted to both men and women, only to get a casual response from her mother.
Barbie Ferreira
The Euphoria actress Barbie Ferreira admits that she is queer. She spoke about her sexuality to Out magazine in 2019, saying that she has never considered herself to be a straight woman and has now realized that she is queer.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho is a proud and out bisexual, and she has been since very early on in her career. The comedian also advocates for the rights of bisexuals and is always open to talking about it.
Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez has had her fair share of sexual encounters. While she has kept most of her relationships private, she has been open about her sexual preferences, admitting that she is bisexual. She spoke about how she likes both men and women while talking to Entertainment Weekly in 2013. She said, “I’ve gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too … curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks.”
Cara Delevingne
From being one of the top models in Hollywood to becoming a top-notch actress, Cara Delevingne opened up about her sexuality in 2020. She is pansexual and doesn’t mind what pronoun the other person goes by as long as she is attracted to them and loves them. She has also had several public relations with women in the industry.
Jonathan Bailey
The Bridegerton star Jonathan Bailey is gay and is dating a man at the time whose identity he has chosen not to disclose at the moment.
Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons is an out and proud gay celebrity who is married to Todd Spiewal. He came out of the closet to the world in 2012 in The New York Times and has since played several gay characters on screen.
Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose is a lesbian and identifies herself as gender fluid. She has also shared that she opened up about being a lesbian with her mom at the young age of 12 and always looked up to Madonna and Annie Lenox as role models.
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres is a lesbian. She has got to be one of the first stars who opened up about being a part of the LGBTQ+ community and has always been extremely vocal about their rights. She is an inspiration to many youngsters who are figuring out their sexuality. The comedian is currently married to Portia de Rossi.
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart is another bisexual actress on A List. She has accepted her sexuality in interviews and talked about how she is not at all confused when it comes to her sexual preferences.
