This year, like many years before it, we as a human race have continued evolving, getting ever-so-much-closer to a utopia in which everybody is gay. 2016 was a banner year for Coming Out, in which a multitude of folks all across the fame spectrum proudly declared their allegiance to my favorite lifestyle choice and Kristen Stewart publicly admitted that she had a girlfriend. (Kristen Stewart was on last year’s list though, not this year’s, because she has been coming out in tiny portions over a long period of time, a practice I am hereby dubbing “gayzing,” which is a combo of “gay” and “grazing.” For Kristen this began last year.)
This year saw a marked increase in the number of celebrities who declared themselves bisexual and even used or affirmed the word “bisexual” when doing so — ten women on this list did exactly that. Most celebrities prefer coming out by acknowledging that they’re in a same-sex relationship or simply living openly within that relationship.
However, despite this marked increase in people identifying proudly as bisexual, we haven’t seen that same uptick for the word “lesbian.” This might be partially due to linguistics — “gay” is an adjective, enabling the “I am [adjective]” construction, whereas “lesbian” is a noun (“a female homosexual”) and an adjective (“of, relating to, orcharacteristic of female homosexuality”), but can only be used as an adjective in certain contexts. You can’t say, “I am lesbian,” only “I am a lesbian.” This makes me sad because I love the word “lesbian.” But I think we can safely say that if you are a woman and you say “I am gay,” then you are also basically saying “I am a lesbian.” Right? Right, okay.
What will 2017 bring? At this point it’s down to Queen Latifah and people we had no idea might be gay in the first place. Oh right, and if Abbi Jacobson and Carrie Brownstein could publicly confirm their relationship that would mean a lot to me. THANKS GALS.
January
Amandla Stenberg, 17. Actress.
Amandla identifies as non-binary and uses she/her and they/them pronouns, so they are not among the “43 women” named in the headline, but I still feel her story was important to include here.
Stenberg continued to inspire people everywhere during her Teen Vogue Snapchat takeover in January, ending with the revelation that she identifies as “a black bisexual woman” and that she believes in the power of black girls to “be big and bold and definitely not easy to swallow. I definitely believe in the concept of rebellion through selfhood, and rebellion through embracing your true identity, no matter what you’re being told. Here I am, being myself; and it’s hard and vulnerable, and it’s definitely a process, but I’m learning and growing.” In March, she came out as non-binary.
Rowan Blanchard, 14. Actress.
The 14-year-old star of Girl Meets World identified as “queer” in a tweet, which she says means she’s open to falling in love with people of any gender identity.
Enno Cheng, 29. Musician.
In a Facebook post, the Taiwanese musician and actress announced that she had divorced her husband, Fire Extinguishers bandmate Sam Yang, and revealed she’s been attracted to women from a young age. “The fact is I cannot love his body,” she wrote. “This is not his fault, it is because I like women’s bodies.”
February
Jordan Raskopoulos, 34. Comedian.
Jordan Raskopoulos was a staple of the Australian comedy scene as a member of the comedy trio The Axis of Awesome. She came out by making a video entitled WHAT HAPPENED TO JORDAN’S BEARD, in which she declared “That’s right, I’m a girl! I am transgender,” and then, doing a Hagrid impression, “I’m a woman, Harry.”
March
Lilly Wachowski, 48. Director & Producer.
In a statement to the Windy City Times, the second Wachowski sister came out as a trans woman (her filmmaker sister, Lana, came out as trans in 2012), following a great deal of speculation in the tabloids.
Marcelas Owens, 17. Activist, “The Obamacare Kid.”
Known to the world as the “Obamacare kid” — the 11-year-old who stood next to Obama, surrounded by politicians, as he signed the Affordable Care Act into law six years ago — Marcelas Owens came out publicly as a transgender woman in March. “With me being able to express myself, I feel like everything has got a lot brighter,” Marcelas told CNN. “When I was dressing in boy’s clothes, that was something that felt unnatural. People are going to get to know the real me.”
April
Marnie Simpson, 24. Reality TV Star.
Geordie Shore star Marnie tweeted to her followers, “I’m sure I’m bisexual. Not even kidding. I kiss just as many girls as boys these days.”
Sharon Osbourne, 64. Television Personality.
On The Talk, the wife of Ozzy Osborne declared, “I always think everybody is gay – so am I. I am not a little bit gay, I am extremely interested in the fact of what I missed out on. But it is too late now.”
Kezia Dugdale, 47. Politician.
(Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
In an interview with the Fabian Society, the Labour leader declared, “I have a female partner. I don’t talk about it very much because I don’t feel I need to.” She is now the fourth party leader in Scotland to come out as LGB.
Jennifer Azzi, 48. Basketball Coach.
Azzi became the only publicly out LGBT head women’s basketball coach in Division I when she introduced openly gay Golden State Warriors CEO Rick Welts at an event by coming out herself: “What I realized in watching Rick in his path and his journey is that there is nothing more powerful than living the truth. And the best thing I can do for my team is be authentic and true to myself.”
May
Shay Mitchell, 29. Actress.
We’re not totally sure that this one counts — but once upon a time, it sure would have! The Pretty Little Liars star told Cosmopolitan Magazine: “When I started, people were like, ‘What are you?’ I’m like, right now I’m dating a guy. I don’t know what it’s going to be in three years. You love who you love. Black, white, polka-dot, that’s what my dad always said … I could be 50 and dating a woman and then what? I said I was straight and now I’m not?”
Brianna Hildebrand, 19. Actress.
The Deadpool actress came out by just starting to talk about her girlfriend all the time on Twitter, no big deal. She also played gay in The First Girl I Loved, which was a nice gift to the world.
Stefanie Dolson, 24. Basketball Player.
In the May 23rd issue of ESPN The Magazine, “one of the most beloved players in the history of UConn basketball” came out as gay. “Not everyone in the WNBA needs to be out, but I feel called to lead an authentic life in the open,” she said. “I know who I am and I don’t care if people judge me.”
June
Béatrice Martin, 27. Musician.
Montreal indie-pop darling Béatrice Martin (better known as Coeur de Pirate) came out in an open letter to Vice, explaining the circumstances that led to her self-acceptance and now her public acknowledgement of herself as queer. “I can no longer be scared of what people might think about me,” she wrote. “I can’t be scared that someone will stop listening to my music, or that parents might not want their kids listening to me because of the fact that I want to love whoever I want to love. I’m coming out for my daughter who needs to learn that love knows no race, religion, gender or orientation. Even though the family that she knew in the very beginning won’t be the same, she deserves all of the love that she needs or wants. I’m coming out for the victims that lost their lives [in Orlando] because they wanted to celebrate who they truly were.”
Mara Wilson, 29. Actress/Writer.
Following the tragedy in Orlando, actress Mara Wilson announced on twitter that although she used to identify as “mostly straight” she now had “embraced the bi/queer label.” Then we interviewed her and it was awesome.
Justine Greening, 47. Politician.
Putney MP and International Development Secretary Justine Greening became the first out LGB female cabinet minister in the United Kingdom, declaring, “Today’s a good day to say I’m in a happy same sex relationship, I campaigned for Stronger In but sometimes you’re better off out! #Pride2016.” In July, she became the Secretary of State for Education, appointed by Theresa May.
Alexis G. Zall, 18. YouTube Star
The YouTube star used her annual birthday visitor to make a very important announcement — the 8th tip on her list of 18 tips was, “it is totally OK to be a girl who likes girl or a boy who likes boy and me personally, I am a girl who likes girls.”
Erin O’Flaherty, 23. Miss America Contestant.
Erin, aka Miss Missouri, became the first openly lesbian Miss America in June when she came out on Good Morning America. She was already out in her private life, but felt it was important to use her platform to be a role model to LGBT youth. “We’re underrepresented in public position of influence,” she said on GMA. “So I’m excited to take that on and I hope that my presence will help with visibility for the community.”
July
Aubrey Plaza, 32. Actress.
A pretty gay picture of Aubrey Plaza
Plaza told The Advocate in an interview that she falls in love with women as well as men: “I know I have an androgynous thing going on, and there’s something masculine about my energy,” she told the magazine. “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.”
Stephanie Beatriz, 35. Actress.
Brooklyn Nine Nine Star Stephanie Beatriz re-tweeted Aubrey Plaza’s coming out announcement with her own “yup.” When fans asked for clarification, she confirmed that she is bisexual.
Clea Duvall, 39. Actress.
Duvall has been effectively “out” for many years now — she’s not hidden her relationships with other women and is part of one of Hollywood’s most prominent lesbian squads. But as far as we can tell, she didn’t actually explicitly acknowledge her sexual orientation until this year, when she appeared on a panel for LGBT writers to talk about her film The Intervention, about which she declared, “I’ve played a lot of gay characters, but I haven’t really played a gay character that is gay in a way that is the gay that I feel like I am, if that makes sense.”
Rebecca Sugar, 29. “Steven Universe” Creator.
At ComicCon, Sugar was asked what inspired her to focus so much on women’s empowerment and LGBTQ themes in Steven Universe. Rebecca, looking a little nervous, declared, “Well, in large part it’s based on my experience as a bisexual woman,” which received wild applause and cheers from the audience and fellow panelists.
August
Bella Thorne, 19. Actress.
After pictures of Thorne kissing a girl surfaced on the Disney star’s snapchat, a fan asked the actress if she was bisexual. She answered “yes.”
Elena Delle Donne, 27. Olympic Basketball Player.
Vogue hung around with Delle Donne pre-Rio because she’s a super-big deal in the world of women’s basketball and the resulting write-up happened to mention that she’s getting married to a lady this year. Of the piece, Donne told a reporter in Rio, “It’s not a coming-out article or anything. I’ve been with her for a very long time now and people who are close to me know that and that’s that… I decided I’m not at all going to hide anything.”
Rafaela Silva, 24. Judo Athlete.
In an interview with Globo Sports, Rafaela Silva, the winner of Brazil’s first gold medal at the Rio Olympics, revealed that she was a lesbian and has been in a relationship with Thamara Cezar for three years. She’d been open about her relationship on social media, but did not confirm the rumors until this interview.
Rachele Bruni, 26. Swimmer.
After winning a Silver Medal in the Rio Olympics, she thanked her “beloved” girlfriend, Diletta Faina, for her support, telling Italy’s La Stampa, “I’ve always lived naturally, without problems. I’ve never done a big coming out. Undoubtedly there are people who have too many prejudices, but I live peacefully. I do not think about the prejudices, I live for myself, for my passion for swimming and for the people who love me.”
Claire Kittrell, 24. YouTube Star.
Kittrell, a trans woman, got famous on YouTube for a video about “anti-ginger discrimination” — being teased for having red hair. She also starred in the 2014 Reelz reality TV show “Hollywood Hillbillies.” Then in August, Kittrell revealed, “…when I first made ‘Gingers have souls,’ I wasn’t just getting picked on because I was a redhead, because I was a ginger, I was also being picked on because I was more feminine than the other guys.”
Hayley Kiyoko, 25. Musician & Actress.
Photo via EQ Music
I’m not entirely clear on when former Disney star Hayley Kiyoko, known for her thematically queer music videos and songs, became open about her own sexuality — but I think it started in August. That’s when she told Elite Daily that her “Girls Like Girls” was her attempt to provide representation for “girls like her” and that the story was based on her experiences crushing on girls in high school. In December, she told Paper Magazine, “when we shot the music video for “Girls like Girls,” I felt like I was finally telling my story for the first time.”
September
Elizabeth Gilbert, 47. Novelist & Journalist.
(Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images)
Journalist and best-selling novelist Elizabeth Gilbert came out on Facebook, announcing that she was in love with and in a relationship with her best friend of 15 years, Rayya Ellis, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer. Gilbert wanted to come out publicly so she could live as fully and openly with Rayya as she possibly could for the remainder of their lives together. It was a beautiful and bittersweet message that resonated world-wide.
Selena Forrest, 17. Model.
The 17-year-old model, a fresh face already racking up major campaigns, told The Cut that she’s only ever dated girls and “if there was a category, I would probably be bisexual.”
Ann M. Martin, 61. YA Novelist.
In a profile with New York magazine, legendary author of The Baby-Sitters Club Ann M. Martin referred to “her partner at the time,” a woman named Laura Godwin.
Eva Gutowski, 22. YouTube Star.
“Just because you haven’t dated someone of the same sex does not mean you can’t be taken seriously as a bisexual,” the 22-year-old fashion & beauty blogger tweeted to her millions of followers. She’s now the most popular LGBTQ YouTuber in the U.S.
Gigi Gorgeous, 24. YouTube Star.
Gigi had been capturing her relationship with heiress Nats Getty on her YouTube channel for a few months before she made it official in a video, revealing that she now identified as a lesbian. Gorgeous had begun YouTubing many years earlier, when she presented as male, and had already come out to her viewers as a gay man, and then a transgender woman. She and Nats have since broken up.
Renee Alway, 30. Former Reality TV Star / Model
In September 2016, the former America’s Next Top Model contestant joined twitter while incarcerated, declaring in her bio, “I am the lesbian atheist your parents warned you about.” It’s unclear if she was openly gay prior to this moment, but we’re counting it.
October
Sara Ramirez, 41. Actress.
At the 50 to None Summit to benefit LGBT homelessness prevention, Sara Ramirez told the world that she was “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 & Irish sides.”
Megan Marx, 31, and Tiffany Scanlon, 30. Reality TV Stars.
“Ladies,” wrote Erin Sullivan on Autostraddle in her post celebrating the love found between two Australian Bachelor contestants, “if you can find love in a room full of cameras and women with eyes who want something from your soul trying to get a read on each other while mainlining booze, you absolutely deserve the love you’ve found.”
Saara Aalto, 29. Singer / Reality TV Star
Alto, who competed on The Voice of Finland in 2012 and on The X Factor in 2016, was known as one-half of a “power couple” with Finland’s most popular male pop star, who she’d been dating since the age of 15. Then she came out — and revealed her engagement to superfan-turned-personal-manager Meri Sopanen.
November
Bex Taylor-Klaus, 22. Actress.
Following the election of Donald Trump, the Scream and The Killing actress announced on twitter, “hello my name is bex and yes the rumors are true i am v gay,” and then proceeded to chat about it with fans on YouNow all damn night! It was adorable.
Glennon Doyle Melton, 40. Author.
The author of New York Times bestselling memoirs Love Warrior and Carry On, Warrior and the founder of the online community Momastery came out on Facebook in November with an inspirational post about her realtionship with soccer player Abby Wambach. “Remember in Love Warrior how hard I struggled to understand what being in love meant?” She asked her followers. “I get it now. I get it. I am in love. And I’m really, deeply happy.”
Jael Strauss, 32. Former Reality TV Star.
Jael Strauss appeared on the eighth cycle of America’s Next Top Model in 2007, and became infamous in 2012 when Dr. Phil hosted an intervention with the meth-addicted model. Now, Jael is in recovery, sober, and an out lesbian. In an interview with WetPaint, she said she’s recently struck up a friendship with Cycle 8 star Renee Alway, who’s currently in prison, “[Renee] was the first person when I got out of treatment and got my phone back … she was the first person that called me. This was before she was incarcerated and she alluded to the fact that she really sympathized with the situation and she understood more than I knew. We’re both lesbians, we were both closeted and we both had drug problems. We spent some time together and got a real relationship.”
Molly Wizenberg, 38. Writer & Restaurateur
Molly Wizenberg began blogging at Orangette in 2004, eventually writing two books, starting three restaurants and in 2015, winning a James Beard Award for her blog. On November 30th, 2016, she came out to her readers, informing them that she and her husband had been separated since the summer, but that they’d remain friends and continue working together. “About a year and a half ago, in June of 2015, I experienced something that I didn’t know could happen in adulthood. I found that my sexual orientation had changed. I wasn’t straight anymore,” she wrote. “…It’s terrifying to say this aloud. But not saying anything has made me feel disconnected from this place, and from this community. It started to feel like hiding, and I don’t want to hide, especially not from something that is so important to me. ”
Lauren Jauregui, 20. Singer.
via instagram
The Fifth Harmony star came out in Billboard magazine by penning an open letter to Donald Trump in which she identified herself as “a proud bisexual Cuban-American.” She’d attracted some attention the week prior when a picture of her kissing a girl at a wedding was blasted to the world by compulsive outer Perez Hilton, which inspired her fans to “defend” the kiss as “playful.” No defense is the best offense, I think.
But where is Hayley Kiyoko???
shouldn’t she have been on last year’s list though, not this year’s?
ok obviously now i am on a hunt for this information but can’t find anything that shows she came out in 2015, even though i really thought that she did! i guess i’ll add her to this!
THANK YOU FOR THIS I was scrolling and so happy when I saw her included in the list! I have been following her ever since she flirted it up with Selena Gomez on WoWP and she has been playing queer-coded characters for FOREVER so seeing everything play out between This Side of Paradise and Citrine and her gradually feeling more and more comfortable with slowly becoming more and more vulnerable to her fans has been fucking great. Of COURSE her fans reacted positively to GLG, queer girls have been gravitating to her for nearly a full decade. GLG was an ambiguous pro-queer anthem and we lost our collective shit cuz MAYBE!!! Then she filmed the video where she ACTUALLY KISSED A GIRL and now in 2016 she is actively and openly writing love songs to girls and talking in interviews about how she gathered the courage to slowly put herself out there and IT JUST WARMS MY HEART SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR THIS
This is always one of my favorite end of the year lists, thanks for putting it together :)
it’s always one of my favorite to put together, too! glad you like it.
Okay I feel old for not knowing who most of these are! But now I’ll have to look many of them up?
Do you guys read Gina Rodriguez’s “i love hearts” tweet differently than I did? I was surprised not to see her on here.
I promise you that if Gina Rodriguez comes out in any way shape or form, we will be the first ones on it. I don’t think Gina Rodriguez could buy a latte or tweet about the weather without Heather and Yvonne being immediately aware of it, let alone express sexual desires towards females
well there was this: https://twitter.com/hereisgina/status/745335294573051904
and then the fact that she’s suspiciously into soon-to-be-written-by-gabby-rivera lesbian superhero america chavez?
ALSO she had an undercut for months and looked A LITTLE TOO GOOD with the alternative lifestyle look, even if it was for a role
Ok, I just started binge-watching JtV and now I am going to be EVEN MORE OBSESSED.
oh and there was this snapchat: http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/pathsunbeaten/31407410/4640/4640_300.jpg
Every time I see that picture of Rebecca Sugar I think she’s just too damn sweet for this world
But she’s just sweet enough
She’s the storytelling hero our kids need <3 <3 <3
Why does Sharon Osbourne think it’s too late to experience things she missed out on? SHARON IT IS NEVER TOO LATE! GO LIVE YOUR GAY LADY DREAMS!!!
I know, that makes me so sad! It’s not too late Sharon, I’ll go out with you!
I guess she by “too late” means she has no intention of breaking up with Ozzy, and so it’s to late for her to date/sleep with anyone else.
Yes, really
I also only knew a handful of these people..but had NO idea about Sharon Osbourne!
Totally forgot about Elizabeth Gilbert too.
Scottish politics seems to have a good amount of female representation overall, straight and L/B. Some politicians’ sexualities (like Ruth Davidson) were obviously known about before 2016, but it’s nice to remind selves (whether prev to/during 2016) that they’re doing somewhat better than some other British political parties in this area.
Justine Greening was a surprise to me, mainly just because she was off my mind and then suddenly back on it because of this news (I simply stopped paying much attention to what she says as I find her quite vague when she’s answering questions on issues, presumably because she has no real secure solid answers to give, like lots of politicans when detailing government policies and how they are/aren’t working since being implimented). The Conservatives in general frustrate me, but of course, unrelated to her party, I’m all for Justine and any other party member to feel safe and free to come out. In politics it feels vital really to see/know faces that aren’t all just y’know, white, hetero, elite old school boy types.
I don’t know any of the names on the list other than (unfortunately) Marnie Simpson. I suppose she is what you might describe in America as part of this wave of trashy talentless reality tv ‘stars’, where crass, immature and attention seeking behaviour are the name of the fame game. I understand her sexuality gets her on this list, but she’s not really the type of person that can be said to have strong inspiring qualities. She’s by no means a bad person by any stretch, but you just wish she would engage her brain a lot more, for her own sake.
Is it bad that I have absolutely no idea who most of these people are? Must be because I’m north of 30 now and have no fucks to give about pop culture that isn’t either nerdy/geeky or 90s throwback…dear lord, that makes me sound grumpy. Heh. Get off my lawn, kids!
Call me back on that glorious day when Stephanie March says she likes the ladies and we’ll talk. ;)
I don’t have a clue who most of them are either. I get so excited when celebrities over 40 come out because I know who the heck they are!
Me too. No idea who most of these people are and still amazed that YouTuber counts as a celebrity.
And I guess Whitney Houston being outed doesn’t count, right?
STEPHANIE MARCH. A thousand times yes. Prayer hands emoji.
Oh also bonus we finally got faster internet at work so these articles with lots of photos no longer take three whole minutes to load :-D :-D
It’s the little things in life…
Danielle Cormack came out this year. Or was she already out and I just wasn’t aware until this year?
Danielle Cormack is out??! I can’t find anything online, but my heart wants it to be true.
There was an article a few months back where she mentioned not being straight (I’m not sure if she identifies as bisexual or queer, but she definitely said she isn’t straight). I’ll have to go digging for the article now!
Found it :) http://www.curvemag.com/Cinema/Wentworths-Danielle-Cormack-On-Beas-Remarkable-Lightness-1459/
Thanks Caitlin! Now I know that Danielle Cormack is queer AND that Curve still exists. What a great day.
You’re welcome! I’m glad I was able to find the article. I had a brief moment of “Did I imagine it??”
Wow, I hadn’t heard about that! That’s great except it also makes me even more mad than I was about the way wentworth season 4 ended…
As did Kate Jenkinson.
Yes! How could I forget that??
DANIELLE CORMACK IS QUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR???!!!
OH this makes things look momentarily brighter.
(But yes also Kate wonderful Jenkinson belongs on this list in all her glory. Apart from how it is occasionally soul destroying and wretchedly cruel, I do wish Wentworth got a bit more recognition on AS because it has some really fucking excellent actors on it, and apparently they’re all utter homos.)
Anyway who’s gonna buy me these for Christmas? https://www.instagram.com/p/BOL7IdRASxQ/?taken-by=katejenko&hl=en
I don’t know why, but I find it extra funny that these are so separated by months. It’s like Iooking through the Autostraddle journal and they’re like “Sept: realized it’s not a skin condition, but I have an allergy to wool. The cute girl at the coffee shop is def straight – boo. Also Ann M. Martin came out.”
Love it.
Yay for those 43!
A few more:
Kany Garcia
Rosanna Roces
Savannah Jackson
Gabi Grecko
Whitney Houston – kinda officially outed long after death
Danielle Cormack – not sure why nobody’s really reported on this but the interviewer referred to her as straight and she was like “am I straight?” and talked about having had relationships with both men and women
Jess Origliasso – she had been rumoured to be with Ruby back in 08 but neither openly acknowledged it until this year
Sorry to correct – but as I am always telling my students veryify your facts – Justine Greening is not the first female LGB minister in the UK – Angela Eagle was an out minister for Labour governments many, many years before Justine
Has she been a cabinet member though? I mean in general there are loads of LGB MPs but not many on the front bench of the controlling party.
Yes – deffo. all the year Labour was in power front bench and all
I always love this end of year list.
I was surprised to hear about Bex since she just a couple of years ago said this: “Yes, I am a straight girl who plays a gay character on TV. No, I am not ashamed.”
I mean she’s also pretty young. She may not have known, or she may not have been ready…
Allow me to voice the unpopular opinion but does an off handed comment really classify someone as coming out? The likes of Shay Mitchell who (obviously paraphrasing) said that maybe some day she wouldn’t rule out being with women, really is grasping at straws for a list that isn’t lacking true coming out stories. So it’s 42 instead of 43 a longer list than say 5 years ago.
Also Rowan Blanchard, personally I don’t think a 14 year old should make such a definitive statement especially in the public eye (which is not to discredit her identity). I just think when she gets older and comes into her own if she were to want to identify as something else people aren’t always nice about it.
And I think the media should be a little bit more responsible before using a 14 year old as the poster girl for queer identity.
Was thinking that the media should be more responsible before using a 14 year old too.
IMO, the best way you can support a 14 year old is to validate their identity as it exists today – not to silence them with warnings that they could regret living their truth later.
I definitely agree with you. I was 14 when I discovered I was into girls, and starting calling myself bisexual. Since then my label has shifted as I’ve struggled to figure out my identity, but I’ve never regretted coming out to my friends.
And she can get that support in her personal life with the people that matter most to her, my point was she doesn’t have to make these statements on the public stage because unfortunately the people that are now all “yay for knowing who you are at 14” when she’s 18 or 21 and chooses a different label (even if she goes by lesbian or bisexual) will call her out on it and most likely not in a nice way.
Mara Wilson was a surprise.
Don’t know more than half of them on this list. Why is anyone making a wayward comment in this list? Am flabbergasted that Shay Mitchell is in this list. Why the heck?
Canadian YouTuber Stef Sanjati (21) also came out as pansexual in September (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVH-zLZQvEQ)! A year ago she also came out as trans to her viewers and since then, she has made a ton of educational videos on her channel detailing her experiences on estrogen, voice training, and feminising make up tutorials. As of right now, she’s just gone through her facial feminization surgery and she’s been documenting her recovery on her YouTube channel.
This is my favorite thing i’ve read in the past week. Seeing this list is bringing me some happy tears :’)
Interesting list, but Kezia Dugdale was born in 1981, making her current age 35, not 47.
noice
Don’t remember what month but also radio personality Taylor Strecker (Sirius Radio) came out as dating her best friend Taylor Donohue.