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20 Memorable Coming Out Stories by Hollywood Stars (Photos)

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In celebration of New York City LGBT Pride March Sunday, replicate on these emotional, empowering and typically weird tales from present enterprise.

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Ellen DeGeneres There’s no room for argument — the comic and speak present host’s 1997 Time journal cowl declaring “Yep, I’m Gay” is popular culture’s flagship popping out story.

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Elton John While the enduring singer has been synonymous with the LGBT neighborhood for many years, he didn’t come out formally till 1976 — at first telling Rolling Stone he was bisexual years earlier than his accomplice David Furnish and their two kids got here into the image.

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Jodie Foster While Foster’s sexuality was a subject of dialogue for many years within the press, her 2013 acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille Award on the Golden Globes put any doubts to relaxation. In a speech that was extensively thought to be weird, Foster thanked her longtime feminine accomplice and co-parent, Cydney Bernard.

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Frank Ocean In a extensively celebrated weblog submit in 2012, R&B singer and prolific songwriter Ocean revealed a tumultuous romantic relationship with one other man. The admission was applauded for discussing the intersection of sexual orientation and the repression of African American male identities.

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Kristen Stewart While her early profession was outlined by the fever pitch over “The Twilight Saga” and her co-star/boyfriend Robert Pattinson, Stewart later pursued a low-key slate of indies and relationship with feminine singer St. Vincent. She overtly addressed their connection in a September 2016 Elle journal interview.

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Lance Bass Bass was the topic of mass heterosexual teen woman fantasy as a member of the boy band *NSync. In a 2006 People journal interview, nevertheless, Bass’ popping out launched a brand new technology of LGBT entertainers casually revealing their sexual orientation.

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Maria Bello The actress and producer began a small motion together with her tome on fluid sexuality, “Whatever… Love is Love,” printed in 2015. It mentioned how her feminine finest good friend turned her vital different.

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Anderson Cooper The CNN anchor had lengthy ignored hypothesis over his sexuality till 2012. In an e-mail with blogger Andrew Sullivan, Cooper wrote, “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.”

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Amandla Stenberg The “Hunger Games” actress and millennial icon revealed in a Snapchat interview with TeenVogue that she recognized as bisexual — however later mentioned even that time period was too constricting, because it didn’t account for trans identities. She now prefers “pansexual.”