Celebrities You Didn’t Realize Are Gay

With acceptance of the LGBT community becoming more widely accepted, more and more people are breaking their silence regarding their sexuality. Many celebrities have recently revealed themselves as members of the once closeted collective. Below are a few of the recognized out and proud.

Robin Roberts

Despite dating her girlfriend since 2005, the news anchor and breast cancer survivor didn’t officially come out until December 2013 even though most of her co-workers and friends already knew about her sexuality.

Roberts made the announcement with a Facebook post thanking those most important to her on her 100th day of recovery from a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome.

Kristian Nairn

The “Game of Thrones” star publicly discussed his sexuality on a fan site where he stated “when you talk about ‘the gay community,’ you are talking about MY community.” Nairn used to be the resident DJ for Kremlin, a gay bar in Belfast and in July 2019, announced his engagement to Trevor Brannen.

Ian McKellen

McKellen never hid this aspect of his private life to his fellow actors, but the public didn’t find out that he was gay until 1988, when McKellen actively fought against anti-LGBT laws in consideration in the British Parliament.

In an interview, he said, “I have many regrets about not having come out earlier, but one of them might be that I didn’t engage myself in the politicking.”

Cynthia Nixon

After being married to her husband Danny from 1998 to 2003, Nixon began dating her current wife in 2004. The couple has one child together and regarding their relationship, Nixon has said, “I’d been with men all my life, and I’d never fallen in love with a woman.

But when I did, it didn’t seem so strange. I’m just in love with another woman.”