National Coming Out Day: 10 LGBTQ celebrities who have come out in 2024
There are many commemorations that mark important milestones for queer people and their allies: Pride Month, LGBTQ History Month, Lesbian Visibility Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance, among many others.
There are many commemorations that mark important milestones for queer people and their allies: Pride Month, LGBTQ History Month, Lesbian Visibility Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance, among many others.
The festivities surrounding many of these events often turn them into a headline-grabbing display of communal pride. But on National Coming Out Day, recognized annually on Oct. 11, queer people at all points in their journey mark what for many is a more private, initial step in celebrating who they are.
For celebrities and others in the public spotlight though, coming out also means sharing their sexuality or gender identity with millions of people around the world. Some superstars, like Reneé Rapp and Chappell Roan, took their rapid rise to stardom this year as a chance to offer more insight into their identities (both singers have been embraced as part of the lesbian pop renaissance). Others said they were part of the LGBTQ community for the very first time.
Here are a few of the people who have come out so far in 2024.
In a cover story for Glamour magazine in April, Sophia Bush revealed that she identifies as a queer woman and confirmed her relationship with soccer player Ashlyn Harris.
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