{"id":21483,"date":"2026-02-04T23:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=21483"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:37:29","slug":"15-celebrities-you-may-not-have-known-were-lgbtq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=21483","title":{"rendered":"15 Celebrities You May Not Have Known Were LGBTQ+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2096-300x174.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2096-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2096-1024x593.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2096-768x445.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2096.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThough there have been many quietly queer, transgender, and bisexual stars over the years, recent years have seen many more of our favorite celebrities open up and speak comfortably about their own gender expression and sexual orientation. With the candor of these high-profile individuals, it&#8217;s likely that more and more people outside of the public eye are getting comfortable expressing their own diverse gender expressions and sexualities, too. Here are 15 of those celebs who are boldly inviting the rest of the world to live their truths, and encouraging a climate of acceptance and inclusion.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2097-1-230x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2097-1-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2097-1-786x1024.png 786w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2097-1-768x1001.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2097-1-1179x1536.png 1179w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2097-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><br \/>\nMiley Cyrus: After coming out as pansexual, Miley Cyrus further cemented that she\u2019s not like everyone else, telling the UK\u2019s Ross King that she feels \u201cgenderless and ageless.\u201d She added: \u201cI\u2019m a spirit soul, not even divided by human beings or animals. I treat the planet with as much respect as possible.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"45 Real Gay Celebrity Couples in Hollywood\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mv8orj5ia7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThere is no us and them \u2014 there\u2019s no me and you. I want to be everything and I want to be also nothing. I just want to be able to be myself.\u201d (Photo by Vivien Killilea\/Getty Images for My Friend&#8217;s Place)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2098-260x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2098-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2098-889x1024.png 889w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2098-768x884.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2098.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/> Steven Tyler: Back in Aerosmith\u2019s heydey, singer and American Idol judge Steven Tyler was often lambasted for his feminine on-stage persona. But in his 2011 memoir Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, the \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Miss a Thing\u201d singer wrote, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been misquoted as saying that I&#8217;m more female than male. Let me set the record straight \u2014 it&#8217;s more half and half.&#8221; (Photo by Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2099-204x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2099-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2099-697x1024.png 697w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2099-768x1128.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2099-1046x1536.png 1046w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2099.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><br \/>\nAmandla Stenberg: Back in 2016, teen star Amandla Stenberg told Elle that not only does the star prefer to use gender-neutral pronouns (they\/them), but they also didn\u2019t want to define their dating preferences in a traditional way. Then in June 2018, Stenberg came out as gay, telling Wonderland magazine, \u201cI was so overcome with this profound sense of relief when I realized that I\u2019m gay \u2014 not bi, not pan, but gay \u2014 with a romantic love for women. All of the things that felt so internally contrary to my truest self were rectified as I unraveled a long web of denial and self-deprivation.\u201d (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images for MTV)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2100-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2100-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2100-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2100-768x1154.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2100-1022x1536.png 1022w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2100.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2842-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2842-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2842.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2843-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2843-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2843.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2101-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2101-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2101-674x1024.png 674w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2101-768x1167.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2101-1011x1536.png 1011w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2101.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2102-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2102-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2102-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2102-1151x1536.png 1151w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2102.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2103-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2103-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2103-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2103-768x1076.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2103-1096x1536.png 1096w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2103.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though there have been many quietly queer, transgender, and bisexual stars over the years, recent years have seen many more of our favorite celebrities open up and&#8230; 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