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12 TV stars who came out as LGBTQ+ so far this year

By Dan Clarendon June 13, 2020 at 11:30am

The year isn’t even half over, and already, a dozen television stars have come out of the closet.

To mark pride month, we’re shining the spotlight on the actors who have gone public about their identities so far this year.

Related: Olympian Guillaume Cizeron comes out by introducing his adorable boyfriend

Here are your new screen idols…

[tps_header] The year isn’t even half over, and already, a dozen television stars have come out of the closet. To mark pride month, we’re shining the spotlight on the actors who have gone public about their identities so far this year. Related: Olympian Guillaume Cizeron comes out by introducing his adorable boyfriend Here are your new screen idols… [/tps_header]

DJ Qualls

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjoII7LH4Yy/ The Z Nation and Man in the High Castle actor came out on Twitter on January 11 moments after coming out on stage. “Been gay this whole time,” he wrote. “Tired of worrying about what people would think of me. Tired of worrying about what it would do to my career.”

Jameela Jamil

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9HaeqdFHuU/ The Good Place alum came out as queer on February 5 amid backlash over her gig judging the HBO Max ballroom reality competition Legendary. “This is absolutely not how I wanted it to come out,” she wrote on Twitter.

Rosario Dawson

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnbio1Lgilp/ In a February 14 Bustle interview, the Briarpatch asserted that she’s in the LGBTQ population but didn’t elaborate. “I never did come out come out,” she said. “I mean, I guess I am now.”

Dominique Provost-Chalkley

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-IFNFVgHIX/ The Wynonna Earp star marked her 30th birthday on March 24 by coming out as queer in a blog post. “I am into ALL humans,” she added. “I guess maybe I am just really into love? Who knows? But finally… I am OUT.”

Camryn Grimes

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxyR-GmB8lx/ The actress, who plays Mariah Copeland on The Young and the Restless, revealed she’s bisexual via Twitter on May 24 while campaigning to succeed Ruby Rose as Batwoman.

Cara Delevingne

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NmqOUl4Tc/ The Carnival Row star labeled herself as pansexual in a June 3 Variety interview. “However one defines themselves, whether it’s ‘they’ or ‘he’ or ‘she,’ I fall in love with the person — and that’s that,” she said. “I’m attracted to the person.”

Lili Reinhart

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZKupygfbL/ The Betty of Riverdale asserted in a June 3 Instagram Story update that she’s a “proud bisexual woman” who was planning to attend anq LGBTQ+ Black Lives Matter protest in West Hollywood that day.

Justice Smith

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1etJsthJ2x/ The Get Down alum revealed he’s queer and in a relationship with Queen Sugar star Nicholas Ashe via Instagram on June 5 while promoting the truth that Black queer and trans lives matter.

Chyler Leigh

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzTb_yKAouv/

The Grey’s Anatomy alum opened up about her sexuality in a June 8 blog post for her Create Change organization, writing that her Supergirl character’s Season 2 coming-out was a variation of her own.

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12 Comments*

  • Kangol2

    Congrats to and so proud of all of them! Happy LGBTQIA Pride & Equality Month! (I love J. August Richards’ shirt too.)

    PS: Don’t forget Nicholas Ashe, who’s a talented actor in his own right, Queerty.

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  • Terrycloth

    Quiet a month for lezbians

  • ShiningSex

    Cara Delevingne came out as lesbian years back. What’s new? Also, pansexual? Yeah right. She’s a lesbian. She said so.
    Those who come as queer seems to be the easiest “label” to give themselves without saying I’m gay.
    Those who come out as gay really deserve applause. They are not tip toeing around the subject. I have total respect for the balls of coming out.

    • DaJB

      @ShiningSex that is SO ignoramus – The older I got the more sexual experience I got, realising that ‘gay’ is just a label I gave myself for simplicity, and before having sex with the other sex/gender. Nowadays my own experience is wider than that, and the label ‘gay’ seems not to cut it anymore for me. Pansexual does, as it keeps me more openminded. And that is not an excuse, it is an open-mindedness to accepting that things may not be as you think they are. I have never called myself ‘pansexual’ (I’ve stuck to ‘gay’ for convenience) so I’ve not used that as something to ‘hide behind’, either, as you call it. But to judge someone else for using that label… I guess shows a narrow-mindedness that is not open to self-reflection, and just assumes what is going on for someone else. Well done on NOT accepting others for who they feel they are.

  • david_swiental

    No George Cloony or Darrin Criss yet ? LOL

  • JessPH

    No such thing as bisexual. “Bi” men always end up with men. “Bi” women always end up with men. In other words, bi men are just gay men who don’t want to be called gay. Bi women are straight women who are merely experimenting.

    • andyinchicago

      So glad to hear you’re an expert on what other people are feeling and going to feel. Telling people that their identity isn’t for them to decide? You’re really celebrating Pride right, aren’t you, hun?

  • skyboy63

    Dj Qualls is so oddly adorable

  • Cam

    An odd article. Every single other person’s sexuality label was printed, Pan, Bi, Queer, Gay

    Except the one person who came out as a lesbian “Chyler Leigh” had her chosen label hidden.

    Does the author have an issue with lesbians???

  • SkyguyMD

    I’m surprised that Rafael Silva from 9-1-1 Lonestar isn’t on the list. He’s part of the #TV For All Pride 2020 campaign that features out and proud artists.

    • skeldare

      Technically, he never publicly came out.

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