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Then, in 2010, Carlton made another debut: She revealed at Nashville Pride that she is a "proud bisexual," though she revealed she's been part of the queer community since she was 13 years old after moving to New York.

Helping to change that is former NBA player Jason Collins, who became the first openly gay man to play in one of the four major professional team sports.

Since that initial declaration, Thorne has made it a point to live life the way she wants to, making no apologies or compromises for her choices. Among those questions: should queer roles be played exclusively by queer actors?

It’s an evolving conversation, getting at the very core of what makes the art of acting, well, acting. Her résumé spans television, film, and Tony-winning theater performances.

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson revealed her relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma in 2022, sharing the news on Instagram.

Unlike many gay actors, Platt was one of the few who has more or less always been out to the public. —JD

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62 Celebrities Who Have Come Out as LGBTQ+

The LGBTQ+ community has been integral to the performing arts (and the tech behind said arts) for as long as there has been performing arts — even though many members of the entertainment industry were at times reluctant to admit it.

In 2010, Araki's film "Kaboom" became the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Queer Palm, which celebrates LGBTQ+ films.

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Sasha Lane

Sasha Lane first gained mainstream recognition for her leading role in Andrea Arnold's 2016 film "American Honey." The queer actress went on to play queer characters in the films "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" and "Hearts Beat Loud," and the TV series "Conversations With Friends."

"If my heart wants it, my heart wants it," Lane told ASOS Magazine in 2019.

As famous and respected now as he ever was, Ocean occasionally uses his celebrity status to help spread LGBTQ+ awareness.

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Jason Collins

Given the outward sense of machismo that permeates professional sports and its overzealous fan base, many LGBTQ+ athletes keep their sexuality a secret. James Baldwin.

The director's struggles would continue through the '80s as his friends began dying from AIDS. I don't care what people think about me being bi — I do what feels good."

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Sir Alec Guinness

Best known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Sir Alec Guinness kept his sexual orientation — and his arrest for a homosexual act in 1946 — away from the public eye for the entirety of his adult life.

She told The Guardian that she had not come out before, "because I was worried that people would think I was jumping on a trendy bandwagon. Right now I think the word that best defines it is queer. As she told The Advocate in 2016: “Girls are into me — that’s no secret.

"When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years, and all they said was 'we know,'" Schnapp wrote of his coming-out story, adding, "I guess I'm more similar to will than I thought."

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