When talking about her new film “Booksmart,” which featured multiple gay characters, Beanie Feldstein revealed that her current partner is a woman. She explained the importance of gay representation in film by adding, “I think if I could have seen our film earlier, I would have found myself a bit sooner.”
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Stormy Daniels took to Twitter to declare her bisexuality after a sexually suggestive tweet about Tomi Lahren. She revealed, “…I like to f**k men and women. It’s called bisexual.”
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Sam Smith is openly gay, but this year they came out as non-binary in an interview with Jameela Jamil of “The Good Place.”
The singer divulged, “I am not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between –somewhat on the spectrum.”
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In an interview with Out, Jonathan Van Ness revealed that he considers himself gender nonconforming.
“Some days I feel like a man, but then other days I feel like a woman. I don’t really — I think my energies are really all over the place. Any opportunity I have to break down stereotypes of the binary, I am down for it, I’m here for it. I think that a lot of times gender is used to separate and divide. It’s this social construct that I don’t really feel like I fit into the way I used to.”
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Valentina of “Drag Race: All Stars” and “Rent: Live!” revealed that she identifies as non-binary, saying, “I don’t completely feel like a man, I don’t completely feel like a woman. I feel like a goddess. I feel like I’m my own gender.”
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Although Ben Platt says that he’s been out to friends and family since he was just 12 years old, he came out publicly as gay when he released his music video for “Ease My Mind,” which depicted him in a relationship with a man played by openly gay actor Charlie Carver.
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Tyler Blackburn plays an openly gay character on the CW’s “Roswell: New Mexico” and immediately felt a kinship the role, saying, “I knew this guy in and out. I understood feeling oppressed. I understood having issues with my father [wanting to feel] accepted by him. I understood wanting something but being afraid to have it. I understood self-doubt.” He added that he has identified as bisexual since his teenage years.
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Famed YouTuber Lilly Singh shared a graphic on Twitter that described herself as “female, coloured, bisexual.” She then added, “Throughout my life these have proven to be obstacles from time to time. But now I’m fully embracing them as my superpowers, No matter how many ‘boxes’ you check, I encourage you to do the same x.”
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Pro wrestler Anthony Bowen (L) came out as bisexual in 2017, but came out as gay in January via his YouTube channel. Joined by his boyfriend Michael Pavano, Bowens explained that he can now only envision himself with a man.
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Caitlin Kinnunen stars in the LGBTQ-focused musical, “The Prom,” in which her character is a same-sex prom date, but she has only recently come to terms with her own sexuality. “I have identified as a straight ally for a very long time, but recently my world has kind of opened up and I’m currently dating a woman and it is magical and new and exciting, and I’m loving it,” she told Nylon.
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Connor Jessup will star in the upcoming Hulu series “Locke and Key,” but he isn’t keeping his identity locked up any more. He posted on Instagram he doesn’t want to be complicit in the idea that being gay is a problem and that he is “grateful to be gay.”
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Ariana Grande doesn’t want to put a label on things, but in her song “Monopoly,” she sings the line, “I like women and men.”
She was mum about the message afterward, but her fans interpreted the line for her, saying, “Ariana ain’t gotta label herself, but she said what she said.”
Ariana responded with a tweet saying, “I haven’t before and still don’t feel the need to know which is okay.”
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