Celebrities from the LGBTQI communitiy

Author: Alekszandra

Elliot Page: Canadian actor and producer. He’s known for his roles from Juno, X-men and his latest, biggest part is in Umbrella Academy. Page came out as gay in 2014 and as transgender in 2020. He appeared on the cover of the Time magazine in 2021 as the first openly trans man in the magazine’s history.

Halsey: American singer. Her breakthrough was in 2015 when she released her debut album ‘Badlands’ witch has the tracks ‘Gasoline’ and ‘Colors’. Halsey has described herself as an "in-between role model" and an "inconvenient woman", due to her music and style. In her early career, Halsey drew criticism for allegedly calling herself "tri-bi" in an interview, due to her being biracial, bipolar, and bisexual.

Brandon Urie: American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of Panic! at the Disco. In July 2018, Urie described himself as pansexual and stated, "I'm married to a woman and I'm very much in love with her but I'm not opposed to a man because to me, I like a person. [...] If a person is great, then a person is great.”

Laverne Cox: American actress and LGBT advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt

Ellen DeGeneres: American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, she came out as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Also that year she was on the cover of Times magazine with the phrase: 'Yep, I'm gay.

Sam Smith: English singer and songwriter. Their third single, "Stay with Me", was internationally successful. Smith came out to the public as gay, and acknowledged. In September 2019, they announced a decision to come out as non-binary and change their gender pronouns to they/them, stating, "after a lifetime of being at war with my gender I've decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out..."

Taylor Swift: American singer-songwriter. The success of her singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" on both country and pop radio established her as a leading crossover artist. She advocates for LGBT rights, and has called for the passing of the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. In 2019, she donated to the LGBT organizations Tennessee Equality Project and GLAAD.

Harry Styles: English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a member of One Direction and after the band break up, he started his solo career in 2016. His first single „Signs of Time” was a hit .Styles expressed allyship with the LGBT community as early as 2013. Styles also regularly assists fans with coming out publicly during sections of the show where he engages in banter with the audience. LGBT fans have referred to Styles' concerts as "a safe space".