Incredible LGBT Celebrity Coming Out Stories

Published on 04/11/2018
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Gordon Thomson

About thirty years after Dynasty went off air, this star from the show came out. Actually, he played a homophobic villain on the soap opera named Adam. While interviewing with the Daily Beast, he explained keeping his sexuality a secret was due to the times. Thomson said, “When I was growing up it [homosexuality] was a crime, and then classified as a mental illness … so you’re dealing with that. And the shame, the breathtaking lack of self-esteem, has only just begun to seep out of my soul.”

Gordon Thomson

Gordon Thomson

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Lance Bass

Of course, teenage girls or parents of those girls from the 90’s know Lance Bass from NSYNC. Ah, those were the days with him alongside Justin Timberlake. Bass came out publicly in his 2006 interview with People magazine. Bass said, “The thing is, I’m not ashamed – that’s the one thing I want to say. I don’t think it’s wrong, I’m not devastated going through this. I’m more liberated and happy than I’ve been my whole life. I’m just happy.” He married his partner in 2014 and it was broadcast on television.

Lance Bass

Lance Bass

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