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Amber Glenn
- The American figure skater came out as "bisexual/pansexual" in December.
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Jillian Mercado
- 'The L Word: Generation Q' actress came out as queer in December.
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Craig Maxwell-Keys
- The English rugby referee came out as gay in December.
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Swe Zin Htet
- Miss Myanmar (Swe Zin Htet), of the Miss Universe beauty pageant, came out as a lesbian in late November.
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Mario Dedivanovic - Kim Kardashian's longtime makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic came out as gay in November, while he accepted an award she was presenting at the American Influencer Awards.
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Brigette Lundy-Paine - After coming out as queer last year, the 'Atypical' star came out as nonbinary in November. "I’m nonbinary, always felt a lil bit boy, lil bit girl, lil bit neither," they wrote on Instagram. "Using they/them as of late n it feels right."
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Kaitlynn Carter - Kaitlynn Carter doesn't want to label her sexuality, but in November she did admit that she fell "in love" with Miley Cyrus during their summer romance.
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Janne Puhakka - Janne Puhakka (front left), a Finnish former pro hockey player, came out as gay in October.
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Elena Linari - Part of Italy's women's national football team, Elena Linari came out as a lesbian in October.
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Kerron Clement - An American track and field athlete and an Olympic champion, Kerron Clement came out as gay in October.
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Jon-Lee Olsen
- The Danish hockey player came out as gay in October.
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Leslie Roberts
- On National Coming Out Day on October 11, Canadian news anchor Leslie Roberts came out as gay. (Photo: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Piper Niven - Also known as Viper, the WWE wrestler came out as bisexual on Bi Visibility Day (September 23).
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Sam Smith - The famed singer revealed they are genderqueer and nonbinary in March, and, in September, that they prefer gender-neutral pronouns.
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Dominique “SonicFox” McLean - One of the best professional esports players in the world came out in September as a "non-binary man." Having previously come out as gay, SonicFox now also says, "I think I am probably pansexual."
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Jim Watson - The mayor of Canada's capital city, Ottawa, came out as gay in August.
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Joshua Rush - The star of Disney Channel's 'Andi Mack' came out as bisexual in August.
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Julianne Hough
- In August, the actress and famed dancer opened up about her journey of self-discovery, revealing that she only told her husband that she's "not straight" four months after their wedding.
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Khadi Don - The YouTuber and actress proclaimed "I'm gay" in early July.
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Bella Thorne - After coming out as bisexual in 2016, the actress revealed this July that she's pansexual.
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Kat Barrell - The 'Wynonna Earp' actress revealed she is "attracted to both men and women" in July.
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Duncan James - After having previously come out as bisexual in 2009, this former member of the boyband Blue revealed he's gay this past July.
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Tess Holliday - The model came out as pansexual in July.
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Demi Burnett - The former 'Bachelor' contestant came out as queer in July.
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Iain Lee - The English radio host came out as bisexual in July.
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Katie McCabe - Captain of the Republic of Ireland women's national team, Katie McCabe appeared in a Pride campaign in June with her international teammate and girlfriend, Ruesha Littlejohn.
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Ruesha Littlejohn - The campaign was the first time McCabe and Littlejohn spoke publicly about their three-year relationship.
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Juan Pablo Di Pace - The Argentinian actor and 'Fuller House' star publicly came out as gay in June.
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Lil Nas X - The 'Old Town Road' rapper came out in June, tweeting, "some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure." The song includes lyrics like "ain’t no more acting, man that forecast say I should just let me grow."
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Connor Jessup - The 'American Crime' and 'Falling Skies' actor came out as gay in June.
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Willow Smith - "I love men and women equally and so I would definitely want one man, one woman. I feel like I could be polyfidelitous with those two people," said Willow Smith on a June episode of 'Red Table Talk.'
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Jonathan Van Ness - The 'Queer Eye' star came out as nonbinary and gender nonconforming in June.
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Ashley Benson - When model Cara Delevingne confirmed her relationship with the 'Pretty Little Liars' actress in June, the world finally had official proof that Ashley Benson is into women.
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K.Flay - The alt rocker revealed she was dating fellow musician Miya Folick in June.
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Lila McCann - Country singer Lila McCann, who had a hit in 1998 with 'I Wanna Fall in Love,' revealed in June that she's married to a woman.
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Megan Barton-Hanson - The reality TV star came out as bisexual in June.
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Eugene Lee Yang - One of BuzzFeed's Try Guys, the popular influencer came out as gay in June.
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Dan Howell - One half of the Dan & Phil duo, the YouTuber came out as gay in mid-June...
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Phil Lester - ...only for the other half of the duo, Phil Lester, to also come out as gay just over two weeks later.
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Jerrod Carmichael - In May, the comedian revealed he has "hooked up with dudes."
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Duncan Laurence
- The Dutch singer came out as bisexual in May, shortly before winning Eurovision.
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Juan Castano - One of the stars of Netflix's 'What/If,' Juan Castano revealed in May that he is sexually fluid.
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Andy Brennan - The Australian soccer player came out as gay in May, becoming the first former A-League athlete to do so.
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Michael D. Cohen - In May, the Nickelodeon star revealed he was assigned female at birth, but had transitioned in 2000.
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Shea Couleé - The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' alum came out as nonbinary in May.
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Wils
- The Singaporean singer came out as gay in April.
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Mikey Bustos - The singer, YouTuber, and comedian came out as bisexual in April.
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Ariana Grande - Did Ariana Grande come out in April? On her track 'Monopoly,' she sings: "I like women and men." When a fan tweeted, "Ariana ain’t gotta label herself, but she said what she said," Grande responded, "I haven’t before and still don’t feel the need to now which is okay."
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Tyler Blackburn - The 'Pretty Little Liars' star came out as bisexual in April.
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Clairo - The singer came out as "not straight" in April.
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Caitlin Kinnunen - The Broadway actress, who was famously part of the first same-sex kiss in the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, opened up about dating a woman in April.
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Beanie Feldstein - The 'Booksmart' actress, and Jonah Hill's sister, shared that her "partner is a woman" in March.
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Shiho Shimoyamada - Japanese soccer star Shiho Shimoyamada (far left) came out as a lesbian in March.
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Lilly Singh - The YouTube star and now late-night TV host came out as bisexual in February.
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Ben Platt - The Tony winner opened up about his attraction to men in February.
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Dolly Rose-Campbell - The 'Coronation Street' actress revealed she's bisexual in February.
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Ryan Sampson - The English actor came out to the world with a photo alongside his boyfriend in February.
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Woody Cook
- The model, who is the son of Fatboy Slim, came out as bisexual in January.
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Stormy Daniels - The adult film star and Trump nemesis came out as bisexual in January.
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Valentina - The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' star publicly identified as nonbinary in January.
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Anthony Bowens
- After previously having come out as bisexual, the professional wrestler came out as gay in January. See also: These stars came out as LGBT in 2018.
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Amber Glenn
- The American figure skater came out as "bisexual/pansexual" in December.
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Jillian Mercado
- 'The L Word: Generation Q' actress came out as queer in December.
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Craig Maxwell-Keys
- The English rugby referee came out as gay in December.
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Swe Zin Htet
- Miss Myanmar (Swe Zin Htet), of the Miss Universe beauty pageant, came out as a lesbian in late November.
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Mario Dedivanovic - Kim Kardashian's longtime makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic came out as gay in November, while he accepted an award she was presenting at the American Influencer Awards.
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Brigette Lundy-Paine - After coming out as queer last year, the 'Atypical' star came out as nonbinary in November. "I’m nonbinary, always felt a lil bit boy, lil bit girl, lil bit neither," they wrote on Instagram. "Using they/them as of late n it feels right."
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Kaitlynn Carter - Kaitlynn Carter doesn't want to label her sexuality, but in November she did admit that she fell "in love" with Miley Cyrus during their summer romance.
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Janne Puhakka - Janne Puhakka (front left), a Finnish former pro hockey player, came out as gay in October.
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Elena Linari - Part of Italy's women's national football team, Elena Linari came out as a lesbian in October.
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Kerron Clement - An American track and field athlete and an Olympic champion, Kerron Clement came out as gay in October.
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Jon-Lee Olsen
- The Danish hockey player came out as gay in October.
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Leslie Roberts
- On National Coming Out Day on October 11, Canadian news anchor Leslie Roberts came out as gay. (Photo: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)
© Wikimedia/Creative Commons
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Piper Niven - Also known as Viper, the WWE wrestler came out as bisexual on Bi Visibility Day (September 23).
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Sam Smith - The famed singer revealed they are genderqueer and nonbinary in March, and, in September, that they prefer gender-neutral pronouns.
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Dominique “SonicFox” McLean - One of the best professional esports players in the world came out in September as a "non-binary man." Having previously come out as gay, SonicFox now also says, "I think I am probably pansexual."
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Jim Watson - The mayor of Canada's capital city, Ottawa, came out as gay in August.
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Joshua Rush - The star of Disney Channel's 'Andi Mack' came out as bisexual in August.
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Julianne Hough
- In August, the actress and famed dancer opened up about her journey of self-discovery, revealing that she only told her husband that she's "not straight" four months after their wedding.
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Khadi Don - The YouTuber and actress proclaimed "I'm gay" in early July.
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Bella Thorne - After coming out as bisexual in 2016, the actress revealed this July that she's pansexual.
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Kat Barrell - The 'Wynonna Earp' actress revealed she is "attracted to both men and women" in July.
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Duncan James - After having previously come out as bisexual in 2009, this former member of the boyband Blue revealed he's gay this past July.
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Tess Holliday - The model came out as pansexual in July.
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Demi Burnett - The former 'Bachelor' contestant came out as queer in July.
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Iain Lee - The English radio host came out as bisexual in July.
© BrunoPress
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Katie McCabe - Captain of the Republic of Ireland women's national team, Katie McCabe appeared in a Pride campaign in June with her international teammate and girlfriend, Ruesha Littlejohn.
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Ruesha Littlejohn - The campaign was the first time McCabe and Littlejohn spoke publicly about their three-year relationship.
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Juan Pablo Di Pace - The Argentinian actor and 'Fuller House' star publicly came out as gay in June.
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Lil Nas X - The 'Old Town Road' rapper came out in June, tweeting, "some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure." The song includes lyrics like "ain’t no more acting, man that forecast say I should just let me grow."
© Getty Images
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Connor Jessup - The 'American Crime' and 'Falling Skies' actor came out as gay in June.
© Getty Images
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Willow Smith - "I love men and women equally and so I would definitely want one man, one woman. I feel like I could be polyfidelitous with those two people," said Willow Smith on a June episode of 'Red Table Talk.'
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Jonathan Van Ness - The 'Queer Eye' star came out as nonbinary and gender nonconforming in June.
© Getty Images
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Ashley Benson - When model Cara Delevingne confirmed her relationship with the 'Pretty Little Liars' actress in June, the world finally had official proof that Ashley Benson is into women.
© Getty Images
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K.Flay - The alt rocker revealed she was dating fellow musician Miya Folick in June.
© Getty Images
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Lila McCann - Country singer Lila McCann, who had a hit in 1998 with 'I Wanna Fall in Love,' revealed in June that she's married to a woman.
© Getty Images
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Megan Barton-Hanson - The reality TV star came out as bisexual in June.
© Getty Images
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Eugene Lee Yang - One of BuzzFeed's Try Guys, the popular influencer came out as gay in June.
© Getty Images
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Dan Howell - One half of the Dan & Phil duo, the YouTuber came out as gay in mid-June...
© BrunoPress
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Phil Lester - ...only for the other half of the duo, Phil Lester, to also come out as gay just over two weeks later.
© BrunoPress
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Jerrod Carmichael - In May, the comedian revealed he has "hooked up with dudes."
© Getty Images
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Duncan Laurence
- The Dutch singer came out as bisexual in May, shortly before winning Eurovision.
© Getty Images
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Juan Castano - One of the stars of Netflix's 'What/If,' Juan Castano revealed in May that he is sexually fluid.
© Getty Images
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Andy Brennan - The Australian soccer player came out as gay in May, becoming the first former A-League athlete to do so.
© Getty Images
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Michael D. Cohen - In May, the Nickelodeon star revealed he was assigned female at birth, but had transitioned in 2000.
© Getty Images
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Shea Couleé - The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' alum came out as nonbinary in May.
© Getty Images
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Wils
- The Singaporean singer came out as gay in April.
© Getty Images
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Mikey Bustos - The singer, YouTuber, and comedian came out as bisexual in April.
© Public Domain
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Ariana Grande - Did Ariana Grande come out in April? On her track 'Monopoly,' she sings: "I like women and men." When a fan tweeted, "Ariana ain’t gotta label herself, but she said what she said," Grande responded, "I haven’t before and still don’t feel the need to now which is okay."
© Getty Images
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Tyler Blackburn - The 'Pretty Little Liars' star came out as bisexual in April.
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Clairo - The singer came out as "not straight" in April.
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Caitlin Kinnunen - The Broadway actress, who was famously part of the first same-sex kiss in the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, opened up about dating a woman in April.
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Beanie Feldstein - The 'Booksmart' actress, and Jonah Hill's sister, shared that her "partner is a woman" in March.
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Shiho Shimoyamada - Japanese soccer star Shiho Shimoyamada (far left) came out as a lesbian in March.
© Getty Images
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Lilly Singh - The YouTube star and now late-night TV host came out as bisexual in February.
© Getty Images
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Ben Platt - The Tony winner opened up about his attraction to men in February.
© Getty Images
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Dolly Rose-Campbell - The 'Coronation Street' actress revealed she's bisexual in February.
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Ryan Sampson - The English actor came out to the world with a photo alongside his boyfriend in February.
© Getty Images
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Woody Cook
- The model, who is the son of Fatboy Slim, came out as bisexual in January.
© Getty Images
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Stormy Daniels - The adult film star and Trump nemesis came out as bisexual in January.
© Getty Images
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Valentina - The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' star publicly identified as nonbinary in January.
© Getty Images
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Anthony Bowens
- After previously having come out as bisexual, the professional wrestler came out as gay in January. See also: These stars came out as LGBT in 2018.
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All the major stars who came out as LGBTQ in 2019
A celebrity coming out chronology
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If 2018 was "20GayTeen," say hello to "20BiTeen." Curiously, a significant number of celebrities came out as bisexual in 2019, including new late-night host Lilly Singh, Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence, 'Pretty Little Liars' actor Tyler Blackburn, and former NFLer Ryan Russell.
They're part of a long list of well-known celebs who came out as LGBTQ in 2019, notably including the likes of Lil Nas X, Willow Smith, Ashley Benson, and even a Miss Universe contestant.
Eager to know who else came out in 2019? Click on to find out!
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