The 59-year-old Apple CEO did not come out as gay until 2014. He told Bloomberg Businessweek he felt he had to after he received letters from kids who were having a hard time dealing with their own sexual orientation. “What was driving me was I was getting notes from kids who were struggling with their sexual orientation. They were depressed. Some said [they] had suicidal thoughts. Some had been banished by their own parents and family.” He is the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

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The King of Pop’s eldest child has said she is sexually fluid, telling ABC News reporters in 2018: “I came out when I was 14. I’ve referred to the community as ‘my fellow LGBTQ+’ on stage before. I’ve talked about having a crush on girls when I was eight in [a] Rolling Stone article. There are pictures of me kissing girls online.”

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Miley Cyrus

She started as the clean-cut Disney character Hannah Montana, but Cyrus has evolved into a spokeswoman for gender equality. In 2015, Cyrus announced she was gender fluid, meaning she did not identify as being a woman or a man, and that same year, she told Elle magazine she was pansexual.

“I'm just equal,” she told Time magazine. “I'm just even. It has nothing to do with any parts of me or how I dress or how I look. It's literally just how I feel.” In conjunction with her LGBTQ+-friendly organisation, Happy Hippie Foundation, she held an #InstaPride campaign to honour transgender people.

Som Hye

The K-pop singer and star of Korean show Idol School introduced fans to her girlfriend in August 2019, posting a photo on Instagram of the two of them together. When one fan asked if she was a lesbian, Hye replied: “I’m bisexual. And I have a girlfriend now.”

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Although many fans were supportive, others were malicious and hurtful, prompting the singer to threaten legal action against them. “I also don’t plan on demanding that people understand my love or bisexuality,” she said. “But why do I have to hear people say that I’m a misandrist, mentally ill, disgusting and other gross sexual insults?”

Fergie

When Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie (née Stacy Ferguson) came out in 2009 she was married to the super hunky actor Josh Duhamel (they divorced in 2019), but that did not stop her from telling The Advocate about her sexuality. She admits having sex with women, and said she told Duhamel she thought women were beautiful. “I’ve had a lot of fun with women, and I’m not ashamed of it. The problem is that I also love a well-endowed man.”

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In her song Monopoly, Ariana Grande wrote: “I like women and men,” causing fans to question whether she was gay. When a fan told her she did not need to label herself, she replied with a tweet: “I haven’t before and I still don’t feel the need to now, which is OK.”

Singer Frank Ocean, who posted his feelings for another man on his Tumblr account.

Drew Barrymore, who was married three times and has two children, said: “Do I like women sexually? Yes, I do.”

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, who told The Advocate: “I think I've always been bisexual.”

Music mogul Clive Davis, who said about his bisexuality: “You don’t have to be only one thing or another. For me, it’s the person.”

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Actress Aubrey Plaza, who said: “I fall in love with girls and guys. I can’t help it.”

YouTube star Lilly Singh, who tweeted about being female, coloured and bisexual.

Singer Jason Mraz, who told Billboard: “I've had experiences with men, even while I was dating the woman who became my wife.”

Artist Sia, who tweeted: “I'm queer. I don't really identify as a lesbian because I've dated predominantly men.”

Actress Anna Paquin, who is married to the actor Stephen Moyer, said in a 2010 Give A Damn Campaign: “I'm bisexual, and I give a damn.”

Singapore rapper Joshua Su, known as The G3sha, came out in 2019 as gay in his song I’m OK.

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