8 LGBT celebrities who adopted children, from YouTuber couple Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton, and American Horror Story’s Denis O’Hare, to Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown
- Brangelina aren’t the only stars who adopted – so did Precious director Lee Daniels, author Dan Savage and former The Biggest Loser fitness trainer Jillian Michaels
- In honour of National Adoption Month in the US, we look at famous LGBT figures and couples who gave children new homes, and what their family lives are like
In honour of National Adoption Month in the US, we have a look at six famous LGBTQ+ couples who have turned to adoption to expand their families.
Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown
Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown adopted his biological son’s half-brother in 2011. Brown learned he had a biological son after high school, but he immediately took on the role of loving father to Jason “Rachel” Brown.
“I came out at 16 years old as a proud, gay man. My last girlfriend in high school – when I was 15 – became pregnant with my child, but did not tell me,” Brown told Parents in 2018. “She moved away, and I never had contact with her again – remember this is before social media.”
After gaining full custody, Brown also decided to adopt Jason’s half-brother, Chris. The process wasn’t always easy, however.
“The adjustment process was challenging at times,” Brown also told Parents in 2018. “New house means new rules and expectations not just for the children but for me – the parent – as well. Navigating each other’s expectations, the move-in, diet, friends, school and homework can be overwhelming.”
Fitness celebrity Jillian Michaels
Jillian Michaels became a mother of two in just one week. The former The Biggest Loser trainer announced in 2012 that she adopted a two-year-old girl named Lukensia from Haiti just as her then-partner, Heidi Rhoades, gave birth to their son, Phoenix, according to The Hollywood Reporter.