11 celebrities who are gay (and you didn't know it)
More and more public figures, be they singers, actors or politicians, are choosing to speak openly about their sexual orientation to make the LGBT community visibleas well as paving the way for others to come out of the closet unhindered.
Would you like to know who they are some of the most influential gay celebrities, both inside and outside our country? In this article we will tell you about it.
Famous homosexuals
Some of them decided to come out of the closet publicly in order to grant visibility and normality to the gay community.
1. Elena Anaya
Among the famous homosexuals on the national scene, the actress Elena Anaya kept her sexual orientation a secret for a long time.
She recently made her wish to be a mother come true with her current partner, Tina Afugu, and she is so reserved when it comes to dealing with issues personal who did not mention anything publicly about her own pregnancy until it became evident enough to continue hiding it.
2. Marta Fernandez Herraiz
Fortunately, there are those who take advantage of her position and influence to give visibility to the group she represents, and that is the case of Marta Fernández Herraiz, activist and consultant in
LesWorking, a social network to connect professional lesbian women with each other, where about a thousand have become members of the community.3. Wentworth Miller
Nobody thought when the protagonist of Prison Break burst onto the screen with the start of the series that one day his name could become part of an article about famous homosexuals. And it is that until during the summer of 2013 he was not invited to attend the International Film Festival in Saint Petersburg, did not pronounce on his homosexuality.
Miller limited himself to declining the invitation via Twitter in order to justify his absence, because (according to him he argued) he would be It is contradictory to participate in a celebration of a country where the right to live and openly love is systematically denied homosexuals.
The way he did it served both to make his sexual condition public and to point out the unfortunate reality in Russia regarding the oppression of the gay community.
4. Miguel Poveda
Returning to our country, the Catalan flamenco singer Miguel Poveda, is known in addition to his profession for being a public figure who has recognized his homosexuality and is also a single father. All the more merit is the breaking of the molds caused by his coming out of the closet when the first clash regarding his acceptance took place with his own family.
5. Victor garber
The one who for many will always be the designer of the Titanic in the mythical film, Thomas Andrews, she brought to light in 2013 her hitherto hidden homosexuality, although in making it public he claimed that everyone knew about it.
And it is that one of the most international famous homosexuals was "forced" to do so when he contracted marriage with whom she had been her partner for more than 10 years, an artist named Rainer Andreesen.
6. Patricia Yurena
The well-known Tenerife model born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, her after being named Miss Spain and make the leap internationally to become Miss Universe, she regained the attention of the media when she made her homosexuality public.
The way it happened was by publishing a photo that went viral in which she posed with her partner Vanesa Klein, a well-known DJ, under the title "Romeo and Julliet."
7. Sara gilbert
The television producer and actress who plays Leslie Winkle in the series The Big Bang Theory, Sara Gilbert, who has also participated in other projects such as Bad Teacher and Roseanne, explained that he was Johnny Galecki the great support of him to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality. He is currently happily married to Linda Perry.
8. Jon kortajarena
On this occasion, among the famous national homosexuals we have one of the most international in our country. Jon Kortajarena is one of the most recognized models outside our borders and he has never hidden being gay, since as he passed through numerous events around the world he has been seen accompanied by his partner.
9. Daniel Newman
The actor participating in series such as Heroes, One Tree Hill and The Vampire Diaries is mainly known for his role in The Walking Dead. And since he cannot be otherwise, he was also through the screen, specifically in a video, the way in which finally acknowledged his homosexuality in 2017, defending that silencing sexual orientation harmed millions of people.
10. Sandra Barneda
This Barcelona-born presenter and journalist is one of the most influential gay celebrities in our country. They awarded her an award for his support in giving visibility to the LGTB collective, with which he could not help but get emotional because he considered it something very valuable to her personally. Her coming out of her closet was very popular when she in a large audience program she recognized her homosexuality before the cameras.
11. Jessica Clark
Who played the role of Chantal, in the Chemistry series to later make the jump to the True Blood series, she gave a first and personal nod to her own sexual orientation with the movie A perfect ending, where the issue of lesbianism was addressed.
But it has been in her role as her model that she has had the opportunity to echo the need for tolerance that exists in society when dealing with freedom to have one or another sexual orientation.