Monday is National Coming Out Day, and we’re celebrating with some of our favorite celebrities who have come out as their true selves in recent years. Plus we’re giving you some eye candy with their hottest shots.
This hoard of celebs includes a range of celebs who came out a couple years ago to actors who only revealed their sexuality a couple of months ago. We’re talking about everyone from Ronen Rubinstein to Lil Nas X to Garrett Clayton.
Enjoy, and if you would like resources to help you on your coming out journey, you can check out this handy guide from The Trevor Project. Happy Coming Out Day!
Ronen Rubinstein
Ronen Rubinstein can be found on Ryan Murphy series 9-1-1: Lone Star, where he plays a gay character. He came out as bisexual in 2021 after seeing his friends and family accept his gay role. Fans wanting to see even more of Ronen can check out his ball slip in 2020’s Smiley Face Killers. [See more]
Tyler Blackburn
Tyler Blackburn is another actor who identified with his queer character. He starred on Roswell: New Mexico and stated in 2019: “I’m queer…I’ve identified as bisexual since a teenager.” He also hit the high notes during a musical gay sex scene with Cheyenne Jackson in 2017’s Hello Again! [See more]
Brian J. Smith
The smoking hot Sense8 star Brian J. Smith made dreams come true in 2019 when he came out as gay. In addition to his legendary Sense8 orgy, Brian got busy with a boy in this amazing gay scene from 2009’s The War Boys. [See more]
Garrett Clayton
Believe it or not, Disney actor Garrett Clayton was not out of the closet when he took on the role of iconic gay porn star Brent Corrigan in 2016’s King Cobra. Two years later he came out in an emotional Instagram post. [See more]
Justice Smith
Detective Pikachu cutie Justice Smith came out in 2020 with this Instagram caption posted during a Black Lives Matter protest. Smith dared to bare on the queer series Genera+ion, even flashing frontal in the season one finale. [See more]
Zander Hodgson
Zander Hodgson is a model/actor/social media influencer who is famous for his artful and erotic spreads with real-life boyfriend Troy Pes. Zander has also explored his sexuality in some VERY steamy gay scenes in Halston, Ray Donovan, and Black Monday. [See more]
Lil Nas X
What hasn’t been said about Lil Nas X? (No, seriously, we talk about him all the time.) This visionary recording artist came out in 2019 and then leaned all the way into his gay with his smash hit album MONTERO, and the accompanying music videos are no damn joke. He dances naked in a prison shower in INDUSTRY BABY and bottoms during gay sex in the boy’s locker room in THATS WHAT I WANT. The world does not deserve Lil Nas X! [See more]
Juan Castano
Juan Castano made a name for himself on the Gay Internet with his steamy gay scenes in both What / If and Tales of the City. Castano has divulged: “I would say that for the majority of my life I identified as straight, but as I got older I think my sexual preference has gotten more fluid. I am, as my friends say, on the spectrum.” [See more]
Jake Borelli
Add the super cute Grey’s Anatomy star Jake Borelli to our list. In the romcom The Thing About Harry, Borelli bottoms for Niko Terho in a softcore-tastic gay sex scene. [See more]
Nico Tortorella
The Instagram model and actor Nico Tortorella came out as gender fluid in 2018. Watch out for their steamy scene in The Walking Dead and his super handsome face in Younger. [See more]
Some of these are very questionable.
recently? girl bye
Define “recently” please…and maybe define closet as well, cause….