Hhomosexual parents are more common than you think. Many celebrities are also open about being raised by parents of the same sex. The following stars are openly supportive of their families and talk about what it was like growing up with LGBTQ parents.
This gallery shows who is included. Keep clicking.
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Mandy Moore
After the This Is Us actress’ parents split, she found out her mother was more interested in women.
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Mandy Moore
On The Howard Stern Show, she said an email helped her discover that her mother loves women. In the email, her mother told her father that she was leaving him for another woman.
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Jay Z
On his album “4:44” the rapper dealt with his mother’s sexuality, among other things.
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Jay Z
His mother Gloria Carter wrote the lyrics with him. She openly described what it was like to have to conceal her identity as a homosexual for years.
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50 Cent
In an interview, the rapper confirmed that his mother was a lesbian. She died when he was eight years old. After that, the rapper grew up with his grandmother.
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50 Cent
In the interview, he explained that his grandmother enlightened him about his mother’s sexuality as he got older.
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Amy Adams
The actress’ parents separated when she was 11 years old. Then her mother moved in with her new partner.
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Amy Adams
After the divorce, her father was given sole custody of her and her siblings.
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OJ Simpson
OJ Simpson’s father was a transvestite living in San Francisco. In 1986 he died of AIDS.
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OJ Simpson
In the documentary OJ: Made in America, a childhood friend of Simpsons is open about his father’s relationships with other men, according to the Business Insider website.
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Robert De Niro
This renowned actor even made an entire documentary about his gay father. It is titled “In Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.”
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Robert De Niro
The film also features some quotes from De Niro Sr.’s journals that shed light on his never-ending struggle with his sexual orientation.
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Kendall and Kylie Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner, the father of Kendall and Kylie Jenner, came out as trans in 2015. He underwent sex reassignment surgery and now lives as a woman.
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Kendall and Kylie Jenner
In addition to Kendall and Kylie, Caitlyn Jenner has four other children: Brody Jenner, Brandon Jenner, Cassandra Marino and Burt Jenner.
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Daniela Sea
The L Word actress has a gay father. This came out when she was three years old.
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Daniela Sea
Sea is a self-confessed homosexual.
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Jena Malone
The Hunger Games actress was raised by her lesbian mother and her partner, who called her “godmother”.
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Jena Malone
Sea LA Weekly Malone said in an interview: “When I was younger, I never realized that my parents were special. They never struck me as homosexual. My mother’s friend was much more open about these things than my mother herself.”
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Jodie Foster
The actress, who rose to fame with her role in The Silence of the Lambs, was also raised by her mother and her lesbian partner.
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Jodie Foster
Foster came out publicly during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes in 2013.
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Judy Garland
The talented actress and singer had a gay father.
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Judy Garland
As reported by Forbes magazine, Garland’s parents split after her father confessed to being homosexual. As fate would have it, the actress later married a man who came out as gay.
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Liza Minnelli
This acting legend also had a similar experience as Judy Garland.
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Liza Minnelli
Her father Vincente Minnelli was gay. During his marriage to her mother, he allegedly had several affairs with different men.
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Kaitlin Colombo
The American actress is the daughter of a gay father and a lesbian mother.
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Kaitlin Colombo
Today, her work references her parents and advocates for LGBTQ rights.
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Natasha Richardson
Tony Richardson, the actress’ father, revealed his bisexuality late.
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Natasha Richardson
He died in 1991 from health problems caused by an AIDS infection.
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Nicole Bobek
The American figure skater was raised by her mother’s partner.
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Nicole Bobek
However, she never met her real father.
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Rene Russo
After her father left her mother, the actress grew up with her mother and her lesbian friends.
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Rene Russo
In an interview she gave on Good Morning America in 2002, she said of her mother: “Shortly after I was born, my father left my mother. The people who raised me and supported me throughout my life were gay women.”
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