Gay parents are more common than you might think. Many celebrities are also open about being raised by parents of the same sex. The following stars openly support their families and talk about what it was like growing up with LGBTQ parents.
This gallery shows who all are included. Click on the link below.
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Mandy Moore
After the actress’ parents from the series “This Is Us” separated, she found out that 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 loved 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, among other things, his mother’s sexuality.
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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 educated him about his mother’s sexuality as he grew older.
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Amy Adams
The actress’ parents separated when she was 11 years old. Her mother then moved in with her new partner.
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Amy Adams
After the divorce, her father received sole custody of her and her siblings.
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OJ Simpson
OJ Simpson’s father was a transvestite and lived in San Francisco. He died of AIDS in 1986.
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OJ Simpson
In the documentary “OJ: Made in America,” a childhood friend of Simpson’s speaks openly about his father’s relationships with other men, according to the website Business Insider.
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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 includes some quotes from De Niro Sr.’s diaries that reveal his eternal struggle with his sexual orientation.
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Kendall and Kylie Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner, the father of Kendall and Kylie Jennercame out as transsexual in 2015. He underwent a sex change and now lives as a woman.
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Kendall and Kylie Jenner
Besides 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 actress from the series “The L Word” has a gay father who came out when she was three years old.
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Daniela Sea
Sea herself is an openly gay person.
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Jena Malone
The actress from the film series “The Hunger Games” was raised by her lesbian mother and her partner, whom she called “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 gay. My mother’s friend was much more open about these things than my mother herself.”
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Jodie Foster
The actress, who became famous for her role in the film “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 in 2013 during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes.
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Judy Garland
The talented actress and singer had a gay father.
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Judy Garland
As the magazine Forbes reported, Garland’s parents separated after her father came out as gay. 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 to 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, she references her parents in her work and advocates for LGBTQ rights.
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Natasha Richardson
Tony Richardson, the actress’ father, only came out as bisexual late in life.
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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 and her partner.
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Nicole Bobek
However, she never met her 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 a 2002 interview on Good Morning America, 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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