Random Celebrities With LGBTQ+ Children (30 items)

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  (#1) Dwyane Wade

  • 1982-01-17

  As of February 2020, Dwyane Wade announced that his 12 year-old child Zion will furthermore be known as Zaya, transitioning from male to female. Wade has been very vocal in his support of his daughter's decision, telling People: "I've learned to keep my mind open, keep my eyes open, keep my heart open, keep my thoughts open."
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  (#2) Charlize Theron

  • 1975-08-07

  Charlize Theron first introduced her adopted child Jackson to the world as a boy. However, she later told Daily Mail, "I thought she was a boy, too... until she looked at me when she was three years old, and said, 'I am not a boy!' So there you go. I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive."
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  (#3) Mia Farrow

  • 1945-02-09

  Mia Farrow's son Ronan Farrow, who was key in exposing sexual misconduct in Hollywood, particularly in regards to Harvey Weinstein, officially came out in 2018. While accepting an award for LGBT Advocacy from the Point Foundation, Ronan said, "Being a part of the LGBT community… which recognized the reporting I was doing early on and elevated it, and has been such a stalwart source of support through the sexual assault reporting I did involving survivors who felt equally invisible... that has been an incredible source of strength for me. LGBT people are some of the bravest and most potent change agents and leaders I have encountered, and the most forceful defenders of the vulnerable and voiceless, because they know what it's like to be there." 
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  (#4) Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp

  Actor Johnny Depp and French singer/model Vanessa Paradis have a daughter together, named Lily Rose Depp, who identifies as sexually fluid. While she hasn't labeled herself gay or straight, she instead told Nylon, "You don’t have to label your sexuality; so many kids these days are not labeling their sexuality and I think that’s so cool."
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  (#5) Gloria Vanderbilt

  • 1924-02-20

  Designer and Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt wrote a book with her gay son, journalist Anderson Cooper, in 2016, called, The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son Talk About Life, Love, and Loss. 

  Vanderbilt - who had Cooper with her fourth husband, Wyatt Emory Cooper - also told People in 2016, "I hope you know that I am more than 'OK' with it; I rejoice that you are gay! It's part of what makes you the person you are."
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  (#6) Barbra Streisand

  • 1942-04-24

  Barbra Streisand's son Jason Gould - with first husband Elliott Gould - was outet as gay by tabloids in the '90s. On her Instagram account, Streisand refers to Jason as her "pride and joy."
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  (#7) Magic Johnson

  • 1959-08-14

  Magic Johnson's son E.J. was outed as gay by TMZ in 2013, but has since then flourished into a reality tv star and beauty guru. He was featured on the reality series Rich Kids of Beverly Hills. 
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  (#8) Brad Pitt

  • 1963-12-18

  It seems that Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh may by gay or transgender. In 2010, his partner Angelina Jolie told Vanity Fair that her daughter Shiloh wants to be a boy. Jolie said, "She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers." Jolie and Pitt reportedly even started to call Shiloh "John" in 2008.
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  (#9) Billy Ray Cyrus

  • 1961-08-25

  Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and his daughter Miley Cyrus are clearly very close, having performed and acted together throughout Miley's upbringing. While Miley doesn't identify as purely gay or straight, she does consider herself queer. But gender or sex doesn't have a lot to do with who Cyrus picks as a partner. Said Cyrus to People in August of 2019: "What I’m in love with exists on almost a spiritual level. It has nothing to do with sexuality."
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  (#10) Sade Adu

  • 1959-01-16

  Izaak Theo Adu, son of singer Sade Adu, shared a sweet message on Instagram, praising his famous mother, following his gender reassignment surgery in 2019. "Thank you for staying by my side these past 6 months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am. Thank you for your encouragement when things are hard, for the love you give me. The purest heart. I love you so much. Queen of queens," he wrote.

  Izaak, Sade's son with music producer ex Bob Morgan, came out as transgender in 2016.
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  (#11) Cynthia Nixon

  • 1966-04-09

  Actress Cynthia Nixon's eldest son Samuel Joseph Mozes (Seph) is transgender. In May of 2019 she spoke on the matter to Us Weekly: “I’m very proud of him. It’s one of those things. I felt really weird using the other pronoun in public, but people didn’t know it yet."
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  (#12) Marlon Wayans

  • 1972-07-23

  Marlon Wayans showed his support for his LGBT daughter Amai Zackary Wayans - whom he shares with ex-wife Angelica Zackary - in 2019 with a sweet Instagram post. "Happy pride to my pride and joy. I wouldn’t change one effing thing about you. Love you to the moon around the sun through the galaxies and back again," he wrote. 
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  (#13) Alec Baldwin

  • 1958-04-03

  Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland announced in 2014 that she was romantically involved with female rapper Angel Haze via social media. Although Baldwin's relationship with his daughter has been strained in the past, when it comes to her sexuality, he doesn't seem to flinch when it comes to her choices. He told Amy Schumer on his podcast: “As my daughter said to me—because she had a girlfriend for a while—she said to me, ‘You don’t sleep with a man or a woman. You sleep with the person." 
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  (#14) Cher

  • 1946-05-20

  Cher's son, Chaz Bono, formally her daughter Chastity Bono, came out to his parents as a lesbian when he was 18 years old. He transitioned from female to male from 2008 to 2010.
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  (#15) Isiah Thomas

  • 1961-04-30

  NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas's son, Zeke Thomas, is gay. The successful DJ - who also starred on MTV's Catfish: The TV Show told Out, "I came out in 2008, my sophomore year at college. My parents like to say they always knew I was gay. I came out to them, and they were very accepting. I always knew they would be accepting."

  Thomas showed his support for his son in 2010, when the pair posed for the NOH8 Campaign, which opposed California's previous ban on gay marriage.
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  (#16) Cynthia Bailey

  • 1968-02-19

  The Real Housewife of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey’s daughter Noelle Robinson came out as sexually fluid on a November 2019 episode of the reality series. 

  “People try to box everyone in and put labels on everything, but I don’t really do that… I just like who I like, and that’s just what it is. There’s a lot of attractive guys, and there’s a lot of attractive girls,” said Robinson, who is also the daughter of actor Leon Robinson. Bailey made it clear she supported her daughter, saying, “I just want you to be happy.”
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  (#17) Annette Bening

  • 1958-05-29

  Annette Bening and Warren Beatty's son, Stephen (born Kathlyn in 1992), is transgender and gay. He calls himself "a trans man, a faggy queen, a homosexual, a queer, a nerd fighter, a writer, an artist, and a guy who needs a haircut."

  "He's a revolutionary, a genius, and my hero, as are all my children," Beatty told Vanity Fair of Stephen in 2016. 

  Benning has also spoken in support of her son, saying, "I'm super-proud of him... I leave it to him to say what he wants about his life. I don't think it's fair for me to speak for any of my kids, quite frankly. Not that I wouldn't like to!"
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  (#18) Dick Cheney

  • 1941-01-30

  Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, Mary, is openly gay and married to her partner, Heather Poe. When asked about his position on gay marriage, the republican politician Cheney says that he believes the issue should be left up to the states to decide.
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  (#19) Belinda Carlisle

  • 1958-08-17

  Belinda Carlisle's son with husband Morgan Mason, James Duke Mason, came out as gay when he was 14.

  Carlisle has since spoken about worrying for her son, sharing, "The first thing I thought of is what kind of world is he going to have to struggle with? It's a lot harder for LGBTQ people than it is for straight people, just generally." 
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  (#20) Jackie Chan

  • 1954-04-07

  In October 2017, Jackie Chan's daughter Etta Ng came out on Instagram. Ng's mother is a beauty queen named Elaine Ng, with whom Chan had an affair; Ng never had a relationship with her famous father.
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  (#21) Ally Sheedy

  • 1962-06-13

  Ally Sheedy's daughter, Rebecca Lansbury, is openly gay. Sheedy says that there was never a "coming out" moment, rather she had an ongoing discussion with her daughter about sexuality. Sheedy's mother is also openly gay.
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  (#22) Alice Walker

  • 1944-02-09

  Author Alice Walker's daughter, Rebecca Walker, is openly bisexual. She was once in a relationship with Meshell Ndegeocello. Alice Walker is also openly gay.
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  (#23) Marie Osmond

  • 1959-10-13

  Marie Osmond is incredibly supportive of her oldest daughter Jessica Blossel, who is a lesbian. Jessica got married to her partner Sara back in January of 2019. Osmond told The Huffington Post, “I believe in [my daughter’s] civil rights, as a mother... I don’t think God made one color flower. I think He made many.”
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  (#24) Marcia Gay Harden

  • 1959-08-14

  Actress Marcia Gay Harden's son Hudson has identified as gay since he was 13 years old. In August of 2018, he does his mom's makeup in a makeup tutorial on his YouTube channel.
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  (#25) Dean McDermott

  • 1966-11-16

  Dean McDermott - reality star and Tori Spelling's husband - announced on an episode of his Daddy Issues podcast that his eldest son, Jack McDermott, was gay. He also praised the young man, whom he shares with his actress and beauty expert ex, Mary Jo Eustace. 

  "My son Jack is gay... he's this beautiful, 6-foot-4, beautiful Adonis... He's just a gorgeous kid," Dean said. 
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  (#26) Cybill Shepherd

  • 1950-02-18

  Cybill Shepherd's daughter Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim got married to her partner Eliza in November of 2019. Shepherd's other daughter Clementine Ford had previously come out as lesbian as well, but has since gotten married to male actor Cyrus Wilcox in 2013.
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  (#27) Sting

  • 1951-10-02

  Sting's daughter Eliot Sumner came out as gay in 2015, after revealing she was in a relationship with Austrian model Lucie Von Alten for two years prior. But it turns out her parents knew her orientation before the media did. She told the Evening Standard: "They knew already... My friends always knew and I always knew."
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  (#28) Sally Field

  • 1946-11-06

  Actress Sally Field is a champion of gay rights, winning the Human Rights Campaign's Ally for Equality Award in 2012. Her youngest son Sam Greisman is openly gay, and Field even tried (semi-jokingly) to set him up with Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon.
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  (#29) Vanna White

  • 1957-02-18

  Vanna White's son Nikko Santo Pietro is openly gay. In 2013, he made headlines when it was announced he was in a relationship with a Hare Krishna monk. 
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  (#30) R. Kelly

  • 1967-01-08

  In 2014, R. Kelly's daughter, Jaya, came out as transgender. Kelly addressed the topic in an interview saying, "You don’t want to really open it up by saying my daughter is becoming my son. Don’t even give the blogs that kind of credit. Real talk. As far as that’s concerned always believe what you see, with your own eyes that is…. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of things, but it was never true… It’s not about me no more. It’s about three lovely, lovely kids. And then even when you see it with your own eyes, it’s a back story."

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