These Are All the Celebs Who Came Out During Pride Month 2020

So many celebs spoke their truths during this very, very, very eventful June!

We're used to seeing a lot of celebrity coming out stories during the month of June, but something special (and super queer) must have been in the air this year, because Pride Month 2020 saw a huge surge in the number of celebs who are publicly and visibly living their truths for the world—and we LOVE to see it! 

Here are a bunch of notable LGBTQ+ celebs who celebrated this year's Pride Month in the absolute best way!!

Lili Reinhart

The 23-year-old actress, known mostly for starring in The CW's teen drama series Riverdale and in 2019's critically-acclaimed J.Lo and Constance Wu-led film Hustlers, publicly came out as bisexual at the beginning of June while publicly voicing her support for the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement.

"Although I’ve never announced it publicly before, I am a proud bisexual woman," the 23-year-old said in a statement on her Instagram stories, sharing a flyer for the peaceful 'LGTBQ+ for #BlackLivesMatter' protest that was held in West Hollywood, Calif. at the start of Pride Month. "And I will be joining this protest today. Come join."

Cara Delevingne

During an interview with Variety for their "Power of Pride" issue, the supermodel turned actress opened up about how she identifies on the LGBTQ+ spectrum.

"I always will remain, I think, pansexual," the Carnival Row and Suicide Squad star said about what label she finds fits her sexuality the most. "However one defines themselves, whether it’s 'they' or 'he' or 'she,' I fall in love with the person—and that’s that. I’m attracted to the person."

Cara, who previously came out as bisexual in 2015 and who also identifies as gender-fluid, also talked to the trade mag about the internalized queerphobia she had while growing up. 

"I grew up in an old-fashioned, repressed English family," she said. "And I used the word 'gay' to describe things which were s— all the time: 'That’s so f—ing gay of you, man.' Everyone used to talk about 'Oh, my God, imagine going down on a woman.' I’d be like, 'That’s disgusting.' I think that came from the fact that I just didn’t want to admit who I was. I didn’t want to upset my family. I was deeply unhappy and depressed. When you don’t accept a part of yourself or love yourself, it’s like you’re not there, almost."

Trevi Moran

YouTube personality and former X Factor contestant Trevi Moran publicly opened up about her gender identity in early June, coming out as a trans woman.

"I’ve been trying to gather the thoughts for what to say for the past few months but there’s just too much to say," the 21-year-old content creator and singer captioned a selfie she posted to her Instagram account. "I am so proud of the person I gave have become today. I am strong. My name is Trevi & I am a transgender woman. Happy Pride Month everyone."

She then took to her popular YouTube channel (Trevi has 1.4 million subscribers at the time of reporting) to talk more about her journey in an emotional video. 

"I've dealt with this feeling my entire life, and I know that I'm a woman deep down,"  said Trevi, who first came out as gay in 2015, and in 2017, started to question her gender identity. "It's just a feeling. You know."

She continued: 

"I hit a rock in my journey in 2017 when I thought I wasn’t transgender because I thought that people were pushing me to be transgender. No, I just had a lot of demons back then. A lot of eating disorder stuff, self-confidence issues. It wasn’t the time for me to come out back then. But now I'm here, and I'm transgender."

Chyler Leigh

Though she didn't specifically label herself or her sexuality, in a recent post on the Create Change website (an organization she helped co-found that serves as "your go-to source for encouragement and inspiration to help you become the change you want to see in the world"), actress Chyler Leigh opened up about how the journey and coming out story of her openly-lesbian Supergirl character Alex Danvers helped her start to realize her own path.

"When I was told that my character was to come out in season 2, a flurry of thoughts and emotions flew through and around me because of the responsibility I personally felt to authentically represent Alex’s journey," she wrote. "What I didn’t realize was how the scene where she finally confessed her truth would leap off the pages of the script and genuinely become a variation of my own. IRL. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest each take we filmed, every time presenting another opportunity to get those honest words out of my mouth. Though they don’t exactly match my personal dialogue, the heart behind it surely did. From the director, the press, the media, the cast, and the fans, I’m still told that it was the most realistic coming out scene they’d ever witnessed. And to steal from Alex’s words, that’s because there’s some truth to what she said about me."

Justice Smith

The Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Pokémon Detective Pikachu star publicly came out as queer in an eloquent June Instagram post calling for more people to support the Black Lives Matter movement and to make the movement more inclusive of Black queer and trans voices.

"I want to reiterate this sentiment: if your revolution does not include Black Queer voices, it is anti-Black," he said in the post, where he also publicly shouted-out his boyfriend Nicholas Ashe. "If your revolution is okay with letting Black trans people like #TonyMcDade slip through the cracks in order to solely liberate Black cishet men, it is anti-Black."

He continued:

"You are trying to push yourself through the door of a system designed against you, and then shut the door behind you. It is in our conditioning to get as close to whiteness, straightness, maleness as we can because that’s where the power is. And if we appeal to it, maybe it’ll give us a slice."

Raymix

"So many dreams do not fit in a damn closet. I'm officially saying it to the universe: I am Edmundo and I am gay," Electrocumbia singer and record producer Raymix (whose real name is Edmundo Gómez Moreno and who burst one the music scene back in 2015 with his hit "Oye Mujer") said in the Instagram post where he publicly declared his sexuality to the world.

He also took to YouTube to talk more about his decision to come out and some of the challenges he faced to get to where he is—including people in the music industry who told him that he should still stay in the closet and keep his queerness under wraps.

"Can you believe that in 2020, there are people in the industry who told me not to do this video? That I should stay quiet and pretend to be the person I am not because I wouldn't be successful," he said in his YouTube vlog. "They told me that the audience is not ready for an artist who sings cumbia or regional Mexican music [to come out as gay]. With so much pride today, I want to tell you that I'm gay. And if you ask me what will change after this message, the answer is: nothing."

Tana Mongeau

The social media star, who previously dated fellow pan celebrity Bella Thorne, opened up about her sexuality in a Pride Month Instagram post about how she now identifies as pansexual.

"I never thought I’d be brave enough to publicly share my sexuality in the way I do now," Mongeau (who dated Bella Thorne for two years from 2017-2019) captioned a picture of her holding hands with Noah Cyrus. "I still struggle with it. I hate the boxes, I hate people telling me I’m straight or discrediting my relationship if I’m with a girl. But I’m proud to be not only a member, but an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community and I’m proud to say I will live my life based on loving people, not for their gender, but their soul."

Pablo Alborán

In an emotional video message posted to his Instagram account, Grammy-nominated, Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alborán publicly opened about his sexuality, and how he is coming out as a proud gay man. 

"We need to reconsider our lives, careers, what does and doesn’t make us happy," he says in the beginning of his Instagram video, reflecting on the solemn state of the world and current affairs. "I think that we often forget about the love that unites us and makes us stronger."

He continued: 

"Today, I want my voice to be louder and for it to have more value and weight. I’m here to tell you that I am homosexual and it’s okay. Life goes on, everything will remain the same, but I’m going to be a little happier than I already am."

Daniel Arcos

"I waited for this day for a long time, a personal challenge with new [rainbow] colors on my shirt, colors that before I looked with shame and that today I decide to wear with pride," Chilean basketball player Daniel Arcos wrote in a coming-out post on his Instagram account.

"I know that this message might generate ridicule, discomfort and even hate, but I have the privilege of having my family and friends on my team," he continued. "Everyone has their experiences and they experience them in their own way, but the important thing is to live as we want as long as we are happy."

Madison Bailey

One of the stars of Netflix's popular teen drama series Outer Banks, Bailey opened up about her sexuality, and how freeing it was to finally come out as pansexual.

During an Instagram Live Q&A with her friend Lacy Hartselle about mental health, Madison talked about what her experience was like coming out, and how although she knows a lot of queer people don't have the best time, she was fortunate enough to have a good coming out experience and feels better for doing so. 

"I feel zero shame, and I don’t feel that way because nobody’s ever really shamed me for it and I know a lot of people have had lot of hate and lack of support. I know so many, countless stories of queer people that did not have support," Bailey said. "But if you’re asking me personally, that’s just my experience with it. It was worth it. I feel lighter, I feel happier that I can just be so open and honest. It feels nice."

Thomas Beattie

The former professional soccer player publicly came out as gay in an interview with ESPN, making him the third male professional player in British sports history to come out after Justin Fashanu in 1990 and Robbie Rogers in 2013. 

"I never thought about coming out whilst playing," he told The Advocate. "I literally felt like I had to sacrifice one of the two: who I am, or the sport I loved before I could remember. I used football as a form of escapism and in many ways it saved me, until I reached the point in life where there was some personal growth. I was standing still on that front. Society [told] me masculinity is linked to sexuality and so being an athlete playing a physical sport felt like a huge contradiction." 

Tanner Pendleton

In a June interview with Torment, snowboarder and filmmaker Tanner Pendleton opened up about his sexuality and revealed that he is gay.

"The narrative in action sports tends to be, 'It’s okay to be queer as long as you rip and present as masculine,'" Pendleton, is believed to be the first male in the snowboarding industry to come out, told Out about why he wanted to publicy share his identity with the world. "The more stories we hear, the closer that moves to, 'It’s okay to be queer, because it’s okay to be queer.' I wanted to share my story to move our community in that direction."

Nikki Blonsky

The 31-year-old Hairspray star and Golden Globe nominee took to TikTok over Pride Weekend to open up about her sexuality in an adorable video where she can be seen lipsyncing and dancing to Diana Ross' seminal queer anthem "I'm Coming Out." 

"Hi, it’s Nikki Blonsky from the movie," she said. "I’m Gay!"

Taylor Schilling

The Emmy-nominated actress, best known for her main role as protagonist Piper Chapman in Orange Is the New Black, Netflix's critically-acclaimed comedy-drama about life in a women's prison, confirmed her sexuality and her relationship with girlfriend Emily Ritz during Pride Weekend.

Schilling took to her Instagram stories, resharing a post from Emily's IG story where the two can be seen embracing each other on a foggy cliff. 

"I couldn't be more proud to be by your side @taylorschilling," Ritz captioned the sweet AF post. "Happy Pride!"

Ben Aldridge

The 34-year-old heartthrob, who had a recurring role in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's critically-acclaimed comedy Fleabag as "Arsehole Guy" and who played Batman/Bruce Wayne's father Thomas Wayne in the Pennyworth TV series, publicly opened up about his sexuality in an Instagram post celebrating Pride Weekend.

"The journey to pride was a long one for me," Aldridge wrote in the caption of an Insta pic depicting an LGBTQ+ rights protest from yesteryear. Though he didn't specifically label himself, he did mention his love for the queer community—and claimed himself as a part of it.

"I love the LGBTQ+ community and am incredibly proud and thankful to be a part of it," he continued. "So much won. So much more to fight for."

Pearl Mackie

The 33-year-old film, TV, and stage actor—who played lesbian character Bill Potts on the long-running sci-fi show Doctor Who's 10th season back in 2017—took to Instagram to come out to the world as a bisexual woman.

"Proud to be bisexual. Proud to be Black. Proud of all my LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters and everyone in between," Mackie wrote. "We matter. You matter. Big love and nuff respect. Happy Pride everyone!"

Låpsley

The British singer-songwriter came out in an Instagram post, commemorating the end of Pride Month.

"My sexuality is something I have struggled with understanding and accepting since I was a teenager and through a mixture of teenage trauma, the local culture and moments of bullying I associated anything to do with my sexual behaviour and sexual identity as being shameful," she opened up about her past struggles with her identity and sexuality. "So although my close friends and some family have been aware. I come out to the world, now, with pride, as a bisexual womxn."

Spencer Brown

The DJ and music producer came out as gay in a heartfelt, emotional essay for Billboard.

“I am gay," he wrote. "It’s so much easier to say today than it was even a few years ago. While I have never publicly denied this part of me, I have also never spoken out about it. I will no longer live in fear."