25 actors who've come out after playing an LGBTQ+ character

25 actors who've come out after playing an LGBTQ+ character

In November 2024, actor Chloë Grace Moretz came out as gay in a social media post about the presidential election—around six years after she played a gay teenager sent to conversion therapy camp in the 2018 movie "The Miseducation of Cameron Post." Moretz's 2024 post stated, in part, "I believe in the need for legal protections that protects the LGBTQ+ community as a gay woman."

Though much more social and legal progress still needs to be made, film and TV representation of LGBTQ+ individuals has helped set the stage for change in the real world. From veteran performers like Ellen DeGeneres to younger actors like Noah Schnapp, many celebrities have publicly come out after playing an LGBTQ+ character on screen, marking an impor