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Ex Brisbane Lions star Leigh Ryswyk becomes the first AFL player to come out as gay
The 41-year-old shared the news during on the GayFL programme on Melbourne LGBTQ+ station JOY 94.9
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German football coach Christian Dobrick comes out as gay: ‘This charade has drained me’
Bundesliga club FC St Pauli said in a statement posted on social media: "Of course, we are behind him and his coming out"
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Scott Mills remembers being pressured into coming out early by a tabloid: ‘I told my story before they did it’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The presenter looked back on the early 2000s while discussing how much the industry has changed for LGBTQ+ people
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Doechii appears to come out as a lesbian in Instagram bio update
The artist has previously spoken about her sexuality but had not identified as a lesbian publicly before
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Former college footballer Jake Eldridge says stress of hiding his sexuality left him hospitalised
"My biggest fear wasn’t just people knowing - it was people knowing before I was ready,” Eldridge recalled
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Former NBL star AJ Ogilvy comes out as gay after retirement
During the interview, Ogilvy confirmed he's been married for nearly 18 months, explaining the relationship began while he was still playing
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TikTok star Grant Gibbs apologises after ‘outing’ Crumbl Cookie co-founder Sawyer Hemsley
"For most of my life, I didn’t have the clarity to answer the questions or respond to the rumours," addressed Hemsley in his coming out post
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K-pop star Bain, of boyband Just B, comes out as gay
The K-Pop singer told the crowd at a recent Just B concert: "I’m so happy that I can be myself"
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Matt Bomer reflects on having his coming out moment ‘stolen’ by Perez Hilton
Bomer spoke about the experience in a new interview, saying that it "felt kind of unfair" that Hilton outed him before he was ready
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Kelly Marie Tran on how The Wedding Banquet inspired her spur of the moment coming out (EXCLUSIVE)
Tran said of her decision to come out publicly: "I don't think it's something that I should be ashamed of"
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Danish handball athlete Villads Raahauge Jensen comes out as gay to ‘high fives’ from teammates
“I am gay,” wrote Jensen. “Three words that in reality should be easy to say, but which for many years I’ve been afraid to be open about"
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Oppenheimer star Nick Dumont on coming out: ‘I love being trans’
A rep for Dumont confirmed that they will continue to use their birth name Emma professionally but will go by Nick to family and friends
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Lance Bass reveals planned sitcom was cancelled after he came out as gay
"I had a sitcom with The CW at the time, and we were about to shoot the pilot. Then this came out, and they were like, 'We can't do the show anymore.'"
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LGBTQ stars who came out in 2023
From Billie Eilish to Adore Delano, 2023 has seen numerous stars publicly join the LGBTQ community
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Troye Sivan nearly came out to Ian McKellen
"I wanted to talk to someone about it so badly and he was so kind"
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Andorra PM Xavier Espot Zamora comes out as gay
"I’ve never hid it"
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Sir Ian McKellen shares how his life ‘changed for the better’ after coming out
The esteemed actor has also revealed his worst filming experience.
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Heartstopper’s Kit Connor shares wise words about coming out: ‘Be who you are’
"It’s not necessary to fit into these boxes that people are going to try to fit you into."
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Heartstopper’s Joe Locke ‘went back in the closet for three years’ after coming out aged 12
"I retold all my friends and they’re like, ‘Yeah, you told us two years ago.’"
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Heartstopper helped make Kit Connor feel ‘more confident’ about himself
"I have a lot more pride," the actor, 19, has also said.