{"id":16,"date":"2025-11-21T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/?p=16"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:32:19","slug":"16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/2025\/11\/21\/16\/","title":{"rendered":"16 TV stars you grew up watching who later came out as LGBTQ+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Joey Pollari<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Joey<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some will remember Joey Pollari as Miles from Avalon High<\/em>, while others know him from Love, Simon<\/em> where he played a possible love interest for Simon.
He came out at eighteen, telling The Advocate<\/em> that taking on roles about queer self-discovery meant a great deal to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Raven-Symon\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Raven-Symon\u00e9\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Raven-Symon\u00e9 knew she was gay from age twelve.
The That\u2019s So Raven<\/em> star publicly came out when marriage equality was legalised across the US, celebrating online with the message: \u201cI can finally get married!\u201d
She later explained that she delayed coming out because she felt pressured to maintain her Disney image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Garrett Clayton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Garrett<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Garrett Clayton became a Disney favourite through Teen Beach Movie<\/em> and its sequel.
In 2018, he shared a personal Instagram post discussing his long-term partner, Blake Knight, along with his experiences around mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Rowan Blanchard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Rowan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rowan Blanchard starred as Riley Matthews in Girl Meets World<\/em>.
She came out as queer on Twitter at fourteen, saying she did not want to label herself strictly as straight or gay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Demi Lovato<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Demi<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Demi Lovato has been open about their sexuality, mental health and identity, later sharing that they are non-binary.
They have said this journey followed years of reflection and healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Bella Thorne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Bella<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bella Thorne, known from Shake It Up<\/em>, first came out as bisexual in 2016 and later said she is pansexual.
She explained that once she understood what pansexuality meant, she realised the label fit her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Alyson Stoner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Alyson<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alyson Stoner starred in Cheaper by the Dozen<\/em>, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody<\/em> and many other children\u2019s favourites.
She came out in Teen Vogue<\/em>, saying she is attracted to people of various genders, later identifying as a queer woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Josie Totah<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Josie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Josie Totah appeared in Jessie<\/em> and starred in Champions<\/em> alongside Mindy Kaling.
In 2018 she wrote a personal essay for TIME<\/em> sharing that she is a trans woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. Hayley Kiyoko<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Hayley<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hayley Kiyoko from Lemonade Mouth<\/em> uses her music to explore her identity and highlight LGBT issues.
Her videos often centre queer women, helping normalise representation in mainstream pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Miley Cyrus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Miley<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Miley Cyrus, who rose to fame in Hannah Montana<\/em>, has described her sexuality and gender as fluid.
She has identified as pansexual and founded the Happy Hippie Foundation to support homeless LGBT youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11. Mollee Gray<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Mollee<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teen Beach Movie<\/em> star Mollee Gray came out shortly before marrying her partner Jeka Jane in 2017.
She has said she was not raised with strict ideas about gender, which shaped how she understood her identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12. Keke Palmer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Keke<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Keke Palmer\u2019s music video for \u201cDon\u2019t Belong to You\u201d became a favourite among queer fans.
She has spoken about rejecting rigid labels and defining her sexuality on her own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13. Auli\u2019i Cravalho<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Auli\u2019i<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Auli\u2019i Cravalho, who voiced Moana<\/em>, came out as bisexual in a playful TikTok referencing an Eminem track.
She has spoken openly about the importance of feeling seen and understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14. Dove Cameron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Dove<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dove Cameron, known from Liv and Maddie<\/em> and Descendants<\/em>, shared that she is queer.
She has said she wants her music and public work to reflect her identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15. Karan Brar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Karan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Karan Brar, who starred in Jessie<\/em>, Bunk\u2019d<\/em> and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/em> films, publicly came out as bisexual in 2023.
He later reflected on the emotional challenge of navigating fame while staying true to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16. Joshua Bassett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Joshua<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joshua Bassett of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series<\/em> came out in 2021 after expressing attraction to Harry Styles.
In 2023 he caused concern after being baptised by a church known for promoting LGBT conversion practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Joey Pollari Some will remember Joey Pollari as Miles from Avalon High, while others know him from Love, Simon where he played a possible love interest for Simon.He came out at eighteen, telling The Advocate that taking on roles about queer self-discovery meant a great deal to him. 2. Raven-Symon\u00e9 Raven-Symon\u00e9 knew she was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"include_emoji_reactions":true,"include_in_latest_news_feeds":true,"enable_comments":true,"hide_from_rss_feeds":["Hide from RSS feeds"],"hide_from_snap_feeds":true,"postive_news":false,"contains_sexual_content":false,"hide_ads":false,"disable_linkbytability":false,"remove_related_posts":false,"kargo_enabled":false,"disable_mid_article_video":false,"limit_ads":false,"accept_publish_rules":false,"social_title":"","snapchat_headline":"","author_override":"","written_by_override":"","short_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinkunlimited.co.uk\/wpmsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}