Wentworth Miller, Jodie Foster, Tom
Daley and Raven Symone were among the celebrities who came out gay in
2013.
The 41-year-old Miller
publicly came out gay in the course of declining an invitation to
attend a film festival in Russia. In subsequent interviews, Miller
revealed that he attempted to kill himself several times as a
teenager.
Foster made headlines with a Golden
Globes non-committal coming out speech.
(Related: Jodie
Foster comes out single, suggests she's gay.)
British Olympic diver Tom Daley ended
speculation about his sexuality by coming out bisexual. The
21-year-old Daley said in a YouTube clip that he fancied girls and
was currently dating a man, rumored to be Milk
scribe Dustin Lance Black.
Raven Symone, who is best known for her
roles on NBC's The Cosby Show and Disney Channel's That's
so Raven, came
out lesbian in the course of cheering for recent gay marriage
wins.
“I can finally get married! Yay
government! So proud of you,” she tweeted to hundreds of thousands
of followers.
Gay blog Towleroad.com assembled a list
of 53
high-profile coming outs in 2013. Included in the list are
Kelvin Atkinson, Kristin Beck, Maria Bello, Belle Brockhoff,
Anastasia Bucsis, Mister Cee, Ted Chalfen, Charice, Jason Collins,
Lucas Cruikshank, Matt Dallas, Clive Davis, Benjamin Deeds, Javier
Gonzales, Kevin Grayson, Brittney Griner, Bob Harper, Earvin Johnson
III, Tucker Knox, Anton Krasovsky, Sebastian Ligarde, Loki, Chelsea
Manning, Ross Mathews, Gary Meier, Mike Michaud, Jim Nabors, Maulik
Pancholy, Micah Porter, Will Portman, Jennifer Pritzker, Greg
Rikaart, Michelle Rodriguez, Robbie Rogers, Jacob Rudolph, Derek
Schell, Andrew Scott, Nikki Sinclaire, Troye Sivan, Rod Snyder, Bobby
Steggert, Simon Thibodeau, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, Brendon Urie, Tuc
Watkins, Ben Whishaw, Jenna Wolfe, Darren Young and Jenny Owen Youngs.