21 Notable Comings Out

Thousands of LGBT people no doubt came out in 2011, but the media had their eyes on a handful of folks who helped push visibility in their worlds by coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

 

Don Lemon

Akil Patterson
Gay former Division 1 football player

Amber Heard
Bisexual actress and star of canceled series The Playboy Club

Anton Hysen
Gay Swedish professional soccer player

Don Lemon
Gay CNN anchor

Evan Rachel Wood
Bisexual actress and star of True Blood and The Ides of March


Geri Jewell

Mo Rocca

 Mo Rocca
Gay journalist and staple of VH1's I Love the'80s

Peter Murphy
Gay member of Maryland's House of Delegates

Randy Phillips
Gay airman and YouTube sensation

Rick Welts
Gay NBA executive

Scott Norton
Gay professional bowler

Sean Maher
Gay actor and star of canceled series The Playboy Club
  Steven Davies
Gay English cricket player

Teddy Montgomery
Fictional gay student on the television series 90210

Vaughn Walker
Former U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of California

Will Sheridan
Gay former college basketball player

Zachary Quinto
Gay actor and star of 2009's Star Trek and Broadway's Angels in America