These Are the Celebrities Who Came Out During Pride Month 2023

It was a pretty eventful Pride Month, if we do say so ourselves! 

Though definitely not as busy as in previous years, namely 2021 and 2022, Pride Month 2023 had a handful of celebrities and other media personalities publicly open up about their sexualities and live in their truths.

The more notable public figures there are in the world who are openly, visibly, and proudly living their most authentic lives, the easier it is for others to be able to do the same, and that's something we absolutely need more of!

Now that Pride Month 2023 is behind us, here are a handful of notable LGBTQ+ celebs who celebrated this year's Pride in the absolute best way possible!

Bella Ramsey

The actor, who shot to fame in 2023 after starring in HBO's popular and critically-acclaimed live-action adaption of The Last of Us, opened up in a January interview with The New York Times about how their gender has "always been very fluid."

"Someone would call me 'she' or 'her' and I would think about it, but I knew that if someone called me 'he' it was a bit exciting," they said, also stating they opt for the nonbinary option on a form whenever they have the opportunity. "I'm very much just a person."

"Being gendered isn't something that I particularly like," they continued, talking about being nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award (a gender-neutral category) for Best Young Performer. "But in terms of pronouns, I really couldn't care less."

Then, in June, the star opened up to British Vogue about their sexuality, saying they are "not 100 percent straight."

"Being called ‘they’ is the most truthful thing for me. That’s who I am the most," they explained. "You never fully know who you are, it’s ever-evolving. But I certainly think that people have gathered that I’m not 100 percent straight. I’m a little bit wavy, you know? That’s what I like to say."

Josh Seiter

In June, the former Bachelorette contestant came out as bisexual after having previously identified as pansexual. He also revealed that he is in a relationship with a man named David.

"I believe my upbringing, in the homeschooled Christian niche that we were brought up in, stayed with me, both consciously and unconsciously, for years after leaving home for college," he said. "I always knew as an early teen I was different sexually, I just don’t think I had the vocabulary to articulate what the difference was."

Josh Kiszka

In June, the Greta Van Fleet lead singer took to Instagram to share a heartfelt message about the current wave of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and legislation that is sweeping the country in places like his home state of Tennessee. It was in that Instagram post that Kiszka also publicly revealed that he has been in a same-sex relationship for the past eight years.

"Where I’ve settled a home in Tennessee, legislators are proposing bills that threaten the freedom of love," he wrote. "It’s imperative that I speak my truth for not only myself, but in hopes to change hearts, minds, and laws in Tennessee and beyond."

"These issues are especially close to my heart as I’ve been in a loving, same-sex relationship with my partner for the past 8 years," he continued, though not labeling himself. "Those close to me are well aware, but it’s important to me to share publicly."

Lauv

​Though he didn't specifically label himself, the singer-songwriter, who is best known for his bops like "I Like Me Better," "Mean It," and the Troye Sivan collab "i'm so tired," took to his TikTok account in June, seemingly coming out as liking both women and men.

"when ur dating a girl but ur also a lil bit into men," the in-video caption of Lauv riding in a dark car at night read.

"Does it have to be that big of a deal?" he captioned the post. "I havent done much aside from kiss so tbh don’t wannna jump the gun but tbh I feel things and I dont wanna pretend i dont. :)"

Miss Benny

In June, the star of Netflix's queer TV series Glamorouspenned an essay for Time where she came out as a trans woman, updating her pronouns to she/her.

“The gap is quickly closing between now and June 22: the day that my television series Glamorous will come out on Netflix,” she wrote in the essay. “And along with it, I too will come out as the transgender woman I’ve been privately living as for the last few years.”

In the essay, Benny also mentioned how the HBO series Veneno about a Spanish trans woman named Cristina Ortiz who shot to fame in the ’90s when a newscaster interviewed her, changed the way she looked at herself.

“There’s a scene in the series where the main character, a young queer person, meets their icon, an elder transgender woman who goes by the stage name La Veneno. The young queer person gets to ask her, ‘When did you start transitioning?’ And Veneno answers and turns to her admirer to ask, ‘And when will you start?’” Benny remembers.

“It was a punch to the gut,” she continues. “Because I knew that if somebody asked me that question, I would become painfully aware of how much time I felt I had wasted by not transitioning sooner.”

Taylor Armstrong

The Bravolebrity, of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Real Housewives of Orange County fame, publicly came out as bisexual in a June episode of RHOC, revealing she was in a five-year relationship with another woman before she got married to her first husband Russell Armstrong.

“Most people are surprised to find out that I’m bisexual probably just because of stereotypes,” she explained in the episode. “I mean, it’s not something I broadcast, but I'm open to all people who have great souls that you can love.”