22 Celebrities Who Came Out In 2013

It's been a good year. May 2014 inspire many more.

1. Robin Roberts

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The Good Morning America host came out on December 29 in a letter to her Facebook fans, thanking her girlfriend Amber.

2. Brian Boitano

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The Olympic gold medalist figure skater came out after being selected to attend the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia as part of the United States's Olympic delegation.

3. Tom Daley

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The Olympic swimmer revealed in a YouTube video that he was currently in a relationship with another man.

4. Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster came out during the 2013 Golden Globes while accepting the Cecile B. DeMille Award, thanking her ex-partner Cydney Bernard.

5. Raven-Symoné

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The former Disney Channel star commented in August on the legalization of gay marraige, saying "I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage. I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to."

6. Maria Bello

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Bello came out in an article called "Coming Out as a Modern Family" in the New York Times, in which she revealed that she was in a relationship with a woman.

7. Michelle Rodriguez

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The actress came out as bisexual in September in an interview for Entertainment Weekly.

8. Wentworth Miller

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The Prison Break star came out in a letter to the organizers of a film festival in Russia, declining to attend the event because of Russia's harsh anti-LGBT laws.

9. Darren Young

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The WWE star came out when confronted by a paparazzi on whether an openly gay wrestler could be successful in the WWE, stating "Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar and to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay. And I'm happy. I'm very happy."

10. Charice

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The Filipina singer and Glee guest star came out in an interview with Boy Abunda in June.

11. Jason Collins

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The basketball star came out on the cover of Sports Illustrated, becoming the first active male athlete in a major American team sport to come out as gay.

12. Robbie Rogers

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The soccer star came out in February and moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy, becoming the first openly gay player in Major League Soccer.

13. Mike Michaud

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The U.S. Representative came out in November in the midst of his campaign for the upcoming 2014 gubernatorial election in Maine. He stated " For me, it’s just a part of who I am, as much as being a third-generation mill worker or a lifelong Mainer. One thing I do know is that it has nothing to do with my ability to lead the state of Maine."

14. Clive Davis

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Music legend Clive Davis came out as bisexual in his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life.

15. Matt Dallas

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The former Kyle XY star announced in January that he was engaged to his boyfriend Blue Hamilton.

16. Ben Whishaw

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The Skyfall actor announced in August that he had been in a civil partnership with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw for a year.

17. Bob Harper

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The celebrity trainer publicly came out in a November episode of The Biggest Loser in an attempt to comfort a contestant about coming out to his parents.

18. Jenna Wolfe and Stephanie Gosk

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The NBC News correspondents announced in March that Jenna was pregnant with their first child and that they were engaged, both coming out.

19. Brittney Griner

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The WNBA star came out as a lesbian in an April interview.

20. Kwame Harris

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The former NFL player was outed after an altercation with an ex-boyfriend was brought up by the media, prompting him to officially come out in an interview with CNN back in March.

21. Chelsea Manning

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Formerly Bradley Manning, the United States Army soldier who was sentenced to 35 years confinement for leaking the largest set of classified documents ever surprised the nation when she came out as a trans woman.