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    75 People And Things That Are Considered Low-Key Gay Icons That Straight People Wouldn't Really Know About

    This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it's a start.

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    Matt Stopera
    by Matt Stopera

    BuzzFeed Staff

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    Brian Galindo
    by Brian Galindo

    BuzzFeed Staff

    In case you missed it, known gay icon, Velma, officially came out as a lesbian!

    FrankenLaur | 🍁🎃 BLKTOBER!! @KlPASH3R

    LESBIAN VELMA REAL!!

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    Warner Bros.

    Because it came as a surprise to me that people didn't know Velma was already a gay icon, we've compiled a list of other gay icons you may not know about if you're not, ya know.

    1. Laura Dern

    Lauren Dern in a green gown on a red carpet
    Laurent Koffel / Getty Images

    2. The Pigeon Lady from Home Alone 2

    20th Century Fox

    3. Ms. Juicy Baby

    4. This nun from Sister Act

    Screenshot from "Sister Act"
    / ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

    5. The God Warrior

    ABC

    6. Aladdin's dad

    Closeup of Aladdin's dad
    Disney

    7. The Super Nanny

    ABC

    8. Stacie Orrico

    Stacie Orrico in black flower patterned cardigan on the red carpet
    John Atashian / Getty Images

    9. Principal Ava on Abbott Elementary

    Closeup of Principal Ava
    ABC

    10. Pedro Pascal

    Pedro Pascal in a green button up doing a Zoom interview with Jimmy Fallon
    Nbc / Getty Images

    11. Shrek

    Screen shot of Shrek talking to a solider
    DreamWorks

    12. Natalya Simonova in the GoldenEye 007 video game

    Screenshot of Natalya Simonova
    Nintendo

    13. Princess Peach

    Nintendo

    14. The Babadook

    Screen shot of a charcoal sketch of the Babadook
    IFC Films

    15. Nicole Byer

    Nicole Byer sitting at a table with a glass of wine
    CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images

    16. Mr. Clean

    Mr. Clean winking with his arms crossed
    Procter and Gamble

    17. Ina Garten

    Ina Garten sitting in a chair onstage holding a microphone and doing an interview
    Brad Barket / Getty Images

    18. Whoopi Goldberg on The View

    Closeup of Whoopi Goldberg
    ABC

    19. Jessie J...but only when she is singing with water in her mouth

    View this video on YouTube
    TheJJDominoIV/ Tontraeger/ youtube.com

    20. Valerie Cherish

    HBO

    21. The 2000s Charlie's Angels

    Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, and Drew Barrymore in "Charlie's Angels"
    Archive Photos / Getty Images

    22. Any middle-aged woman who drinks too much wine

    A group of women drinking wine together
    Peathegee Inc / Getty Images/Tetra images RF

    23. Mulan

    Screenshot of Mulan from the movie
    Disney

    24. Jeff Goldblum

    Jeff Goldblum wearing a grey suit and black shirt
    Foc Kan / WireImage / Getty Images

    25. Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body

    Closeup of Megan Fox in "Jennifer's Body"
    20thcentfox / ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

    26. Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch

    Screenshot of Salem the black cat with "sometimes I just like to hear myself talk" written underneath him
    Disney / ABC

    27. Stacy Layne Matthews

    World of Wonder

    28. Lady Gaga's pink cowboy hat

    A pink cowboy hat
    ebay.com

    29. Nicole Kidman in the AMC ads

    Closeup of Nicole Kidman
    AMC

    30. Jenna Ortega

    Jenna Ortega holding an MTV Award
    Kevin Winter / Getty Images

    31. Spinelli

    Closeup of Spinelli
    Disney

    32. Miss Grotke

    Closeup of Miss Grotke
    Disney

    33. Peppa Pig

    Gaston's Cave Ltd

    34. The Pink Power Ranger

    Closeup of Kimberly
    20thcentfox / ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

    35. Cate Blanchett

    Cate Blanchett on a red carpet
    Kurt Krieger - Corbis / Getty Images

    36. Tinashe

    Tinashe outside a club in a bustier top and fringe white cowboy jeans
    Gilbert Carrasquillo / GC Images / Getty Images

    37. Betty DeVille from Rugrats

    Betty DeVille
    Nickelodeon

    38. The Christian Girl Autumn girl

    Caitlin Covington @cmcoving

    October is my favorite color 🍁🍂🍁

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    Twitter: @cmcoving

    39. Tove Lo

    Tove Lo onstage
    Mark Horton / Getty Images

    40. Spain's new bus mascot named Bussi

    Bussi getting off the bus
    @petit_sabadell/ tiktok.com

    41. Alexis from Schitt's Creek

    Screenshot of Alexis smiling
    POP, CBC Television

    42. Ursula

    Closeup of Ursula the Sea Witch
    Walt Disney Co. / ©Walt Disney Co./courtesy Everett / Everett Collection

    43. Tamar Braxton

    Tamar in a black dress with her hand on her hips
    Johnny Louis / Getty Images

    44. Miss Frizzle

    Courtesy Everett Collection

    45. Betty Who at any and every Pride event

    Closeup of Betty Who
    Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global

    46. Reba McEntire holding a corn dog

    47. Keke Palmer doing anything and everything

    Closeup of Keke Palmer
    Nbc / Sami Drasin / NBC via Getty Images

    48. Carly Rae Jepsen

    UMG

    49. Carmen Sandiego

    20thcentfox / ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

    50. HIM, the devil in Powerpuff Girls

    Closeup of HIM
    Cartoon Network

    51. Xena, Warrior Princess

    Closeup of Lucy Lawless
    Bob Riha Jr / Getty Images

    52. JoJo Siwa

    Closeup of JoJo Siwa
    Mega / GC Images / Getty Images

    53. Kacey Musgraves

    Kacey at a even wearing a gold suit
    John Lamparski / Getty Images

    54. Sharpay

    Screenshot of Sharpay in front her locker looking shocked
    Disney

    55. Ashley Tisdale on any red carpet from 2004-2006

    Ashley on a red carpet wearing lots of 2000s trends all at once
    Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

    56. Kelly Clarkson covering songs on her show

    Kelly Clarkson on her show
    Nbc / Trae Patton / NBCUniversal via Getty Images

    57. The old Green M&M

    58. Pennywise

    Pennywise holding a balloon looking evil
    Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection

    59. Ma

    Closeup of Ma
    Universal Pictures

    60. Taina

    View this video on YouTube
    Nickelodeon

    61. Brandy and Whitney in Cinderella

    Brandy and Whitney Houston
    / ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection

    62. The Nanny

    Closeup of Fran Drescher
    / ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection

    63. The hot animated dad from Inside Out

    Screenshot of the dad from Inside Out
    Pixar

    64. Wendy Williams

    Wendy Williams in a bright orange pink jacket sitting alone in the audience of her show with headphones on
    Bravo / Getty Images

    65. Fictional pop star Ashley O

    Closeup of Ashley O
    Netflix

    66. The other Pussycat Dolls besides Nicole

    The Pussycat Dolls
    Tim Roney / Getty Images

    67. Clippy

    Clippy on a screen
    Sopa Images / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

    68. Kelly Rowland

    Kelly Rowland smiling wearing a silver blazer
    Brian Zak / Getty Images

    69. And also Kelly Rowland in the Freddy vs. Jason movie

    Closeup of Kelly Rowland in "Freddy vs. Jason"
    New Line Cinema / ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection

    70. Fergie flipping over to "Barracuda" on the Today show

    Fergie flipping onstage
    NBC

    71. Porkchop

    Closeup of Porkchop
    Vincent Sandoval / WireImage / Getty Images

    72. The Grinch

    A graffiti drawing of the Grinch on a wall
    Adam Berry / Getty Images

    73. Tina Knowles-Lawson

    Tina Knowles at event wearing a black suit
    Prince Williams / WireImage / Getty Images

    74. Catwoman in Batman Returns

    Warner Bros.

    75. And obviously, Jennifer Coolidge

    Closeup of Jennifer Coolidge
    Cindy Ord / FilmMagic / Getty Images
    National Coming Out Day Graphic
    Ryan Pattie/BuzzFeed