We've come a long way since the days where being openly gay just wasn't ok. Used to be celebrities had to cover up their sexuality including marrying the opposite sex like these 13 celebs:
Poor Rock Hudson lived in the days where he had to stay in the closet and spent 3 years married to Phyllis Gates despite most of Hollywood knowing he was gay.
Sure we all know Elton John as being out now, but when the singer first became popular back in the 1960's it wasn't so open. He was married briefly in the eighties to Renate Blauel.
Alan Cumming may have played some sexually ambiguous roles but his eight years of marriage to Hilary Lyon kept the spotlight off his sexuality until they split.
Little Richard shocked the music industry when he married a woman, Ernestine Campbell for four years before coming out as homosexual.
Despite being openly gay, Vincente Minelli married four different women in his lifetime for the sake of appearances. His daughter Liza went on to marry someone else who could have appeared on this list.
Peter Marc Jacobson spent a whopping 20 years in his marriage to Fran Drescher before coming out. Happily the couple have remained good friends.
Richard Cromwell was long-time husband to the legendary stage and screen star Angela Lansbury before their marriage ended due to his sexuality.
Freddie Mercury was well-known for being gay but even though they never officially married he had what he referred to as a common law marriage with Mary Austin and left his estate to her.
Anthony Perkins was married and had two kids with actress Berry Berenson before Anthony passed away from AIDS complications in 1992 and it was revealed he'd had multiple male lovers.
Lauren Morelli is best known as a writer for Orange Is The New Black and until 2014 she was married to Steve Basilone before she came out as lesbian.
Proof that sexuality is not static and can be confusing, Julie Cypher had been married to Lou Diamond Phillips until she met Melissa Etheridge. The lesbian couple stayed together for 11 years before Julie ended the relationship saying she wasn't gay and went on to marry another man.
Back in 1965 tennis great Billie Jean King was married to Larry King until sordid details of her affair with her secretary surfaced forcing her to come out as lesbian.
