20. Michael Stipe
The R.E.M. band member came out as queer over two decades ago. In 2014, Stipe wrote an essay for The Guardian in which he said.
[adace-ad id=”5251″]“It’s been 20 years since I announced to the world that I was queer — and that I had found the strength and the voice to say that, and to move forward with my life as a completely out, publicly queer individual.”
