(CNN) -- Actor Kristian Nairn -- aka Hodor on "Game of Thrones" -- was never in the closet.

(CNN) -- "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts used a Facebook post to acknowledge what friends and co-workers have long known: She's gay.

(WB) “Gotham” star Cory Michael Smith has come out as queer.

(CNN) -- As an openly gay figure in one of the most masculine of sports Nigel Owens is a rarity -- but he might never have achieved his iconic status in rugby union if he had gone ahead with plans for a chemical castration.

Just after the election last November came a package in the mail from the American Psychological Association.

Apple CEO Tim Cook's declaration that he's "proud to be gay" wasn't exactly news in Silicon Valley, where his sexual orientation was no secret. But advocates say that given Apple's immense reach and visibility, his coming-out could help change attitudes in workplaces across America.

(CNN) -- Hollywood actress Ellen Page, known for her role in the movie "Juno," announced she is gay, in a very public way.

Al Molinaro, the loveable character actor with the hangdog face who was known to millions of TV viewers for playing Murray the cop on "The Odd Couple" and malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days," died Friday at Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, his son Michael Molinaro said.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook came out Thursday, acknowledging publicly for the first time that he is gay.

 Bella Thorne, 21, came out in 2016 after posting a picture of her kissing a woman on Snapchat. She was met with accepting tweets from fans. In an interview with Gay Times, she said the acting industry was less accepting.

One of Nicholas Breiner’s students contemplated killing herself because she was struggling with her sexuality. Breiner came out as bisexual to attempt to help, but got fired from his Kentucky middle school as a result.

Under a fifth bisexual adults are fully out to the important people in their lives. In contrast, 75 percent of gay and lesbian adults say the same.

Brian Boitano never intended to publicly reveal he is gay until he was chosen for the U.S. Olympic delegation by President Barack Obama last month.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Brittney Griner had a busy WNBA offseason. She played in China, vacationed in Miami and watched from courtside while favorite player LeBron James beat her hometown Houston Rockets.

Division I men's basketball has its first openly gay coach.

(WB) South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the gay candidate beating expectations in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, said Monday he doesn’t regret coming out later in life, asserting “there’s not a lot to be gained” by rethinking the issue.

(WB) When a 9-year-old boy asked Pete Buttigieg on stage at a campaign rally in Denver Sunday for advice on having the bravery to come out, the gay presidential hopeful initially didn’t have much to offer, but said he was very impressed.

A California teacher said she received a negative reaction after revealing her sexuality to students.

Here are a few films to help with your celebration of National Coming Out Day. Come out, come out, wherever you are!

One of the musical events of 2014 is the emergence of singer Sam Smith. Smith, a 22-year old from London, has been called “a male Adele” who “looks like the child of K.d. Lang and Boy George.”