2013: Coming Out

Over the weekend, ABC’s Robin Roberts got in just under the wire when she posted on Facebook about being grateful for her “long time girlfriend, Amber”. But regardless of the method or timing, coming out, is as powerful as ever. Here’s one for every week of 2013:

1. Kelvin Atkinson – Nevada Senator D-North Las Vegas
2. Kristin Beck – a former member of the elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6
3. Maria Bello – actress
4. Belle Brockhoff – Australian snowboarder
5. Anastasia Bucsis – Canadian Olympic speed skater
6. Mister Cee – hip hop producer and Hot 97 DJ
7. Ted Chalfen – senior at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado
8. Charice – Filipina megastar
9. Jason Collins – NBA free agent
10. Lucas Cruikshank – Nickelodeon actor and creator of the popular YouTube seriesFred
11. Matt Dallas- actor
12. Tom Daley – British Olympic diver
13. Clive Davis – music industry icon
14. Benjamin Deeds – actor X-Men
15. Jodie Foster – actress
16. Javier Gonzales – former state Democratic Party chairman and Santa Fe County Commissioner
17. Kevin Grayson – decorated football player at Central Virginia
18. Brittney Griner – All-American center at Baylor University
19. Bob Harper – trainer on “The Biggest Loser”
20. Earvin “EJ” Johnson III – son of the NBA legend, Magic
21. Tucker Knox – contestant on Season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance
22. Anton Krasovsky – well-known Russian TV personality
23. Sebastián Ligarde – Mexican soap star
24. Loki – fictional Marvel character
25. Chelsea Manning – Army private, formerly known as Bradley
26. Ross Matthews – talk show host
27. Reverend Gary Meier – Missouri-based Catholic priest
28. Mike Michaud – U.S. Representative (D-ME)
29. Wentworth Miller – actor, Prison Break
30. Jim Nabors – actor
31. Maulik Pancholy – actor
32. Micah Porter – four-time state champion high school track & field coach in Denver, Colorado
33. Will Portman – son of Senator Rob Portman
34. Jennifer Pritzker – billionaire heir (formerly known as James) to the Pritzker fortune
35. Greg Rikaart – actor, The Young and the Restless
36. Michelle Rodriguez – actress
37. Robbie Rogers – former Major League Soccer player
38. Jacob Rudolph – high school senior in Parsippany, New Jersey
39. Derek Schell – Hillsdale College basketball player
40. Andrew Scott – Irish actor
41. Nikki Sinclaire – British member of the European Parliament
42. Troye Sivan – actor who played the young Wolverine in X-Men Origins
43. Rod Snyder – President of the Young Democrats of America
44. Bobby Steggert – Broadway star
45. Raven Symonè – actress, Cosby Show
46. Simon Thibodeau – NCAA Division 1 head coach
47. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo – college football player
48. Brendon Urie – frontman for Panic! At The Disco
49. Tuc Watkins – actor, Desperate Housewives
50. Ben Whishaw – actor, Skyfall, Brideshead Revisited, Cloud Atlas
51. Jenna Wolfe – TODAY show weekend anchor
52. Darren Young – WWE superstar
(Photo, top, Pacific Coast News, via Towleroad)