These celebrities with gay parents range from rapper 50 Cent to legendary film icon Robert De Niro. It’s interesting to see which successful stars were raised in same-sex loving households.
Sources: MadameNoire, The Richest, Ranker
Family Affair: 15 Celebs With Gay Parents
50 Cent was raised by his mother who, according to the rapper, was a lesbian.
Natasha Richardson’s father, Tony Richardson, was bisexual. He died of AIDS-related complications in 1991.
Actress Jodie Foster’s mother, Evelyn Foster, was a lesbian and reportedly raised Foster with the help of her girlfriend, who Foster referred to as her “aunt.”
Famous actress Dorothy Dandridge’s mother, Ruby, was a lesbian. She was in a long-term relationship with a woman named Geneva Williams.
At the age of 11 Amy Adams’s parents divorced and she and her siblings went to live with their father while her mother moved in with another woman.
Marvin Gaye’s father Marvin Gaye Sr. reportedly not only abused the soul crooner (and eventually killed him) but although he was a minister he cross-dressed at home.
Robert De Niro’s father, the artist Robert De Niro, Sr., battled lifelong depression due to the fact that he had to remain in the closet during his era.
Liza Minnelli’s father, Vincente Minnelli, was rumored to be gay and had open love affairs on the East Coast but played straight in Hollywood.
O.J. Simpson’s father, Jimmy Lee Simpson, was a drag queen in San Francisco. He died of AIDS-related complications in 1986.
Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic father was gay. He died of AIDS related complications when she was a teen. She’s been quoted as saying that she immerses herself so deeply in the gay community as her way of understanding and feeling close to her father.
Ally Sheedy’s parents, Charlotte and John J. Sheedy, Jr., divorced when she was nine years old. Her mother is now openly gay, as is Sheedy’s daughter, Rebecca.
Author Rebecca Walker’s mother, The Color Purple author Alice Walker, is openly gay. She once had a relationship with Tracey Chapman. Rebecca herself is openly bisexual.
Comedian Kaitlin Colombo’s father is gay, and her mother is a lesbian. She is an advocate for LGBT rights
Anne Heche suffered horribly at the hands of her gay father (never openly discussed) Donald Joseph Heche who eventually passed away from AIDS complications; not only did he rape her repeatedly but she claims he gave her genital herpes. Her mother denies this.
“The L Word” actress Daniela Sea’s father came out as gay when she was very young. Sea is also gay.
Lynn Redgrave’s father, Sir Michael Redgrave, came out as bisexual in his 1983 autobiography.
