Celebrity Children We Didn’t Know Were LGBTQ

Miley Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992, in Tennessee to country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus. Nicknamed “Smiley,” later shortened to Miley, she grew up in a famous music family and became a child star through Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, where Billy Ray also played her on-screen father.

Miley publicly discussed being pansexual in the mid-2010s, explaining that traditional labels like straight or bisexual did not fully fit her experience. She also said coming out to her parents was complicated by her conservative Southern upbringing, though Billy Ray later said their family had always tried to stay open-minded.