{"id":9494,"date":"2018-02-14T14:32:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T08:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=9494"},"modified":"2018-02-14T14:32:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T08:47:19","slug":"8-celebrities-you-probably-didnt-know-have-lgbti-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/8-celebrities-you-probably-didnt-know-have-lgbti-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"8 celebrities you probably didn&#8217;t know have LGBTI parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" gs-image-65\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/50-cent-jena-queer-lgbti-parents.jpg\" alt=\"8 celebrities you probably didn't know have LGBTI parents\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-65\" \/><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-featured\">\n<div class=\"description\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"social\">\n<div class=\"getsocial gs-native-bar\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/11-celebrities-parents-are-lgbti\/\" data-pvid=\"gZhfth8\">\n<div class=\"fb-like getsocial fb_iframe_widget\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/11-celebrities-parents-are-lgbti\/\" data-action=\"recommend\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-uuid=\"veFOqu9_7K\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/11-celebrities-parents-are-lgbti\/\" data-pvid=\"gZhfth8\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"___plusone_0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_271193\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271193 size-full gs-image-66\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-parents.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-parents.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-parents-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-parents-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-parents-155x100.jpg 155w\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-66\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathmandu (Pahichan) February 14 &#8211; Candy Shop rapper 50 Cent has been slammed for his homophobic lyrics in the past. His prejudice is all the more surprising given his late mother, Sabrina Jackson, was a lesbian. The star confirmed his mom\u2019s sexual orientation in an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perezhilton.com\/\">Perez Hilton<\/a>\u00a0in 2012. He said at the time: \u2018Yeah, she liked women. My whole childhood was like that.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He furthermore added: \u2018When you\u2019re that small you don\u2019t see things that would indicate there are other things going on. [My] grandmother would say things like \u201cThat kiss was a little different from all the other kisses you saw.\u201d\u2018<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271196\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271196 size-full gs-image-67\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ana-matronic.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ana-matronic.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ana-matronic-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ana-matronic-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ana-matronic-155x100.jpg 155w\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-67\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Wiki<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>2 Ana Matronic<\/h2>\n<p>As a crucial member of the super-queer, all-conquering pop-rock band Scissor Sisters, Ana Matronic (real name Ana Lynch) is used to being surrounded by gay men. However few people know that Ana\u2019s late father was also gay.<\/p>\n<p>Ana\u2019s mom broke the news to her three years after he left the family for San Francisco with his male partner. \u2018I burst into tears immediately because I knew this meant my parents would never be together again,\u2019 she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2006\/nov\/26\/popandrock2\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As she later explained to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2013\/08\/13\/scissor-sister-ana-matronic-i-kept-quiet-about-dad-being-gay-3920635\/\">Metro<\/a>: \u2018When I was 15 he became very ill, due to having HIV, and passed away. I told most people it was cancer, due to the stigma around HIV at the time.\u2019 She later moved to San Francisco in an effort to understand her father, and became attracted to the queer community and the world of performing. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271197\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271197 size-full gs-image-68\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/robert-de-niro.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/robert-de-niro.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/robert-de-niro-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/robert-de-niro-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/robert-de-niro-155x100.jpg 155w\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-68\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Wiki<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>3 Robert De Niro<\/h2>\n<p>Taxi Driver actor Robert De Niro\u2019s gay father was the subject of a 2016 documentary,\u00a0Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about De Niro Sr., who died over 22 years ago, the Goodfellas star told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/entertainment\/movies\/2014\/05\/27\/robert-de-niro-me-my-gay-dad\">Out<\/a>: \u2018We were not the type of father and son who played baseball together, as you can surmise. But we had a connection. I wasn\u2019t with him a lot, because my mother and he were separated and divorced. As I say in the documentary, I looked after him in certain ways.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" gs-image-69\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com\/vp\/cff9a24c9fe8d103ed21c74b1fdf12d0\/5B0840E6\/t51.2885-15\/e35\/19366984_264680590675049_1355776963230302208_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"870\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-69\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram\/kendalljenner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>4 (and 5) Kendal and Kylie Jenner<\/h2>\n<p>These girls and their famous parents need no introduction. But we\u2019ll give them one anyway. Reality TV star sisters Kendall and Kylie, along with parents Kris and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/caitlyn-jenner-trump-trans-equality\/\">Caitlyn Jenner<\/a>, shot to fame on the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, along with their half-sisters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlyn recently responded to the news of the arrival of Kylie\u2019s first child on Instagram. She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be1hZlPnq_f\/?utm_source=ig_embed\">shared a pic of Kylie as a baby<\/a>, along with the caption: \u2018My daughter just had a daughter. It\u2019s amazing to be by your side through this journey. She\u2019s SO beautiful already. Can\u2019t wait to watch her grow.\u2019 Caitlyn\u2019s other children are<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271198\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271198 size-full gs-image-70\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jodie-foster.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jodie-foster.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jodie-foster-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jodie-foster-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jodie-foster-155x100.jpg 155w\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-70\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Elysium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>6 Jodie Foster<\/h2>\n<p>Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster first addressed her sexuality at the 2013 Golden Globes. However, few people know that her mom, Evelyn Ella Almond, has also had relationships with women.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Silence of the Lambs star Jodie said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/tv\/2017\/12\/27\/jodie-fosters-black-mirror-episode-casts-female-eye-futuristic-sci-fi\/967132001\/\">USA Today<\/a>: \u2018We traveled everywhere together, and her whole identity\u00a0in some ways\u00a0was enmeshed in mine. It was a painful struggle. When I needed to walk away, she felt like she was being abandoned.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jodie, was was managed by her mom as a youngster, furthermore added: \u2018I felt forever responsible, and continue to feel responsible for her well being, and the roles are reversed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-271019 size-full gs-image-71\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/celebrities-parents.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/celebrities-parents.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/celebrities-parents-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/celebrities-parents-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/celebrities-parents-155x100.jpg 155w\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-71\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>7 Jena Malone<\/h2>\n<p>Hunger Games star Jena has spoken openly about her amazing experience of being raised by her mom and her mom\u2019s female partner in the past.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jena-malones-long-strange-trip-from-homelessness-to-hollywood-stardom\">The Daily Beast<\/a>: \u2018I had two moms, and it was awesome. Double the pleasure! The more love you have as a child, the better.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271186 size-full gs-image-72\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jay-z-155x100.jpg 155w\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" data-imageshare=\"gs-image-72\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Wiki<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>8 Jay-Z<\/h2>\n<p>He\u2019s also been guilty of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2012\/05\/15\/g-to-the-ay-marriage-is-ok-with-jay-z-but-dont-read-his-lyrics\/\">writing homophobic lyrics<\/a>\u00a0in the past. Nevertheless, there had long been rumors about rapper Jay-Z\u2019s mom\u2019s sexuality. So much so, Beyonce\u2019s husband decided to address the matter directly on a track last year.<\/p>\n<p>He set the record straight on Smile, a song on his critically-acclaimed album 4:44. Read the truly beautiful lyrics, which show how the star has evolved, below. You might want a tissue handy\u2026 Oh, and Gloria even makes a guest appearance on the track!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u2018Mama had four kids, but she\u2019s a lesbian,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Had to pretend so long that she\u2019s a thespian,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Society shame and the pain was too much to take,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Cried tears of joy when you fell in love,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Don\u2019t matter to me if it\u2019s a him or her,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I just wanna see you smile through all the hate.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copy :\u00a0https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu (Pahichan) February 14 &#8211; Candy Shop rapper 50 Cent has been slammed for his homophobic lyrics in the past. His prejudice is all the more surprising given his late mother, Sabrina Jackson, was a lesbian. The star confirmed his mom\u2019s sexual orientation in an interview with\u00a0Perez Hilton\u00a0in 2012. He said at the time: \u2018Yeah, she liked women. My whole childhood was like that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He furthermore added: \u2018When you\u2019re that small you don\u2019t see things that would indicate there are other things going on. [My] grandmother would say things like \u201cThat &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,490,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-slider","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9496,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9494\/revisions\/9496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}