Ellen DeGeneres, Matt Bomer And More Celebrate US National Coming Out Day

Stars are celebrating the US’s National Coming Out Day commemorating this day of love, pride and acceptance.

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, posted a picture on Twitter to honour the special day and their romance. “Happy #NationalComingOutDay! Here’s to celebrating coming out while we’re all staying in,” the daytime talk show host captioned on her pic.

For Matt Bomer, this National Coming Out Day was doubly special, as it was also the star's 43rd birthday. He too took to Twitter to celebrate both occasions, and asked for fans who wanted to celebrate his birthday to consider giving to a good cause.

“Today is #NationalComingOutDay AND my birthday! You can help me celebrate by donating to The @TrevorProject, the world’s largest suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people,” Bomer wrote, alongside a video in which he touts all the good works The Trevor Project does on a daily basis.

As ‘ET Online’ reports, the NFL also honoured the occasion with a video posted to Twitter encouraging any player who is ready to come out to do so and to embrace their truth.

“All current players who are thinking of coming out, when you are ready, so are we,” is the message shared by a number of different players and coaches in the inspiring video.

“On National Coming Out Day, and every day, we support you," The NFL tweeted, alongside the video. "It takes all of us, and you deserve to be all of you. #ItTakesAllOfUs #BeAllOfYou #NationalComingOutDay.”

Many other stars and public figures commemorated the important day, including Wanda Sykes, Cynthia Nixon, Clea DuVall, Ali Velshi, Bowen Yang and Tyler Glenn.

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