These 10 pop and hip hop stars have been loud and proud for the LGBT+ community and it has furthered the cause by a mile.

  • 1. Jason Mraz, who came out as bisexual in 2018, wrote a 'love letter' to LGBT+ community on Billboard's platform. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

  • 2. Lady Gaga, another bisexual, LGBT+ icon, said in her speech during 2019 Oscar that the institution needs to move away from gendered categories. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/WireImage)

  • 3. Adam Lambert has been a queer voice representing LGBT+ community ever since winning American Idol in 2009 and shooting to fame. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

  • 4. Fergie, as a bisexual superstar, said, “I have no question in my mind about being bisexual.” (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

  • 5. Frank Ocean is by far the most successful gay hip hop artist and this is a big win for LGBT+ community. (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

  • 6. Rita Ora, in her 2018 song sang of kissing and loving girls, and following some backlash confessed that it was based on real events in her life. "Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls / Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls." (Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)

  • 7. Sam Smith came out as gay and gender fluid in 2014. Since then they have been rallying for the rights of the LGBT+ community through their music and activism. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

  • 8. Troye Sivan is an openly gay recording artist and has been with his boyfriend, Jacob Bixenman, for three years now. (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

  • 9. Elton John has been to the gay community what Ellen Degeneres has been to the lesbian community #facts (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

  • 10. The legacy of George Michael is such that LGBT+ charities were receiving donations from his fund even 2 years after his death. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

By: Nupur Saraswat