Amber Heard has proudly come out.
The actress, best known for her roles in films like Aquaman and The Rum Diary, has received support from fans after sharing the news.
One writes: “Amber’s honesty is inspiring. It takes courage to be true to oneself in an industry that often demands conformity.”
Another adds: “My queen.”
“I love her,” declares a third fan. “Thanks for representing me queen.”
Heard came out in 2010 at GLAAD’s 25th anniversary event, where she revealed she’s had ‘successful relationships‘ with both men and women.
She was married to Johnny Depp from 2015 to 2017, and has also been linked to Elon Musk, photographer Tasya Van Ree, and cinematographer Bianca Butti.
Speaking of her decision to come out, the actress later said (per E! News): “I just answered honestly. I could tell by the look on this person’s face it was a big deal.
“My poor publicist. Then I realized the gravity of what I had done and why so many people – studio execs, agents, advisors – did not want this coming before my name.”
At the South by Southwest (SXSW) in her hometown of Austin, Texas, in 2019, Heard recalled the difficult moment she came out to her religious parents.
The London Fields star, who described herself as an ‘outspoken, militant feminist, lesbian, atheist, vegetarian,’ recounted: “I remember when I told them about my relationship, that I was in love with this woman.
“I remember at the beginning of that it was just tears. It was tears.”
Heard, who didn’t clarify when the conversation took place, said her parents ‘didn’t know how to process’ the news ‘because we hadn’t built the infrastructure for acceptance and tolerance.’
She added: “For them, it was being thrown into a binary system of processing it: negative or positive.”
Despite the potential risks, Heard has remained steadfast in her decision.
She opened up to Italian magazine IO Donna in 2019, and explained why she decided to publicly address her s**ual orientation despite warnings from industry executives and her publicists.
“To be silent about something means to admit underneath that that thing is wrong. But I knew it was not like that,” Heard said at the time, per Cosmopolitan.
“So I told myself to describe reality in a truthful way and to offer young people someone to look up to since those of my generation had grown up without any model of reference.”