Same-sex parenting continues to be a hot-button issue around the world, despite the growing numbers of gay and lesbian couples who are raising amazing and healthy families every year. You may surprised to know that some of your favorite celebrities were raised by gay parents. Here we dish on 12 celebrities raised by parents, who happened to be gay or lesbian.
Actress Jena Malone was raised by her mother, Deborah Malone, and her mother's girlfriend.
Football legend O.J. Simpson's father was a renowned drag performer in San Francisco throughout the '70s and '80s.
Screen icon Judy Garland's father, Francis Gumm, was infamous for seducing young men. She later married Vincente Minelli, who many believed to be gay as well.
After actress Rene Russo's father Nino left her family when she was two, she was raised by her mother and a host of her mother's lesbian friends.
Late actress Natasha Richardson's father, Tony Richardson, was openly bisexual. He died to AIDS-related complications in the early '90s.
Actress Anne Heche's father, Donald Joseph Heche, was gay, but refused to openly discuss his sexual proclivities.
Pioneering screen icon Dorothy Dandridge was raised by her mother and her mother's long-time girlfriend.
Scissor Sisters front-woman Ana Lynch, better known as Ana Matronic, was raised by a gay father, who died when she was 15.
After Amy Adams' parents divorced when she was 11, her mother began living with a woman who later became her girlfriend.
Rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent was raised by a lesbian mother who died when he was just eight years old.
Powerhouse actress Jodie Foster was raised by her lesbian mother and her mother's girlfriend, who Jodie referred to as "aunt."
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