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Helena was born on 16th July 1971

She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 50-metre freestyle, finishing 23rd

Åberg has lived openly gay since the end of 1980's. She had to go back into the closet for her time studying at the university in Georgia, where she felt "one was absolutely not allowed to be gay" at the time

Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor

Novello met Robert Andrews in 1916 and they remained primary companions until Novellos death in 1951

The Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting, established in 1955 in Novello's memory, are awarded each year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) to British songwriters and composers as well as to an outstanding international music writer

Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is an American actress and activist

From 1988 to 2003, Nixon was in a relationship with schoolteacher Danny Mozes. They have two children together. In June 2018, Nixon revealed that the older child is transgender

In 2004, Nixon began dating education activist Christine Marinoni.Nixon and Marinoni became engaged in April 2009, and married in New York City on May 27, 2012

Supriya Kumar "Paul" Sinha (born 28 May 1970) is a British comedian, broadcaster, and quiz player of Indian descent. He is one of the professional quizzers on the TV game show The Chase.

In May 2017, Sinha revealed on The Chase that he is gay, although he has often discussed his sexuality in his comedy shows. On December 14, 2019, Sinha married his long-term boyfriend, Oliver, at Mayfair Library in London.

In June 2019, Sinha announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. 

Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake

Evans starred as Gaston in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast

Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer, musician, and author. She gained worldwide fame as the lead singer of the Go-Go's. 

"Heaven is a place on Earth" topped the UK chart in 1987. 

She has been an ardent supporter of LGBT+ rights, which she made public after her son, Duke, came out to her at age fourteen

Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer, recording artist, and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst (also known mononymously as Conchita). 

Conchita came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Austria's entrant with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". 

Neuwirth uses masculine pronouns when referring to himself but feminine pronouns to describe Conchita.

Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947)

In the late 1960s, John was engaged to be married to his first lover, secretary Linda Woodrow, who is mentioned in the song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". 

He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on 14 February 1984.  John had come out as bisexual in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone, but, after his divorce from Blauel in 1988, he told the magazine in 1992 that he was "quite comfortable about being gay".

In 1993, John began a relationship with David Furnish who he formed a civil partnership with on 21st December 2005. They later married on 21st December 2014.