Actress Amber Heard Comes Out In Attempt To Make Hollywood More Open And Gay Friendly

Okay so admittedly we have to say that here at Queeried we couldn’t actually remember who Amber Heard was when we heard she’d publicly come out as gay at the GLAAD 25th Celebration event yesterday, but thanks to good old Google we can now tell you that OF COURSE (yep that’s right we’re still not too certain) she was the star in movies such as Pineapple Express, The Ward and Zombie Land.

So okay she’s not the biggest name to come out in the history of Hollywood coming outs, and the reality is she’s been quietly out since earlier the beginning of the year, so why is everyone talking about it? Well that would be because of why Heard is doing it. Knowing full well that her career would be stronger if she stayed in the closet Amber has come out to stand up against this, and instead of reinforcing that this is how it has to be, she wants to be part of the solution telling After Ellen that:

“You have to ask yourself what side are you going to be on, and if we’re too scared to come out and say who we are, we’ll never get anywhere.”

Currently dating Tasya van Ree, Heard’s next film release is “Drive Angry” starring Nicholas Cage which is scheduled for release in February 2011.