Meryl Streep’s daughter came out as a lesbian over her mother’s birthday.
Louisa Jacobson Gummer, the daughter of Meryl and her estranged husband Don Gummer, took to Instagram to hard launch her relationship with producer Anna Blundell.
Alongside a carousel of images with her girlfriend and outtakes detailing a “joyful new era of lesbian fashion,” she wrote: “blessed to be entering the Joyful New Era bb.”
Other celebrities also reached out to show Louisa support. Queer Eye’s Tan France commented supportive clapping emojis while Ella Hunt wrote: “absodamnlutely!!!!”
Some fans were calling this a “win” for the girls, specifically for the sapphics. “The lesbians stay winning! happy pride!” wrote one person. Another added: “Omg no way. A win for the girls all the way omg omggg.”
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“You know, gosh. My piano teachers when I was 11 and 12 were two gay men in a little town in New Jersey who had a collection of Mexican art and pinatas and silver lantern covers, and their house was wonderful, not like anybody else’s house in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. And yeah, I came of age when everything was kind of opening up and that’s a good time, right like now.”
The Human Rights Campaign honoured Meryl with the Ally for Equality Award at the 2017 HRC Greater New York Gala. HRC President Chad Griffin said: “Throughout her phenomenal career, Meryl Streep has used her voice to stand up for the LGBTQ community. Whether through her iconic roles that raised the visibility of LGBTQ people, or by boldly speaking out for equality, Meryl Streep embodies the very nature of what it means to be an ally to our community.”
