Chloë Grace Moretz comes out as gay in moving post supporting LGBTQ+ rights

Chloë Grace Moretz has come out as a “gay woman.”

Moretz shared the news about her sexuality in a passionate Instagram post on Nov. 2 urging people to vote in the 2024 presidential election with women’s reproductive rights and LGBTQ issues in mind.

“There is so much on the line this election. I believe the government has no right over my body as a woman, and that the decisions over my body should come ONLY from myself and my doctor,” wrote Moretz.

“I believe in the need for legal protections that protects the LGBTQ+ community as a gay woman. We need protections in this country and to have access to the care we need and deserve,” she added.

She concluded her post by urging fans to come up with a “plan” to make sure they make it to a polling place on Nov. 5.

TODAY.com reached out to Moretz for comment, but did not hear back at the time of publication.

Moretz, who previously dated Brooklyn Beckham, has been romantically linked to model Kate Harrison for more than five years. The two women often share photos of themselves together on Instagram, including in June 2023, when Harrison posted a selfie photo of them posing together at a March for gay women in New York City.

Moretz portrayed a gay teenager sent against her will to a conversion therapy camp in the 2018 coming-of-age drama “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.”

While promoting the movie, which is set in 1993, Moretz told Deadline that she had been an “activist” for the LGBT community since she was “a little girl” and had two brothers who were gay.

Also during the film’s promotion, Moretz became irritated when a reporter for The Independent told her she was name-checked in an article about straight actors portraying gay characters.

“Oh really?” asked Moretz before laughing nervously. “Well I think what’s important is don’t assume anyone’s sexuality. I mean, across the board … don’t assume.”

“I think it comes down to the line that’s in the movie,” she continued. “(Moretz’s character) says, ‘I don’t see myself as a homosexual, I don’t see myself as anything.’ These are all societal pressures that we’re being labelled as.

“We’re all human, trying to be with the people that we fall in love with, and be the best person that we can be. But don’t assume people’s sexualities. And don’t project your own issues onto them. Why don’t we let people be who they wanna be?”