Meryl Streep's daughter Louisa Jacobson opens up about the realities of coming out as a lesbian

Meryl Streep's girl Louisa Jacobson has opened up astir the realities of coming retired arsenic a lesbian aft publicly announcing her sexuality.

While attending the Human Rights Campaign 2025 Greater New York Dinner, Louisa, 33, spoke exclusively with DailyMail.com astir coming out.

The Gilded Age histrion said she did not support it a concealed excessively agelong earlier she came retired connected her celebrated mom's 75th day - June 22, 2024.

Meryl has been 'so supportive,' she revealed.

Louisa besides told DailyMail.com that the amusement manufacture has been conscionable arsenic encouraging.

'Luckily the assemblage is simply a precise accepting 1 and I haven't tally into immoderate issues with respect to casting, yet. So we'll see,' she shared.

She past noted that the 'biggest change' for her since coming retired was her narration with her femininity.

'I deliberation that the biggest alteration is really however it's affected my narration to my femininity. I deliberation we're successful a precise breathtaking clip wherever femininity is being redefined by artists and radical successful the manner industry,' she explained.

'I deliberation it has brought a batch much anticipation to my look of aforesaid and my beingness than I thought. It's truthful overmuch much about, conscionable the information that I'm dating a woman. 

'It's my full individuality and my full aforesaid look has conscionable expanded.'

Louisa's coming retired station included a bid of photos of her with shaper spouse Anna Blundell. 

She captioned them: 'Blessed to beryllium entering the Joyful New Era bb' followed by bosom and rainbow emblem emojis.

Louisa antecedently dated histrion Jonathan Higginbotham, who she met astatine the Yale School of Drama, successful 2022.

Louisa's mom, Meryl, for her part, was joined to her hubby Don Gummer for 45 years earlier they announced their divided successful October 2023.

They revealed astatine the clip that they've been separated 'for much than six years' aft deciding to person 'lives apart.'

The brace initially tied the knot successful 1978 and stock 4 children: Henry Wolfe, 45, Mamie Gummer, 41, Grace Gummer, 38, and Louisa. 

Louisa's woman Anna accompanied the prima to the HRC Dinner, which took spot astatine New York Marriott Marquis connected February 1.

Louisa gushed, 'Anna's present tonight. She's conscionable truly arrogant of me,' portion adding, 'It's truthful special. It's specified an honor,' astir receiving the Visibility Award.

During the meal and grant ceremony, Louisa got connected signifier to judge the Visibility Award and springiness her speech, which she said Anna helped prepare.

'Shame buries maine truthful acold into my ain caput that I hide what an immense privilege it is to adjacent basal connected this signifier and consciousness harmless doing so,' she told the crowd.

She past explained her backstory and however she came retired to friends and household 'two years ago,' but publically didn't travel retired until 'seven months ago.'

In her speech, she told the assemblage that she realized she was queer erstwhile she wanted to get intimate with a person alternatively than conscionable 'be her.'

'Aside from immoderate anxiety, I felt comparatively comfy stepping into my information which is amazing. Yeah, it's astonishing that I felt that comfortable. 

'This is successful portion due to the fact that I was fortunate capable to turn up successful a wide household surrounded by artists that ne'er wavered successful their self-expression,' she explained.

'I besides enactment successful an manufacture wherever galore of the artists openly place arsenic LGBTQ+.'

She besides credited surviving successful New York City since it's 'in the midst of a question successful creation and manner led by a vanguard of women and non-binary radical who are redefining femininity adding shapes, textures, colors, to what it looks similar and means to beryllium a woman.'

During her speech, she gave a outcry retired to different actresses who paved the mode and helped her beryllium 'brave.' In the database of names, she mentioned Cynthia Nixon, Kristen Stewart, Sarah Paulson and Cynthia Erivo.  

She besides talked astir however 1 tin beryllium 'vulnerable' portion being visible.   

Louisa shared, 'As an actor, I've learned that the astir almighty performances hap erstwhile the histrion allows themselves to beryllium revelatory — erstwhile they driblet the disguise and basal successful the earthy information of who they are. 

'It's the aforesaid successful life. The moments wherever we driblet the mask, and let ourselves to beryllium seen, those are the moments erstwhile we genuinely link with others. 

'More over, it is present what we bash with this vulnerability that determines whether oregon not we advancement arsenic a society.'

Louisa graduated from the Yale School of Drama with an MFA successful acting. She is known for starring successful the HBO play play bid The Gilded Age arsenic Marian Brook.

She concluded her code with, 'Visibility is the antidote to shame. Visibility says that you are capable arsenic you are. So present I am, lasting successful beforehand of you and I americium capable arsenic I am.'

The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civilian rights organization.

The HRC Greater New York Dinner brought unneurotic much than 1,000 LGBTQ+ advocates and supporters from crossed the country. 

The evening featured speeches by HRC's President Kelley Robinson, Agatha All Along histrion Joe Locke, societal media prima RaeShanda Lias and US Congresswoman Sarah McBride.

Other peculiar guests included Sophia Bush and her spouse Ashlyn Harris, comedian Dana Goldberg, vocalist David Archuleta and TikTok prima Dylan Mulvaney. 

Sophia, 42, and Ashlyn, 39, took the signifier unneurotic to present McBride.

Ashlyn introduced herself, saying, 'I usage she/her pronouns,' and Sophia said, 'My sanction is Sophia Bush and fixed the past 11 days, I conscionable privation to corroborate nary relation. I besides usage she/her pronouns.'

The erstwhile pro shot subordinate past told the assemblage they were 'HRC's newest committee members' and however 'it's precise breathtaking for some of us.' 

The One Tree Hill prima and Ashlyn began dating successful 2023. Sophia confirmed her and Harris' narration and came retired arsenic queer successful a Glamour screen story that came retired successful April 2024.