Raven-Symone tweeted in August 2013 that she was pleased with the recent rulings on gay marriage. "I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you," the former "Cosby Show" star wrote. Here are a few more celebrities in Hollywood for whom this issue is very personal:
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi married in 2008. The latter was granted the right to change her last name to "DeGeneres" by a Los Angeles court in 2010.
Attorney Justin Mikita and "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced their engagement in 2012 via their website tietheknot.org. Their foundation sells ties with the proceeds going to organizations that support same-sex marriage. The pair have been outspoken about their advocacy.
Michelle Rounds and Rosie O'Donnell quietly wed in 2012, and in January 2013 announced the arrival of a daughter.
"How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka announced their engagement in 2011. The couple are parents of twins, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace.
Country star Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer married in August 2011 and are the parents of identical twin sons, George Samuel and Everett Joseph.
Interior design guru Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent were photographed engaging in some PDA after their engagement in April 2013.
"Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon started dating activist Christine Marinoni in 2004, got engaged in 2009 and the couple married in 2012.
Musician Linda Perry and actress Sara Gilbert got engaged in 2013, which Gilbert announced on "The Talk," where she serves as one of the moderators.
Several of George Takei's "Star Trek" co-stars attended the ceremony when he married longtime partner Brad Altman in 2008.
David Furnish and Sir Elton John married in 2005. The pair recently welcomed their second son.
Lara Embry and "Glee" star Jane Lynch married in 2010. The pair announced in June 2013 that they were ending their marriage.
- Raven-Symone says "It's great to know" she can have a legal gay marriage
- "I, however am not currently getting married," she says
- In the past, she said her sexual orientation was a private matter
- She starred in "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s and more recently on the Disney Channel
(CNN) -- Raven-Symone, who played 3-year-old Olivia on the 1980s sitcom "The Cosby Show," indicated for the first time Friday that she is a lesbian.
"I am very happy that gay marriage is opening up around the country and is being accepted," the actress said in a statement through her representatives.
"I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage. I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to," she said.
Earlier Friday, Symone posted a tweet: "I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you."
In response to media inquiries after that tweet, her representatives said that "Raven is not getting married. She was just supporting the fact that she heard on NPR that more states legalized gay marriage today."
Symone then subsequently issued her official statement.
In the past, she has said her sexual orientation was a private matter. "My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life," she wrote on her Twitter page in May 2012.
After "The Cosby Show," Symone was featured with Eddie Murphy in his "Dr. Dolittle" films and starred in Disney Channel's "That's So Raven."
CNN's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report.
