Phil Plait of Discover Magazine’s Bad Astronomy blog says

James Randi — one of the founders of the modern skeptical movement, a leading rationalist, thinker, and fighter of antiscience — has made a big announcement: he’s gay.

He said it here.

Now the actual sexual orientation of James Randi is in one sense about as relevant as that of J.K. Rowling’s Professor Dumbledore. But as John Wilkins of Evolving Thoughts said of Rowling’s off-hand remark that her Dumbledore was gay

It is very relevant that Dumbedore is gay, although I suspect that Rowling might have been what we Australians call “stirring the possum”. What is not important about the fact that the person who has nothing but concern for the well-being of his charges, who sacrifices himself in a fight against total evil, and who sees clearly what the issues are when the “mainstream” fails to, is gay? It’s a major blow for normalisation of homosexuality.

It evades and revises the stereotypes against gays – they are not child abusers, they are socially aware and concerned and, hey, they are as brave as anyone can be in the face of evil. I say, good on Rowling.

He said it here.

And I say good on Randi for all the same reasons.