Actress Amber Heard is out and proud. On Saturday, the pretty Pineapple Express star stepped out for the first time with her partner Tasya van Ree at the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) 25th Anniversary party.

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Heard told Radaronline that "GLAAD is one of the many reasons that I, as a 24-year-old, can come out." Heard -- Johnny Depp's onscreen love in the upcoming film The Rum Diary -- said that she didn't want "millions of hard-working, tax-paying Americans" denied their rights.

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She gushed about love Van Ree, a photographer and artist she's been seeing since 2008.

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"She is beautiful," Heard said. "I mean, you'd have to be crazy not to want to go out with her!"