Yahoo News Hunger Games' Amandla Stenberg officially comes out
19-year-old American actor Amandla Stenberg, best known for playing Rue in The Hunger Games, has made an official announcement concerning their sexuality.
According to Pink News, the star prefers to use the gender-neutral pronouns of 'them' or 'they' when being addressed.
Using Instagram as their platform, Stenberg's post has been met with instant messages of support and admiration from fans while directing them to an interview with Wonderland magazine in which the star gets candid about sexuality.
A post shared by amandla (@amandlastenberg) on Jun 16, 2018 at 4:44pm PDT
Their post reads as follows: "OUT & PROUD. So happy to say the words Yep, I'm Gay in official print. Interviewed for @wonderland by someone I stan infinitely – the fiercest garbagio pop queen @kingprincess69. Thank you to KP for providing me with such a safe space to come out.
"We talk about gay sobbing, first encounters with lesbian masturbation, queer icons, Toni Morrison, disillusionment as a critical step, the art I've been working on, and the films that I have coming out this year. Full interview on newsstands now and available online Monday."
Stenberg's big announcement also corresponds to an interview which is yet to be published, where the actor discusses their experiences with sexuality.
In this interview, Stenberg explains: "I'm grateful for how being gay has afforded me this ability to experience and understand love and sex, and therefore life, in an expansive and infinite way.
"The continual process of unlearning heteronormativity and internalised homophobia can be difficult, but one of the biggest blessings lies in the magic that comes from having to understand love outside the confines of learned heterosexual roles," they continued.
"My sexuality is not a byproduct of my past experiences with men, who I have loved, but rather a part of myself I was born with and love deeply."
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