Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg took over Snapchat for Teen Vogue for an evening, and used the platform to confirm her sexual orientation: she’s bisexual.
“It’s a really, really hard thing to be silenced and it’s deeply bruising to fight against your identity and to mold yourself into shapes that you just shouldn’t be in,” she said to camera. “As someone who identifies as a black, bisexual woman I’ve been through it, and it hurts, and it’s awkward and it’s uncomfortable.”
Stenberg appears on the cover of Teen Vogue’s February issue, which also features a cover story with the actress, written by Solange Knowles.
At just 17, Stenberg is already recognized as an advocate for empowering young black women to be themselves no matter what, embrace their cultural identity and band together to debunk stereotypes and racism.
“Here I am being myself and it’s definitely hard and vulnerable and it’s definitely a process but I’m learning and I’m growing,” she said.
There certainly seems to be a trend with young stars coming out as not-heterosexual – be is bisexual, pansexual or gender fluid. Amber Heard, Kesha and Miley Cyrus have all publicly declared they are attracted to both men and women.
