{"id":57523,"date":"2023-11-28T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/every-star-who-came-out-as-pansexual-over-the-years\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:21:46","slug":"every-star-who-came-out-as-pansexual-over-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/every-star-who-came-out-as-pansexual-over-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Star Who Came Out as Pansexual Over the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Over the years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/pride\/\" title=\"Pride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LGBTQ+<\/strong><\/a> community has made significant strides in advocating for acceptance and understanding, challenging norms and promoting inclusivity. <\/p>\n<p>Among the various identities within this community, pansexuality has gained increasing visibility, with celebrities leading the way in breaking down barriers and normalizing love beyond gender boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Pansexuality refers to an individual\u2019s capacity to be attracted to others regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>We\u2019re taking a look at some stars who have proudly come out as pansexual over the years\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-1973633\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Wayne Brady<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, pan means being able to be attracted to anyone who identifies as gay, straight, bi, transsexual or non-binary. Being able to be attracted across the board. And, I think, at least for me for right now, that is the proper place. I took pan to mean that not only can I be attracted to any of these people or types physically, but I could be attracted to the person that is there,\u201d <strong>Wayne<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/08\/07\/wayne-brady-comes-out-as-pansexual-explains-what-being-pan-means-to-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told <em>People<\/em><\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/monae-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Monae\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Janelle<\/strong> told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/janelle-monae-frees-herself-629204\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/janelle-monae-frees-herself-629204\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> in 2018 that she initially identified as bisexual, \u201cbut then later I read about pansexuality and was like, \u2018Oh, these are things that I identify with too.\u2019 I\u2019m open to learning more about who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/urie-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Brendon Urie\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Brendon Urie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m married to a woman and I\u2019m very much in love with her but I\u2019m not opposed to a man because to me, I like a person. Yeah I guess you could qualify me as pansexual because I really don\u2019t care. If a person is great, then a person is great. I just like good people, if your heart\u2019s in the right place. I\u2019m definitely attracted to men. It\u2019s just people that I am attracted to\u2026I guess this is me coming out as pansexual,\u201d he told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/brendon-urie-lays-it-all-out#rebelltitem13\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/brendon-urie-lays-it-all-out#rebelltitem13&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper<\/a><\/em> in 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/thorne-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Bella Thorne\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Bella Thorne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m actually pansexual, and I didn\u2019t know that. Somebody explained to me really thoroughly what that is. You like beings. You like what you like. Doesn\u2019t have to be a girl or a guy or a he or she or they or this or that. It\u2019s literally you like personality. You just like a being,\u201d she explained to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/07\/22\/bella-thorne-comes-out-pansexual-talks-her-struggles\/1794151001\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/07\/22\/bella-thorne-comes-out-pansexual-talks-her-struggles\/1794151001\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Morning America<\/a><\/em> in 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/tortorella-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Nico Tortorella\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Nico Tortorella<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Nico Tortorella. I am a non binary, happily married, polyamorous bi\/pansexual author poet performance artist,\u201d <strong>Nico<\/strong> wrote for <a href=\"https:\/\/itgetsbetter.org\/blog\/an-it-gets-better-message-from-nico-tortorella\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/itgetsbetter.org\/blog\/an-it-gets-better-message-from-nico-tortorella\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It Gets Better<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sexual and gender freedom has always been a work in progress. Isn\u2019t everything?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/delevingne-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Cara Delevingne\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Cara Delevingne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always will remain, I think, pansexual. However one defines themselves, whether it\u2019s \u2018they\u2019 or \u2018he\u2019 or \u2018she,\u2019 I fall in love with the person \u2014 and that\u2019s that. I\u2019m attracted to the person,\u201d she told<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/film\/features\/cara-delevingne-pansexual-fiona-apple-pride-lgbtq-1234623248\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/film\/features\/cara-delevingne-pansexual-fiona-apple-pride-lgbtq-1234623248\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em> in 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/bailey-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Madison Bailey\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Madison Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel zero shame, and I don\u2019t feel that way because nobody\u2019s ever really shamed me for it and I know a lot of people have had lot of hate and lack of support. I know so many, countless stories of queer people that did not have support. But if you\u2019re asking me personally, that\u2019s just my experience with it. It was worth it. I feel lighter, I feel happier that I can just be so open and honest. It feels nice,\u201d she said after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/outer-banks-madison-bailey-comes-out-as-pansexual\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/outer-banks-madison-bailey-comes-out-as-pansexual&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming out as pansexual on TikTok<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In a TikTok, <strong>Madison<\/strong> explained what pansexuality means by writing on the screen: \u201cGirls. Boys. Trans boys. Trans girls. Nonbinary babies. It\u2019s what\u2019s on the inside boo.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/siwa-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"JoJo Siwa\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">JoJo Siwa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t know what I am. It\u2019s like, I want to figure it out\u2026I don\u2019t know, bisexual, pansexual, queer, lesbian, gay, straight. I always just say gay because it just kind of covers it or queer because I think the keyword is cool. I like queer. Technically I would say that I am pansexual because that\u2019s how I have always been my whole life is just like, my human is my human,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/jojo-siwa-on-coming-out-lgbtq-cover-story\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/people.com\/music\/jojo-siwa-on-coming-out-lgbtq-cover-story\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said after coming out<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/cyrus-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Miley Cyrus\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Miley Cyrus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy whole life, I didn\u2019t understand my own gender and my own sexuality. I always hated the word \u2018bisexual,\u2019 because that\u2019s even putting me in a box. I don\u2019t ever think about someone being a boy or someone being a girl. My eyes started opening in the fifth or sixth grade. My first relationship in my life was with a chick. Once I understood my gender more, which was unassigned, then I understood my sexuality more,\u201d she told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/music\/features\/miley-cyrus-the-voice-donald-trump-vmas-woody-allen-coming-out-pansexual-1201884281\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/music\/features\/miley-cyrus-the-voice-donald-trump-vmas-woody-allen-coming-out-pansexual-1201884281\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em> in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/malone-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Jena Malone\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Jena Malone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been learning a new way to tell it. Using words to guide me not define me. That my sexual identity has more to teach and to tell me. Finding words that feel more right to explore in my telling. Pansexuality. Sapiosexuality. Polyamory. A fuller spectrum of understanding that my story is demanding of me. And I\u2019m honoring it today with this soft and sleepy little stretch of a dance,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/popculture\/jena-malone-pansexual-interview-rcna45123\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/popculture\/jena-malone-pansexual-interview-rcna45123&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said along with a video<\/a> of her dancing to the song \u201cBook of Bringhi\u201d in 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/holliday-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Tess Holliday\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Tess Holliday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about my relationship to my own queerness, and I think the word pansexual speaks to me more than bi does,\u201d she explained to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/beauty\/tess-holliday-nylon-july-2019-cover\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/beauty\/tess-holliday-nylon-july-2019-cover&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nylon<\/a><\/em> in 2019. <\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/whitman-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Mae Whitman\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Mae Whitman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust taking a moment to say I am SO proud to be even a small part of a show like<em> The Owl House<\/em>. Being pansexual myself, I wish I had such incredible characters like Amity and Luz in my life when I was growing up. Queer representation is sososo important :,) keep it up world! #TOH,\u201d<strong> Mae <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maebirdwing\/status\/1427356091613007888\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/twitter.com\/maebirdwing\/status\/1427356091613007888&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in a tweet<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headlines\/2023\/08\/lovato-pansexual.jpg\" alt=\"Demi Lovato\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Demi Lovato<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to end up with a guy, so I can\u2019t really see myself maybe getting pregnant. I\u2019m so fluid now \u2014 and a part of the reason why I am so fluid is because I was super closeted off\u2026yeah, pansexual. I heard someone call the LGBTQIA+ community the \u2018alphabet mafia,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018That\u2019s it. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going with,\u201d <strong>Demi<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/demi-lovato-comes-out-pansexual-9548290\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/demi-lovato-comes-out-pansexual-9548290\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tammy Reveals She&#039;s Pansexual | 1000-lb Sisters\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pHXbE2zMSGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Tammy Slayton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means love is love. I would date anybody whether they\u2019re transgender, straight, gay,\u201d she said on <em>1000-Lb. 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