JoJo Siwa is shedding light on his journey to become a thriving LGBTQ icon.
“I still don’t know who I am. It’s like I want to find out, ”says Siwa in the latest issue of People magazine. “I like queer. Technically I would say I’m pansexual because that’s how I’ve always been all my life … just like my human is my human. “
Siwa, a student of “Dance Moms,” which features social media tracking that causes waves on the Internet with every update in her life, caused fans to speculate about her sexual identity earlier this year, finally confirming who was part of the LGBTQ community days after wearing a shirt that read “Best Gay Cousin.”
In February, he credited his “super inspiring” girlfriend Kylie with giving him the strength to go out, introducing her to fans on Instagram shortly after.
“I say I’m Ky-sexual,” Siwa, 17, told people about her girlfriend, who is a year older than her. “But how, I don’t know, bisexual, pansexual, queer, lesbian, gay, heterosexual. I always say gay because it just covers it or it’s weird because I think the keyword is great. ”
Siwa says the couple met on a cruise.
“I told him my whole letter that I tell everyone when they ask me my life story. She says, “I could have searched Google for it. I want to know your life story. You told me about your career. I want to know about you.
“And he was telling me,‘ No one has ever asked me that before, ’” he continued.
Siwa, who says she knew her sexuality from an early age, “never wanted to [my coming out] be a big deal, “but he knew full well that” I have many that could have gone for my love life. “
He also made the mistake of reading what the internet had to say about his ad.
“I should never have done that. I thought all the comments would be nice and supportive, and they weren’t, ”he says. “Many of them were,‘ I won’t buy your merch again. My daughter never looks at you again. I couldn’t sleep for three days. “
But, he explains, he is drawing a line in the sand forward: “I don’t want people to see my videos or buy my merchandise if they don’t support me not only me, but the LGBTQ community.”
And despite the online negativity, Siwa maintains: “I have never received so much support from the world. I think this is the first time I feel so happy personally … I am very proud to be me. “