Girl Meets World actress Rowan Blanchard opened up about her sexuality on Twitter over the weekend, informing fans that, while she’s only dated boys, this doesn’t mean she adheres to a certain label.
The 14-year-old screen capped an intended tweet and then tweeted the image. She wrote, “In my life – only ever liked boys. However I personally dont wanna label myself as straight gay or whateva so I am not gonna give myself labels to stick with – just existing.”
When a follower questioned her about the statement, she wrote that she is “open to liking any gender in future,” and that “is why I identify as queer.”
Blanchard later addressed some of the criticisms she received, tweeting, “like I thought I was being brave and was proud of myself and then everyone attacks me… Cool.”
The often-outspoken teenager recently penned an essay for Rookie magazine called “Sorry Not Sorry” in which she explains why she’s “quit apologizing for existing.”
Explained Blanchard, “My codependent relationship with self-blame and self-deprecation, as a means of self-defense has held me tightly since I can remember. It has felt safer and less terrifying to silence myself to a degree, than to actually engage with people, and make them take responsibility for their own actions.”