Girl Meets World star Rowan Blanchard: I identify as queer

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.”

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