Rebecca Black Speaks on the Pressure She Feels About Figuring Out Her Sexuality
In April, YouTuber Rebecca Black shared that she is part of the LGBTQ community. Recently, she expressed that she feels pressure to define what that means for her.
“In our society and in the LGBTQ community as well, it isn’t maybe as validated, the idea of being able to be fluid and not have a single preference [of gender to date],” she told Teen Vogue. “I’m not trying to say I do or don’t have a preference. I do think there is this pressure; it’s something I felt for a long time.”
During her coming out interview, Rebecca said on the Dating Straight podcast that she had been in a relationship with another woman, explaining that the word queer “feels really nice,” but other days she feels “a little more on the gay side than others.”
In her most recent interview with Teen Vogue, Rebecca said that many fans have questioned her about it.
“I’ve had a lot of people in my life tell me, ‘that doesn’t sound like a real thing,’ and it is,” she said. “For me, in my own conversation with myself, it wasn’t that hard to accept that I could love a man just as much as a woman or any person, regardless of their gender. I can look at my life and have experience of both. I don’t question my own [feelings], but it is a difficult conversation at times.”
“There’s always been a thread I’ve been able to hold onto, but that doesn’t mean along the way I’ve always been myself,” she said. “I lost touch with that for a while and I’ve gotten back in touch with it over time — that sureness. I’ve really spent the last five years trying to get that sense of self back.”
We’ve all been there, Rebecca. You are who you are — not what anyone else tells you you are. Always remember that!