Hunger Games Star Amandla Stenberg Comes Out as Bisexual

Amandla Stenberg, best known for her role as Rue in The Hunger Games, has come out to say she is bisexual.
The 17 years old actress opened up about her sexuality while appearing on Teen Vogue's Snapchat account on Thursday, following the reveal of her first cover for the magazine. She later tweeted out a link to the clip on Friday. Stenberg started the video by speaking of the importance of representation, saying, “It's deeply bruising to fight against your identity and mold yourself into shapes you just shouldn't be in. As someone who identifies as a black, bisexual woman I've been through it, and it hurts, and it's awkward and it's uncomfortable”.

She credits other strong black females who have spoken out about their sexuality for giving her the bravery to do the same and embrace her true self.  “But then I realized because of Solange Knowles and Ava DuVernay and Willow Smith and all the black girls watching this right now, that there's absolutely nothing to change. We cannot be suppressed. We are meant to express our joy and our love and our tears and be big and bold and definitely not easy to swallow. Here I am being myself and it's definitely hard and vulnerable and it's definitely a process but I'm learning and I'm growing”