12 celebrities who are pansexual — openly talking about their orientation and sexuality

Glam Style
7 min readAug 7, 2022

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There is a lot of talk now about LGBT+ rights and sexuality. These celebrities have also decided to speak out on the issue and are openly saying that they are pansexual.

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In the world, orientations other than hetero are seen as strange or undeserving of tolerance. This needs to change. The public must be made aware that we are all equal, regardless of orientation or skin color or background.

Pansexuality was and still is a taboo subject. Also in show business. Only when Janelle Monáe said out loud that she is queer and identifies as a pansexual person did the topic resonate a little more. So we answer the question of what is pansexuality. And which celebrities besides Janelle identify as pansexual.

Pansexuality — what is it?

Pansexuality is a sexual orientation in which one feels attracted (sexually and/or romantically, emotionally) to a person regardless of their gender or gender identity. This means, therefore, that it does not matter to a pansexual person whether the person to whom he or she feels attracted is a man, a woman, a transgender person or, for example, a non-binary person.

Pansexual celebrities

Pansexual celebrities: Cara Delevingne

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Cara Delevingne, the model and actress known for “Paper Towns,” opened up about her gender identity to Variety magazine.

“I think I will always be pansexual already,” she said in an interview. — “It doesn’t matter what pronouns someone uses, whether it’s “they,” “he” or “she,” I fall in love with a man — and that’s it. I feel attracted to a man”.

Cara did not accept her orientation at first because of her family’s views. Later, however, she set her sights on her happiness. She dated, among others, actress Michelle Rodriguez and Ashley Benson, known from the series “Sweet Little Lies.” The couple separated after two years of relationship.

Pansexual celebrities: Sia

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The Australian singer has never literally spoken out about her sexuality.

However, she always said she “would date guys, girls and everyone in between”.

“I don’t care what gender you are, it all depends on the person. I’ve always been… I would use the word that flexible,” she commented.

Pansexual celebrities: Lizzo

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The creator of the hit song “Truth Hurts” also belongs to the LGBT+ community. When it comes to sexuality or gender, she does not want to assign herself to one category.

“Therefore, the colors of LGBTQ+ are the colors of the rainbow,” she said.

Pansexual celebrities: Kesha

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In 2013, she opened up to Seventeen.com.

“I don’t just love men,” the singer said. — “I love people. It has nothing to do with gender. It’s about the energy of the person you are with”.

Pansexual celebrities: JoJo Siwa

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Jojo Siwa is an American dancer and youtuber. The 19yo is known for starring in two seasons of “Dance Moms,” and later started an online business. She made her coming out in 2021.

“In fact, I would say that I am pansexual. My man is my man,” she said in an interview with People magazine.

Pansexual celebrities: Brendon Urie

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Brendon Urie is one of the members of the band Panic At The Disco. In 2011, he got engaged to Sara Orzechowski. In 2013, the couple got married. In 2013, Brendon also said that he had experimented with men, but if he were to assign himself to any group, it would be a straight group. It wasn’t until July 2018 that he described himself as pansexual.

“I guess you can say about me that I’m pansexual, because I really don’t care what gender I’m with,” he confessed in Paper. — “If a person is good, they are good. I think I just did a coming out”.

Pansexual celebrities: Miley Cyrus

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Miley Cyrus has spoken out about her orientation in an interview with Variety.

“When I realized what my orientation was, I went to an LGBTQ center in Los Angeles and started listening to different stories”, the singer said. —”I saw a person who identified as neither male nor female. Looking at her, I saw that she was both beautiful and sexy, tough but sensitive, feminine but masculine. I identified with this person more than with anyone else,” she said. Miley further added that she already knows why she feels neither heterosexual nor homosexual. “Because I am not them,” she stated.

Miley dated actor Liam Hemsworth for a very long time. The couple met in 2009 and got married in 2019. Just a few months later, the singer and the actor separated. Soon after, Miley was spotted with a woman. It was her friend Kaitlynn Carter. However, their romance did not last long — only 2 months.

Pansexual celebrities: Bella Thorne

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Bella Thorne, who we know from the Disney Channel hit “Dancing Rules,” where she starred alongside Zendaya, revealed that she is pansexual in an interview with “Good Morning America.” The actress was engaged to Benjamin Mascolo, whom she began dating in April 2019. The couple got engaged in 2021, but broke off their engagement 12 months later. In the past, Bella has also dated Gregg Sulkin, Tyler Posey and Tana Mangeau.

Thorne said “she realized that the term that she is bisexual no longer fits her”.

Pansexual celebrities: Amber Heard

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We currently associate Amber Heard with Johnny Depp because of the ongoing court battle between them. However, not everyone knows that Amber dated women before she married the actor. She spoke out about her pansexualism in 2010. At the time, she confessed that gender doesn’t matter to her. She focuses more on personality.

“I don’t want to define myself in any way,” she said.

Pansexual celebrities: Janelle Monáe

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The American singer and actress known for films such as “Moonlight” and “Hidden Activities” opened up about her sexuality in April 2018. At the time, in an interview with Rolling Stone, she described herself as “a black queer woman in America.” She also talked about having been in relationships with men and women.

“I read about pansexualism and thought to myself that I identify with this orientation as well. I am open to learning more about who I am,” she added.

Pansexual celebrities: Madison Bailey

The star of the TV series “Outer Banks” took a different route to making her coming out. The actress talked about her feelings and what it’s like to be a pansexual person in 2020 on liv on Instagram.

“I don’t feel shame at all. And it’s not at all because I’ve never received heckling because of being pansexual. I know that a lot of people have suffered unpleasantness and lack of support because of it. I know many stories of queer people who did not receive that support,” Madison said. — “As for me, making the coming out was worth it. I feel lighter and happier to open up and be honest. It’s a good feeling,” she concluded.

Pansexual celebrities: Asia Kate Dillon

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Asia Kate Dillon are known from the series “Orange Is the New Black.” Much of the cast of this production counts as LGBT+. Also Asia, in addition to being pansexual, do not identify with any gender. Thus, they are non-binary and use the pronouns they/them. They spoke out about this in the Huffington Post.

“Ever since I understood that there is such a thing as gender and sexual orientation, I identified as a pansexual person. I have always felt that I have the spiritual, emotional, physical ability to feel attracted to any gender,” they said.

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