πŸ’—πŸ’™πŸ’› Happy #PansexualVisibilityDay!

πŸ“Έ Celebrities like @ddlovato, @MileyCyrus and @Caradelevingne have put pansexual love on the map in recent times.

🌈 But here are eight #LGBTQ+ icons you perhaps didn’t know identified as pan. 🧡
1️⃣ JoJo Siwa

πŸ’ƒ The @YouTube star was crowned runner-up in last year's hit TV series Dancing with the Stars – making history as the show's first same-sex pairing.

πŸŽ€ Earlier in the year she came out as "technically" pansexual, but said she preferred the words gay or queer.
2️⃣ Bob the Drag Queen

πŸ“’ "For the record I identify as pansexual and non binary," the @RuPaulsDragRace winner proudly stated in 2019.

πŸ“Ί The comedian is now travelling across small-town America to recruit drag queens in the Emmy-nominated series 'We're Here'.
3️⃣ Asia Kate Dillon

πŸ’° The @SHO_Billions star made history as the first major non-binary character on American television.

🫢 After coming out as a lesbian and then bisexual, they now identify as pansexual, saying they're "a human being who is attracted to other human beings."
4️⃣ Jazz Jennings

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈCatching the public's attention when she was just 5, Jennings became one of the youngest ever people publicly documented as trans.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈThe YouTuber turned into one of America's most influential teens, saying: "I love people for their souls and internal beauty."
5️⃣ Angel Haze

🎀 Tackling themes of homophobia and racism in their music, Haze's identity of being Black, agender and pansexual are central to their artistic work.

πŸ—£οΈ "If you can make me feel, if you can make me laugh, then I can be with you," the rapper and poet explained.
6️⃣ Yungblud

πŸŽ™οΈ "It doesn’t matter what genitalia you’ve got or what you identify as, if I love you, I love you," the chart-topping star announced after coming out as pan.

πŸ“’ The singer said he came out in the hope that it would make others feel comfortable to do the same.
7️⃣ Layla Moran

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ The @LibDems MP became the first openly pansexual lawmaker in the UK when she came out two years ago.

πŸ“° @LaylaMoran has since criticised the British tabloid press for threatening to out her, which led her to make the announcement herself on social media.
8️⃣ Janelle MonΓ‘e

🎡 Initially identifying as bisexual, the singer and actor came across the term pansexual and realised that "these are things that I identify with too."

πŸ’• MonΓ‘e says her attraction to others is based on their energy, not their sexuality or gender identity.
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