{"id":25240,"date":"2021-06-02T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=25240"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:52:03","slug":"jojo-siwa-on-discovering-and-revealing-herself-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jojo-siwa-on-discovering-and-revealing-herself-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Jojo Siwa On Discovering And Revealing Herself To The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25297\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25297\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-937535812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From her breakout moment on Lifetime&#8217;s hit show\u00a0<em>Dance Mom<\/em>, Jojo Siwa splashed into stardom with a booming fanbase that had every little girl adding oversized bows, high side ponytails, and glitter adorned clothing into their signature look. With a swarm of fans dubbed &#8216;Siwanators&#8217; from her <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/demi-lovato-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel in awe of the triple threat, Siwa morphed into a modernized (and internet-revised) version of a childhood celeb before our eyes. This January, her staple rainbow garb took a new meaning when she <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/pride-love-letter\/\">came out<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/big-freedia-judas-lady-gaga\/\">queer<\/a> after a series of cryptic posts to social media. 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I really did. I think I even had myself convinced, honestly,&#8221; she said of her past romantic experiences. Siwa previously dated a TikToker before her current relationship with Kylie Prew, who she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLCm2cknaX6\/\" target=\"_blank\">credits<\/a> for making her &#8220;the happiest I have ever been.&#8221; She continued, &#8220;I gave it a shot and I was like, &#8216;This isn&#8217;t for me.'&#8221; Siwa revealed her sexuality via a virtual hint trail across Instagram and TikTok. After lip syncing to Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Born This Way&#8221; with the TikTok creators of Pride House LA and posting a shirt boldly emblazoned with &#8220;BEST. GAY. COUSIN. EVER.&#8221; fans swiftly lined the clues together, but Siwa says the signs have always been ostentatiously displayed in plain sight. &#8220;I mean, I wore a rainbow on the top of my head almost every day of my life,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And any time I could have anything rainbow, I would get rainbow. June&#8217;s my favorite month to shop because of all the Pride clothes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The unbridled joy that erupted on timelines following the news quickly hailed the 18-year-old to icon stature. &#8220;Being called a gay icon, honestly, I think is the biggest honor,&#8221; she said. &#8220;About a year ago, I started having all these music meetings just for fun, just getting my head where I want to go. And I told the producers, &#8216;I want to create gay pop, and I want to have a concert for the girls and for the gays.&#8217; Turns out a year later, I am very much so gay.&#8221; Hopefully, we&#8217;ll be hearing tunes from the singer soon, but for now her mom, Jessalyn Siwa, says the impact on families across the globe is what is really the upshot from it all. &#8220;I was like, &#8216;You&#8217;re really, really lucky that the world embraced you and you&#8217;re helping other people, you&#8217;re on that side of it,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;And that was a big reality check for us, to really try to make it easier for people and easier for kids, easier for parents to be more accepting.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29094,"featured_media":25297,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jojo Siwa On 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