JoJo Siwa Comes Out
By: Mallory Johnson
JoJo Siwa, a seventeen-year-old dancer, singer, actress, and Youtuber, recently came out. She first posted a Tik Tok video of her lip-syncing to the song Born This Way by Lady Gaga, and fans started speculating. A few days later, she posted a picture of herself wearing a shirt that said "BEST. GAY. COUSIN. EVER." and captioned it, "My cousin got me a new shirt." This was her way of coming out, confirming the speculations. She then joined the Los Angeles Pride House on Tik Tok.
She posted a video on Tik Tok discussing how happy she is now that she is out of the closet, and I am so proud of her. Coming out is not easy, especially when you are a celebrity with a mostly young audience. She teaches all her young fans that it is okay to be LGBTQ+, and I love it. She also confirmed that she has a girlfriend and is very happy in love. They have been dating for a month but have been friends for a year. JoJo said in an interview that her girlfriend inspired her to come out, and "If I lost everything that I've created because of loving who I want to love, I don't want it." JoJo shut down a hate comment from a mom of a young fan in a significant way. The comment said, "My daughter will never watch you again," and she responded with a simple "Okay!"
A young fan of JoJo's posted an adorable TikTok video of her saying that she's her biggest fan and that "I'm only nine, but I know what it means to come out. It means for someone to be themselves normally." She continued, "It's especially great to see this cause I'm a kid being raised by two moms!" This video was posted on Twitter, and JoJo saw it and retweeted it.
JoJo being happy and brave enough to post pictures, videos and be interviewed is enormous for young kids. She is normalizing being gay, and I think that is beautiful.