15 LGBTQ+ Former Disney And Nickelodeon Stars

I don’t know about you, but as Gen Z’er, I practically spent my childhood awakening time watching TV shows on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Well, it may not be every waking time, but I did try and see as much as I could.

And, after all, some of our favorite stars we grew up in, actually appeared as LGBTQ+, much after the days when Childhood Star ended. So, it’s time for us to celebrate them, right? Let’s go!

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We have to start with our girl, Raven Simone. she It came out as a gay Released in 2013, 10 years later It’s very raven It was first aired. She said she has been known since she was 12 years old while she was on the show. Raven married his wife, Miranda Pearman Madei, 2020!

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Miley Cyrus came out as Pansexual in 2016, like the absolute icon she is. It’s opened Maybe she always hated the word “bisexual” or because she felt she had placed her in the “box” and that was because her first relationship said “chick.” Everything welcomes Queeeeeen!

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Of course, Demi Lovato is a strange Disney icon, but you may not remember how she came out. 2015, her Confirmed The “Cool for the Summer” banger was about her relationship with women. Eventually, she came out as Pansexual in 2021. She came out as a non-binary in 2021and according to her Instagram bio, she uses both them/they and her/her pronouns.

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Josie Tota, you may know JesseIt was released in 2018 as a trance article In a “My name is Josie Totah, and I’m ready to be free,” she appears in her family and explains that she began her transition three years ago at the age of 14.

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Speaking of which Jesse…Karan Bler, co-star of Josie Tota, who played the rabbi on the show. It came out as bisexual In a Teen Vogue essay in late 2023.

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I can’t forget my personal favorite, Allison Stoner Can Rock and Sweet Life Legend. Allison appeared in the 2018 essay Teen Voguethey said they were attracted to “people of all gender identities and expressions,” and they were also open to having to attend gay conversion therapy. Then, a few years later, Allison revealed they were going now They/their pronouns.

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Next, I saw the first Keke Palmer at DCOM in 2007. dive! People started in 2016 Speculation She was strange after the music video for her song “I’m not yours.” It came out (because she’s with a woman on the video). She ended up saying, “I don’t want to be stuck on one label.” She has been discussing her ever since. Conflict with her sexuality I just want to grow up, specifically “rethink” and “exploration” for now.

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Doub Cameron! You may know her from a famous role Liv and Maddie. After being accused of queer bait in 2020, the pigeon came out on Instagram live and described herself as “super queer.”

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Confession Time: I always forget that Bella Thorne started a Disney show Shake it Along with Zendaya. Bella appeared as a bisexual in 2016 x (Then Twitter), but she said she had identified it. From Pansexual 2019.

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Well, technically Rowan Blanchard has come out at the same time her Disney show. Girls meet the world I couldn’t add her to this list like the icon she is. Two years after the show, she was in 2016. It came out as a queer x.

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Garrett Clayton, from *that *block teen beach movies (You may know too Hairspray live), announced in 2018 that he was gay. Instagram posts. In the same post, he announced that he was dating his then boyfriend, now husband, and author Break Knight. How adorable!!

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I will never forget Michael Sita. Not only because he’s a Canadian legend, but because he appeared in one of the best Disney shows ever. Living with Derek. It’s Michael Sitter (*derek). Queer. We don’t know much about his date life, but we celebrate him anyway (and we love the private king).

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From Corey Fogelmanis Girls meet the world He came out as a queer in 2020. It was three years after the show ended, but he is reportedly It has been announced Through an Instagram post for his first LA Pride Parade.

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Last but not least, we have Matthew Scott Montgomery. Very random! he I explained it He knew “no one” in the cast and described his “very conservative” parents’ reaction to what he came up as a “nightmare.” He even agreed to go on conversion therapy afterwards. “You’re always taught that you deserve to be punished,” he said.

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