‘I’m the happiest that I’ve ever been’ — JoJo Siwa opens up about being part of LGBTQ community

 Siwa, 17, opened up in an Instagram livestream over the weekend about being “just so happy” after she received an outpouring of support for two posts she made earlier last week that seemed to indicate she had come out. 

By USA TODAY  Jan 24, 2021, 10:50am CST

David Oliver and Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY

Singer and YouTube personality JoJo Siwa throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, in 2019,

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Online superstar JoJo Siwa has officially come out as a member of the LGBTQ community.

Siwa, 17, opened up in an Instagram livestream over the weekend about being “just so happy” after she received an outpouring of support for two posts she made earlier last week that seemed to indicate she had come out.

“Someone asked, ‘How long have you been a part of the community? How long have you been whatever you are?’ I don’t know,” Siwa said. ”I think my whole life, because my whole life I have really really been just – I like people. But I never had fallen in love before, but I always believed my person was going to be my person. If that person happened to be a boy, then great. If that person happened to be a girl, great.”

She added: “I’m the happiest that I’ve ever been, and that’s what matters.”

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