TEEN STAR OF GIRL MEETS WORLD COMES OUT ON TWITTER“The teen star of Girl Meets World came out on Twi
TEEN STAR OF GIRL MEETS WORLD COMES OUT ON TWITTER“The teen star of Girl Meets World came out on Twitter.Rowan Blanchard, a 14-year-old actress who plays Riley Matthews on the Disney Channel series, revealed Friday night on the social media platform that she identifies as queer.The information came to light after one of her more than 300,000 Twitter followers tweeted, “BisexualRileyMatthews2k16.”Since the show’s debut in 2014, fans had been shipping—speculating that Riley and another Girl Meets World character, Maya, might have more than platonic feelings for one another. Blanchard’s message was in response to the hope that a romantic relationship might come to fruition.While Blanchard did not confirm that such a plotline might occur, she did offer the following information about her own sexuality, as well as her belief in the importance of LGBT representation in media.In a follow-up tweet, she added, “& being queer to me just means not putting a label on sexuality- just existing.”Read the full piece hereGO ROWAN!!! I am always happy to see her name come up in my news feed - she is such a consistently great role model for her generation.More Rowan Blanchard posts on Profeminist -- source link
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