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" The star\u00A0of your fave childhood movie\u00A0Matilda, Mara Wilson, has come out as bisexual and queer\u00A0on Twitter. In the wake of the homophobic\u00A0mass shooting at a popular Orlando nightclub that resulted in the tragic death of 50 people, Mara, now 28, decided to open up about her journey discovering her\u00A0sexuality. She explained how she visited\u00A0a gay club when she was 18 and\u00A0never felt more\u00A0welcome, even though she identified as &amp;quot;straight&amp;quot; at the time.      Me at a gay club when I was eighteen. I feel embarrassed looking at it now... pic.twitter.com/qMZec3WBvu \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 12, 2016         Being a &amp;quot;straight girl&amp;quot; where I clearly didn&amp;#039;t belong, but I will say, I felt so welcomed there. \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 12, 2016         I have never had a better experience at a club than I did then. Great music and people. And one of my friends met his partner that night! \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 12, 2016         I haven&amp;#039;t been to one since college, except once when a friend brought me along. I didn&amp;#039;t feel like I belonged there. \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 12, 2016         But the LGBTQ community has always felt like home, especially a few years later when I, uh, learned something about myself. \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 12, 2016         So thank you. \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 12, 2016     When someone asked Mara why she didn&amp;#039;t label her sexuality, Mara explained that she&amp;#039;s a 2 on the Kinsey Scale, a numerical scale used to\u00A0attempt to describe a person&amp;#039;s sexual experience. A 2 is &amp;quot;predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual&amp;quot;.     .@__SonjaLouise__ I said I *used* to identify as mostly straight. I&amp;#039;ve embraced the Bi/Queer label lately \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 14, 2016         Let me put it this way: I&amp;#039;m a 2. https://t.co/VA98ZK0a37 \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 13, 2016         I know a lot of people don&amp;#039;t like the Kinsey scale, and that is fine by me. But I&amp;#039;m pragmatic at heart and find comfort in numbers. \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 13, 2016     Although Mara&amp;#039;s opening up\u00A0about her sexuality, don&amp;#039;t expect tons of selfies with Mara&amp;#039;s future girlfriends/boyfriends.      Your support is much appreciated. I will say, though, I&amp;#039;m still gonna be pretty private about my relationships, as I always have been. \u2014 Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) June 13, 2016    Fair enough. Opening up about her sexuality in such a public way in\u00A0this time of tragedy\u00A0was\u00A0a brave act of solidarity that Mara&amp;#039;s LGBTQ fans will surely\u00A0appreciate. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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