Actress and singer Reneé Rapp recently spoke about the joy she has experienced since publicly coming out as a lesbian.

During an appearance on the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast, the Mean Girls star explained that she had been out as bisexual for a long time before realizing she identified as a lesbian.

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She decided to come out while appearing in a Saturday Night Live sketch, explaining to Poehler that the writers had wanted to call her a “little bisexual intern” and she asked them to change it to lesbian.

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Rapp said embracing the word “feels very euphoric.”

“Labelling yourself publicly is really, really, really empowering,” she told Poehler, “and also I think can be kind of intimidating… This feels so good for me right now, and I don’t want to go by something that doesn’t feel correct.” She also said she will always remain open to change as she can’t predict how she will feel about her identity down the line.

@hercampus she isn’t putting herself into a box and I’m so here for it

Source: LGBTQ Nation