What Are Amandla Stenberg’s Pronouns?
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Amandla Stenberg first burst onto Hollywood’s radar playing a young Zoe Saldana in the film “Colombiana,” but the actor is probably best known as the tragic character Rue in “The Hunger Games” opposite Jennifer Lawrence (via Variety). Since these early roles, Stenberg has stepped onto the public stage as an advocate for defunding the police, starred in film adaptations of the novel “The Hate U Give” and Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen.” The young star also has become the new face of Fenty Beauty and a style star to watch.
Despite all this success, the young actor is still exploring different forms of artistic and personal expression, from making music to co-writing a comic book and penning a powerful essay in support of the #MeToo movement for Teen Vogue. Stenberg’s gender identity and expression have also come into public consciousness, and in 2016, the actor shared news online about this evolving journey of self-discovery.
Despite all this success, the young actor is still exploring different forms of artistic and personal expression, from making music to co-writing a comic book and penning a powerful essay in support of the #MeToo movement for Teen Vogue. Stenberg’s gender identity and expression have also come into public consciousness, and in 2016, the actor shared news online about this evolving journey of self-discovery.
Amandla Stenberg’s voice is empowering
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After this interaction, Stenberg opened up again about their gender identity in a 2017 interview with People. “I’ve said before that I’m comfortable with using the pronouns ’they’ or ’them’ alongside ‘she’ and ‘her’ just because that’s a conversation that’s important to me,” the actor shared. “I don’t necessarily always subscribe to female pronouns just because I don’t think that pronouns are necessarily very meaningful.”
Since 2017, Stenberg has publicly discussed both their gender and sexuality, changing their pronouns to “she/they” on Instagram. They spoke with Rookie about identifying as pansexual, but they’ve ended up using the term bisexual more often because it is more well-known (via Teen Vogue).
