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JoJo Siwa appeared to verify coming out speculation, wearing a 'best gay cousin ever' shirt
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- JoJo Siwa appeared to confirm that she was coming out in a social media post on Friday.
- She posted a photo of herself wearing a shirt that said "Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever."
- TikTok posts from earlier in the week had fueled speculation that the year-old pop star was coming out.
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Following speculation that JoJo Siwa was coming out in several TikTok videos, the teenage pop celestial body appears to have confirmed that she's a member of the LGBTQ society by posting a photo of herself wearing a shirt that says "Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever."
Earlier in the week, Siwa posted a video on TikTok in which she lip-synced along to Lady Gaga's seminal queer anthem "Born This Way," while wearing a bow with rainbows on it and one of her own hoodies. Sh
JoJo Siwa Wears 'Best Gay Cousin Ever' Shirt, Receives Help From LGBTQ+ Community
JoJo Siwa is living her truth. The year-old star seemingly shared some personal news with her followers on Friday. On her social media accounts, Siwa shared a photo of herself wearing a shirt that reads, "Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever," thanking her cousin for gifting her the utterance tee.
Throughout the date, Siwa also retweeted and liked posts from both fans and celebrities praising her for entity part of the LGBTQ+ community.
"Dear @itsjojosiwa. I have never been more pleased in my life!" Todrick Hall tweeted. "Happy for you and happy for how you’re going to change the world. Children desire to see this!"
Siwa also retweeted this message from a fan: "If you don't think jojo siwa coming out as gay is a big deal; just remember that there are lgbt kids that survey her videos that may have felt so alone with their identity and seeing the person they look up to coming out makes them perceive safer and more comfortable with themselves"
Messages of support also poured in from Lil Nas X, Pari
JoJo Siwa Comes Out By Posting a Photo Wearing a "Best Gay Cousin Ever" T-Shirt
- JoJo Siwa came out by wearing a "Best Gay Cousin Ever" shirt.
- JoJo also shared a TikTok of her singing "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga.
JoJo Siwa was born this way. Fans began to wonder if JoJo singing the Lady Gaga punch song on TikTok was her way of letting the earth know that she's part of the LGBTQ+ community. In the video, she dances to the track that was inspired by music that empowered women and the gay community in the '90s. She mouths the lyrics, "No matter gay, straight, or bi, lesbian, transgender life, I'm on the right track child, I was born to survive."
If that wasn't enough of a statement, she recently tweeted a photo of her wearing a "Best Gay Cousin Ever" t-shirt. "My cousin got me a new shirt," she wrote. Ellen DeGeneres replied with a heart to her tweet and Perez Hilton tweeted, "Gay icon!!!!"
Even though JoJo didn't explicitly come out as gay, she's been retweeting congratulatory messages from her friends a
Jojo Siwa's new t-shirt may be a fashion declaration in more than one way. Siwa appeared to address the speculation surrounding her sexuality on Friday. She shared a picture of herself on her Instagram story wearing a shirt that read "BEST. GAY. COUSIN. EVER." "Thanks for the shirt cousin," she captioned the social media update.
She also responded to a tweet from YouTuber Colleen Ballinger, who wrote: "I've known you a long time and this is the happiest I've ever seen you. You're absolutely glowing and I'm so proud of the woman you are becoming! love yoooou!" Ballinger ended the tweet with a rainbow emoji. "I love you so much," Siwa responded.
Showing off her new shirt comes a couple days after two noteworthy TikTok videos the singer showed up in. On Wednesday, Siwa joint a video of herself dancing on TikTok to Lady Gaga's "Born this Way. Since the ballad dropped in , it's been celebrated as an LGBTQ+ anthem.
She mouthed the words: "No matter male lover, straight or bi, woman loving woman transgender life / I'm on the right path baby, I was born to survive," as rainbow lights flashed in the backgr