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- "Your support is much appreciated," Ms Wilson said
- Mara Wilson starred in the 1996 film adaptation of Matilda
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Actress Mara Wilson, who starred in 1996 film Matilda, has come out as a bisexual. Ms Wilson starred as Matilda in the 1996 screen adaptation of Roal Dahl's Matilda.
Following the Orlando mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 49 people at a gay nightclub, the 28-year-old actress made the revelation on Twitter by posting a series of tweets including the one stating that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has "always felt like home" to her. She said that she felt not only accepted but also welcomed by the LGBT community.
She also shared an old photograph of herself inside a gay nightclub when she was 18 years old.
When a follower asked the actress asking her to clarify her sexuality as "bisexual, non-binary", she replied:
She referred to the Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale, from the 1940s reports on human sexuality by sexologist Alfred Kinsey.
According to the Kinsey scale, a No 2 person is "predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual".
"Your support is much appreciated," she added.
Explaining why she referred to being a 2, Ms Wilson said:
Ms Wilson starred in Mrs Doubtfire in 1993, which was her debut film. She also featured in Miracle on 34th Street, A Simple Wish and Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
Following the Orlando mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 49 people at a gay nightclub, the 28-year-old actress made the revelation on Twitter by posting a series of tweets including the one stating that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has "always felt like home" to her. She said that she felt not only accepted but also welcomed by the LGBT community.
She also shared an old photograph of herself inside a gay nightclub when she was 18 years old.
When a follower asked the actress asking her to clarify her sexuality as "bisexual, non-binary", she replied:
She referred to the Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale, from the 1940s reports on human sexuality by sexologist Alfred Kinsey.
According to the Kinsey scale, a No 2 person is "predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual".
"Your support is much appreciated," she added.
Explaining why she referred to being a 2, Ms Wilson said:
Ms Wilson starred in Mrs Doubtfire in 1993, which was her debut film. She also featured in Miracle on 34th Street, A Simple Wish and Thomas and the Magic Railroad.