Tess Holliday says she identifies as pansexual in a new interview with Nylon.
The 33-year-old, who married husband Nick in 2015, tells the publication: “I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship to my own queerness, and I think the word ‘pansexual’ speaks to me more than bi does… I feel like a lot of stuff in my life now makes sense.”
“A lot of the things that I felt when I was younger make sense. A lot of the relationships that I had make sense. I definitely have a sense of relief.
“I can connect with people on a more intimate level than I was before because I don’t have to pretend to be someone I’m not.”
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A pansexual is a person who is attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender identity.
The plus-size model adds, when asked if she would ever enter into a romantic relationship with a woman: “I might not know, like, what to do. But I feel like I’d figure it out.”
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Holliday also says of her decision to have an abortion after welcoming her second child: “Why is it controversial that I chose to talk about my abortion? And the fact that I got an abortion when I was in a marriage and could have financially supported a child, why did I feel so much shame for that?
“Why is it controversial to talk about the fact that fat people deserve to take up space and deserve to be sexy?”
