Watch: 'Love, Simon' Star Talks Sexuality, Pronouns: I'm Not 'He,' I'm 'Tree'

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"Love, Simon" star Keiynan Lonsdale took to Instagram this week to talk to fans about his sexual orientation and his preferred pronouns.

When a fan asked if he's gay, the actor responded by saying: "I'm still surprised I get this question. I came out last year as not straight.

"Now it just depends on the day, sometimes I'm bisexual, sometimes I'm gay, sometimes I feel straight, sometimes I'm not anything," he added. "It doesn't matter. Either way, through all that, I'm Keiynan. So if your question is, 'Am I Keiynan?' Yes, I am Keiynan."

He also discussed his preferred pronouns, noting that he does not wish to be called "he."

"OK, his might sound stupid, but I don't care. I don't think this is offensive... but, I don't want to go by 'he' anymore, I just want to go by 'tree," Lonsdale said. "I want people to call me 'tree', because we all come from trees, so it doesn't matter if you're a he or a she or a they or a them.

"At the end of the day, everyone's a tree. I want to call my friends tree, and me tree, and everyone tree," he added. "So, I think like now when people ask me what my preferred pronoun is, I'm going to say 'tree'. I'm not high by the way, this is just me."

Watch the 25-minute Instagram live stream in the YouTube clip below. The actor discusses his sexuality and pronouns around the 10-minute mark.


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