‘West Side Story’ star Ariana DeBose opens up about her biracial, queer identity: ‘I’m very proud’

“It is such a wild factor and I did not know if you develop up watching these, these telecast, these award exhibits, you recognize, you dream of being part of them,” DeBose stated, “however it appears very far-off after which immediately it is like proper right here, so it is wild.”

DeBose says she is of Puerto Rican, Black and Italian ethnicity, and identifies as queer.

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“I am very happy with all of the communities that I belong to,” DeBose stated. “We would not even be having these conversations round id and illustration, if the work first wasn’t there, proper, if that wasn’t sound. And I am so happy with this work.”

She added, “However on the finish of the day, it is about your humanity, proper? So nevertheless the world desires to explain it, what you bought to fret about is your understanding of your self and the way you stroll on this planet and select labels you’ll be happy with.”

She stated this final a part of her journey has had many classes.

“What I am taking away is the data that it is okay to let your self be seen and be celebrated and when it occurs, take pleasure in it,” DeBose stated. “There’s nothing flawed with having fun with the second.”