Dove Cameron ‘Hinted About’ Her ‘Sexuality for Years’ But Was ‘Afraid to Spell It Out’
Dove Cameron‘s song “Boyfriend” has taken social media by storm. The singer released her new music on Feb. 11 after a snippet of the song went viral on TikTok. With the song, Cameron references her sexuality, as she has identities as a member of the LGBTQ community. In a 2021 interview with Gay Times, Cameron went into detail about what it was like to come out to fans.
Dove Cameron ‘hinted about’ her ‘sexuality for years’
Cameron rose to fame for her work on the show Liv and Maddie on Disney Channel. Her popularity grew even more after she played Mal in Disney Channel’s Descendants films.
In addition to her work on Disney Channel, Cameron has also pursued a solo music career. Speaking with Gay Times, Cameron shared that she would drop clues regarding her “sexuality for years” in her work.
“I’ve hinted about my sexuality for years while being afraid to spell it out for everybody,” said Cameron.
While Cameron thought she was dropping clues for fans, she ended up getting accused of queerbaiting, particularly with her 2020 song “We Belong.”
“People started asking for hints about the video and I used different combinations of emoji couples making out. When the song came out, everybody got the idea that the song was a big LGBTQ+ anthem song and I found myself in this position where everyone thought I was queerbaiting,” Cameron told Gay Times.
Why Dove Cameron decided to come out
Cameron first came out in an Instagram Live in 2020. In her interview with Gay Times, the singer explained why she decided to come out when she did.
“I hope it helps, that’s why I came out,” Cameron told Gay Times. “It felt like something that I could never talk about. I feel like the industry has changed a lot in terms of having room for people with platforms to be human and not to be picked apart.”
She continued, “I was really nervous to come out and, one day, I dropped it because I was behaving like somebody who was out and I realised I wasn’t. When you are who you are, you assume people see that and then you realise, ‘No, I have to come out otherwise people aren’t gonna know.’”
The singer does not like labels
Speaking with Gay Times, Cameron shared that while she is “not a label person,” she does think the term “queer” best encapsulates who she is as a person.
“I’m not a label person, but I would say that I am queer and that’s probably my most accurate way to represent myself. With the process of coming out, it was about who I am as a whole rather than who I choose to date or sleep with,” Cameron shared.
