Model Tess Holliday reflects on her queerness

"I’m still figuring out how I identify and that’s okay because everyone’s journey is different."

Tess Holliday

Model Tess Holliday has opened up about her sexuality. Source: Getty Images

Model and body-positive activist Tess Holliday has opened up about her sexuality during an intimate interview for .

Starring on the cover of the issue, Holliday reflected on an interaction in Mexico, when a waiter at her hotel's bar casually asked if she was "bi".

"I said, 'Thank you so much for asking. 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.'" Holliday told the magazine.

In an awkward/funny twist, it turned out the waiter had meant to say "buy" - as in, "are you buying" - instead of "bi".

Still, it was an opportunity for the model to voice some of the thoughts she'd been having.
"I feel like a lot of stuff in my life now makes sense," she explained.

"A lot of the things that I felt when I was younger make sense. A lot of the relationships that I had make sense," she added.

In a recent Instagram post for Pride Month, Holliday shared her feelings on queerness further.

"I’ve always been an ally for the LGBTIQ+ community & I find myself trying to navigate my own sexual identity," she shared with her 1.9 million followers.

"I’m still figuring out how I identify and that’s okay because everyone’s journey is different."

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Published 4 July 2019 11:13am
By Samuel Leighton-Dore


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