Raven-Symoné: Why I didn't want my 'Raven's Home' character to be gay

Contents:

• RAVEN-SYMONE: I’M NOT GAY, AND I’M NOT AIN-AMERIN
• RAVEN-SYMONE SAYS SHE’S A LBIAN, GRATEFUL FOR LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
• RAVEN-SYMONé OPENS UP ABOUT LIVG AS HER AUTHENTIC SELF: 'MY GAY SELF SAVED ME'
• DISNEY OFFERED TO MAKE RAVEN-SYMONE’S CHARACTER GAY THAT'S SO RAVEN REBOOT
• RAVEN-SYMONé: WHY I DIDN’T WANT MY ‘RAVEN’S HOME’ CHARACTER TO BE GAY
• RAVEN-SYMONE -- I HAVE A GIRLIEND ... BUT DON'T CALL ME 'GAY' OR 'AIN AMERIN'
• RAVEN SYMONE B: AGE, HEIGHT, PARENTS, PARTNER, IS SHE GAY?
• RAVEN-SYMONé SAYS SHE SHUT DOWN DISNEY'S PLANS FOR HER CHARACTER TO BE GAY 'RAVEN'S HOME': 'I'M NOT BEG MYSELF ON THIS SHOW'
• RAVEN-SYMONE SAID SHE TURNED DOWN CHANGE OF HER CHARACTER FROM STRAIGHT TO GAY
• WHY RAVEN-SYMONé REJECTED DISNEY’S OFFER TO MAKE HER CHARACTER GAY IN ‘RAVEN’S HOME’
• RAVEN-SYMONé: STRAIGHT OR GAY, "THAT IS MY RIGHT AS A HUMAN BEG"
• RAVEN-SYMONé: 'IF THERE’S A 'DON’T SAY GAY' BILL, THERE SHOULD BE A 'DON’T SAY STRAIGHT' BILL'
• RAVEN-SYMONé'S GAY MARRIAGE TWEET EXPLAED: STAR NOT GETTG MARRIED, BUT "IT'S GREAT TO KNOW I CAN NOW"

RAVEN-SYMONE: I’M NOT GAY, AND I’M NOT AIN-AMERIN

Raven-Symoné wasn't ready to e out as gay until a -star gave her the ph she need to mter up the urage.

RAVEN-SYMONE SAYS SHE’S A LBIAN, GRATEFUL FOR LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE

The 36-year-old looks back on her journey to beg openly gay a new terview wh Them, a webse foced on LGBTQ+ issu. When Green told the actor that he had watched her grow up onscreen, the nversatn turned to the topic of role mols and the fact that there weren't many openly gay role mols pop culture at the time. Raven-Symone: Don't label me gay.

Actrs Raven-Symone chews labels like gay and Ain-Amerin. That’s what the former “Cosby Show” star told Oprah Wey on OWN on Sunday night, as she explaed why she don’t like to be labeled as gay or Ain-Amerin.

“I don’t want to be labeled gay, ” Raven-Symone said.

RAVEN-SYMONé OPENS UP ABOUT LIVG AS HER AUTHENTIC SELF: 'MY GAY SELF SAVED ME'

Raven-Symone says she’s a lbian, grateful for legalized gay marriage. The former Disney star’s sexualy has been headl sce she tweeted Augt 2013 that she was happy for the legalizatn of gay marriage, as meant that she uld “fally get married!

DISNEY OFFERED TO MAKE RAVEN-SYMONE’S CHARACTER GAY THAT'S SO RAVEN REBOOT

Raven-Symone says "It's great to know" she n have a legal gay marriage. “I am very happy that gay marriage is openg up around the untry and is beg accepted, ” the actrs said a statement through her reprentativ.

RAVEN-SYMONé: WHY I DIDN’T WANT MY ‘RAVEN’S HOME’ CHARACTER TO BE GAY

“I was exced to hear today that more stat legalized gay marriage. She was jt supportg the fact that she heard on NPR that more stat legalized gay marriage today. Raven-Symoné wasn't ready to e out as gay until a -star gave her the ph she need to mter up the 36-year-old looks back on her journey to beg openly gay a new terview wh Them, a webse foced on LGBTQ+ issu.

’ And I was like, ‘No, I’m not, ’” she Green told the actor that he had watched her grow up onscreen, the nversatn turned to the topic of role mols and the fact that there weren't many openly gay role mols pop culture at the time. “I always say that my gay self saved me, ” Raven told Romper. As much as I attribute that to my parents, I also attribute to the fact that the gay person on the si of me kept sayg, ‘Nope, Nope, Nope.

RAVEN-SYMONE -- I HAVE A GIRLIEND ... BUT DON'T CALL ME 'GAY' OR 'AIN AMERIN'

”Raven was hostg a karaoke night at a Wt Hollywood gay bar back 2015 when she met Miranda. “I married a gay ltle wch and she married a gay ltle wch, ” said Raven, who played a young psychic wch the s That’s So Raven. Disney asked Raven-Symone if she wanted to make Raven Baxter gay the That's So Raven reboot Raven's Home, but the star turned down the offer.

Disney offered to make Raven-Symoné’s character gay the That's So Raven reboot, Raven's Home. “They were like, ‘Do you want Raven to be gay?

“Raven Baxter’s not gay.

RAVEN SYMONE B: AGE, HEIGHT, PARENTS, PARTNER, IS SHE GAY?

But Don't Call Me Gay OR Ain Amerin. Raven spoke for the first time about her tweet celebratg the Supreme Court lg on gay marriage last year -- and explaed she's a relatnship wh a woman, but add, "I don't want to be labeled gay, I want to be a human who lov humans.

Is Raven Symone gay?

RAVEN-SYMONé SAYS SHE SHUT DOWN DISNEY'S PLANS FOR HER CHARACTER TO BE GAY 'RAVEN'S HOME': 'I'M NOT BEG MYSELF ON THIS SHOW'

In May 2012, she stated that her sexual orientatn was hers and not for public Augt 2013, she said that she was exced to learn that more stat had legalized gay marriag.

RAVEN-SYMONE SAID SHE TURNED DOWN CHANGE OF HER CHARACTER FROM STRAIGHT TO GAY

Later that year, the actrs revealed that Livgston was no longer Raven Symone girliend as the two had end their 2016, Raven Symone gay orientatn was affirmed when she referred to herself as a lbian on The View, a show she was -hostg. Raven-Symoné said she "didn't feel fortable" wh her character beg gay "Raven's Home.

WHY RAVEN-SYMONé REJECTED DISNEY’S OFFER TO MAKE HER CHARACTER GAY IN ‘RAVEN’S HOME’

Raven-Symoné said that she told Disney producers that she didn't want her character to e out as gay the "That's So Raven" reboot, "Raven's Home.

The spoff, which premiered roughly 10 years after the first seri end, followed the bt iends after they'd grown up and had their own a vio terview for Them, published on YouTube last week, Raven-Symoné said that she didn't thk was a good enough reason for Raven to be gay the reboot jt bee the actor had e out as gay.

RAVEN-SYMONé: STRAIGHT OR GAY, "THAT IS MY RIGHT AS A HUMAN BEG"

"They were like, 'Do you want Raven to be gay?

Raven Baxter's not gay. Speakg to the “Pri” podst, Symone said that Disney offered to make the sp-off character a lbian to acmodate Raven-Symone, who is gay real life.

Symone said she is proud to be gay, but “The reason I said no wasn’t bee I wasn’t proud of who I was, or I didn’t want to reprent the LGBTQ+ muny any way, ” Symoné said..

RAVEN-SYMONé: 'IF THERE’S A 'DON’T SAY GAY' BILL, THERE SHOULD BE A 'DON’T SAY STRAIGHT' BILL'

After years the entertament dtry, Symoné me out as gay 2013, when few famo people were gay. Acrdg to Symoné, while preparg for “Raven’s Home, ” the Disney producers asked if she wanted her character to be gay like her. Disney Producers Offered To Make Raven Baxter Gay In ‘Raven’s Home’.

RAVEN-SYMONé'S GAY MARRIAGE TWEET EXPLAED: STAR NOT GETTG MARRIED, BUT "IT'S GREAT TO KNOW I CAN NOW"

In a newly published vio terview wh Them, Symoné revealed that she refed Disney’s offer to make her Disney character gay.