The 26-year-old songstress, appearing Wednesday on the podcast RuPaul: What’s the Tee with Michelle Visage, made the revelation as she opened up about her youth growing up in Music City.
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When I was kind of growing up, being from the South … my first kiss was with a girl in middle school,’ the Tennessee native explained on the podcast. ‘And no one could understand, in Nashville, saying that … so I had that relationship.
The We Can’t Stop singer said she’s always striven to be an advocate for LGBTQ+ people, dating back to her time as a teen star on the Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana.
I was one of the only kids on Disney that would come out and say that I supported all my gay friends; no one really would say that, so that was always really important to me.
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Miley, who appeared in the 11th season premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race as a guest judge, praised RuPaul’s program for its theme of self-acceptance.
Besides even sexuality, it’s about what your show represents; being your f***ing self – that’s what it is,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t have to attach to who you love, it’s about you loving yourself more than who you love outside yourself.
