Amandla Stenberg comes out as gay

Press Trust of India  |  Los Angeles 

has come out as gay, after previously stating in 2016 that she would consider herself to be bisexual.

The "Everything, Everything" star made the revelation in a new interview for Wonderland magazine.

shared a picture of the corresponding shoot and cover story on and wrote, "OUT & PROUD. So happy to say the words Yep, I'm Gay in official print."

In the interview, the young said she released "joyful and overwhelmed sobs" upon realising her sexuality.

"I was so overcome with this profound sense of relief when I realised that I'm gaynot bi, not pan, but gaywith a romantic love for women. All of the things that felt so internally contrary to my truest self were rectified as I unravelled a of denial and self-deprivation.

"...I was flooded with a sense of calm and peace because everything that I struggled with or felt discomfort around finally made sense to me, and once those floodgates opened and years of pent up pain and shame were released, I found the freedom to live my best life waiting for me just underneath," said.

She also said was her "first lesbian crush" and recalled watching her performance in "After Sex". Other early crushes included from "The Incredibles" and Christina Vidal from "Freaky Friday".

The "Hunger Games" said she is "grateful for how being gay has afforded me this ability to experience and understand love and sex, and therefore life, in an expansive and infinite way.

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First Published: Tue, June 19 2018. 12:45 IST