Alanah Pearce explains her sexuality in “coming out” video

The internet sensation came out as pansexual for the first time during Pride Month 2020.

Alanah Pearce is being open about her sexuality. Four years after coming out as pansexual in a social media post in June 2020, the 30-year-old internet sensation released a “coming out” video on YouTube this week to talk “in more detail” about her sexuality.

Pearce called the video “weird,” recalling her first coming out post, which she wrote “when friends who are part of the LGBTQ community basically said, ‘You could probably help people if you spoke up.'” The internet star said that her sexuality is “not something I’ve ever hidden in any way. I feel like I’ve always made it pretty obvious,” adding that she was “very, very lucky, didn’t feel any pressure, didn’t have any identity issues, and it’s something I’ve known my whole life.” However, Pearce acknowledged that “while it’s not an identity thing that I struggle with… a lot of people struggle with it, and so if it helps somebody by me sharing it, then I’m happy about it. That’s great.”

“As far as my identity goes? I don’t care about labels. I don’t care what you want to call it. I think the term that best describes me is pansexual,” she continued. I’ve had a lot of bigots say, ‘You’re just bi.’ OK, if you want to call me bi, I don’t care. Whatever you want. But for me, basically, I don’t care about a person’s gender or genitalia in any way. I don’t care what you have and I don’t care how you identify. There’s no one particular gender orientation that I like. It’s all fine when it comes to the spectrum of sexuality, and I think pansexual encompasses that really well.”

Pearce went on to share that what she considers “probably more unique” about her is the “other facet of my sexuality,” which is demisexual. Pearce shared that she is “both pansexual and demisexual.” She explained that “pansexual covers the things I’m attracted to,” but demisexual “is more hyper-specific… demisexual means you’re basically not sexually attracted to people unless you know them as a person.” She explained that one-night stands and things like being touched by someone “when I don’t know them as a person and I’m not attracted to their personality” are “off-putting.”

Pearce concluded her video by saying she was “incredibly privileged” because she “has always been completely comfortable with all of this. It’s never been a struggle. I’ve never questioned any of it. I feel like I’ve always just been exactly who I am when it comes to these particular things.”