The Owl House, came out as pansexual in August 2021. "Just taking a moment to say I am SO proud to be even a small part of a show like The Owl House," Whitman tweeted. "Being pansexual myself, I wish I had such incredible characters like Amity and Luz in my life when I was growing up.
Queer representation is so, so, so important. Keep it up world!"Ruggerio, who is gay, played Marco Del Rossi on Degrassi: The Next Generation, the first main gay character in the franchise. “I came out also through Marco, so, you know, we kind of grew up together and we figured it out together," Ruggiero said in a 2021 interview with ET Canada.