During a conversation with activist, author and CEO of Tivity Health, Donato Tramuto, the 23-year-old said she identifies as demisexual, a term used to describe individuals who can only feel sexual attraction to another person once they have formed an emotional bond.
A demisexual person can be gay, straight, bisexual, pansexual, and can identify with any gender identity. “When I was in elementary school, I feared that I was lesbian,” recalled Kennedy-Cuomo.
When I was in middle school, I came out to my family and close friends as bisexual. When I was in high school, I discovered pansexuality and thought, ‘That’s the flag for me.’ “I’ve recently learned more about demisexuality and have believed that that identity resonates with me most.”