Jena Malone is celebrating her decision to come out! Last weekend, the 37-year-old actress announced on Instagram that she identifies as pansexual.
In a post that featured her dancing, she made the announcement to her over 300,000 followers. In an interview with, the actress shared why she felt it was the best time to come out. “It felt so nice.
I’ve been thinking about it for a while. The sexual journey is so beautiful. I mean, all of the identity journeys are so cool.
I feel like I’m a little bit late to the game in being able to have less shame,” Malone tells . “I’ve been loving the process of learning more about myself and others through different terms that open windows, those windows then turn into doors and then I arrive at a place to find all this cool stuff out there," she says. «It’s a part of humanity now to have all these ceremonies of exclamation around coming out and renouncing [an identity] and celebrating that space for yourself.