Subscribe To
OUT MAGAZINE
OUT MAGAZINE
Hello Out readers!
Singer Shawn Mendes has long had to deal with rumors about his sexuality, and now, the 26-year-old singer has opened up about his journey to understanding himself.
The singer, who has hits like "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back," "Treat You Better," and "Monster" with Justin Bieber, has been in the spotlight for over a decade now, and unfortunately, since the very beginning, people have been speculating on his sexuality.
Now, he's talking about it.
"I was really young when I started. I was 15 years old," Mendes told the crowd at one of his recent concerts. "I went right into working a lot and traveling, and it was the most beautiful thing, but the truth is that I didn't get to do a lot of 15-year-old things and discover parts of myself that you do at 15."
"Since I was really young, there's been this thing about my sexuality, and people have been talking about it for so long," he continued. "I think it's kind of silly because I think sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing, and it's so hard to just put into boxes. It always felt like such an intrusion on something very personal to me. Something that I was figuring out in myself, something that I had yet to discover and still have yet to discover."
To read more about what he said, check out our article.
Keep scrolling to find our Woman Crush Wednesday, see what happened This Week in Out History, and to read all the best pop culture news.
Leiomy, Dashaun Wesley & ballroom stars bring spooky fabulosity to Revry's 'Halloween Ball'
Dani Case (@danirosecase)/Revry
'Drag Race' star Kyran Thrax reveals she was groomed at 13 years old
BBC/World of Wonder; Instagram (@kyranthrax)
'Call Me By Your Name's Armie Hammer is staging a comeback with new podcast
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for GO Campaign
Texas man held for kidnapping, assaulting two trans women he targeted on Grindr
mugshot via FBI Houston; background via shutterstock
HORROR: Two suspects arrested in murder and dismemberment of gay nightclub owner
portrait and footage still via instagram @sodomanightclubtj
Woman Crush Wednesday
Karla Sofía Gascón we love you! The Emilia Pérez star star and Best Actress Academy Award hopeful spoke with Out about her role in the new movie and how she helped shape the trans story.
This Week in Out History
This week, back in 2018, Ariana Grande performed "The Wizard & I" from Wicked as a part of NBC's A Very Wicked Halloween special, giving us all a preview of what we'll see this November!
Shout Out to the Gotham Award Nominees!
The Gotham Awards are the first film awards to announce their nominations this Awards Season, and queer actors and filmmakers dominated! I Saw the TV Glow got three nominations (Jane Schoenbrun for Best Director, Justice Smith for Lead Performance, and Brigette Lundy-Paine for Supporting), Katy O'Brian was nominated for Love Lies Bleeding, Colman Domingo was nominated for Sing Sing, Maisy Stella was nominated for My Old Ass, and Alessandra Lacorazza (In the Summers) and Vera Drew (The People's Joker) were nominated for Breakthrough Director!
Latest Stories
