Alyson Stoner opens up about her sexuality

Former Disney host and Step Up actress Alyson Stoner shared her struggle to embrace her sexuality in a powerful and moving essay about how she fell in love with a woman for the first time in her life.

According to reports on People.com, the 24-year-old actress wrote about her, at times, tough journey in an essay. Stoner described in detail about how she realised she was not attracted to just men after she became “mesmerised and intimidated” when she attended a dance workshop and met her female instructor. 

“After I dizzied myself from doing knee spins, she walked toward me to correct my form. My heart raced wildly and my body grew hot. Was I nervous to fail in front of an expert? Was I breathing heavily from being out of shape? Her smile was the most electrifying thing I’d ever seen,” she wrote, adding, “Come to think of it, I stared at women’s bodies more than anything. But wasn’t that just societal conditioning or the unattainable beauty standards that fuel comparison and objectification? I refused to entertain other possibilities.”

Stoner even attended therapy for years to figure out where her attraction was stemming from. “I can love people of every gender identity and expression. It is the soul that captivates me. It is the love we can build and the goodness we can contribute to the world by supporting each other’s best journeys,” she concluded.