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When Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, recently said she identified as demisexual, ears pricked up.
The 23-year-old revealed on an Instagram live that she is demisexual after previously identifying as pansexual and prior to that bisexual and gay. Demisexuality, Kennedy-Cuomo explained, is a term she is currently exploring and happens to be what resonates with her most in terms of her own sexual identity.
Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, recently said she identified as demisexual.
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What does it mean to be demisexual?
Demisexuality, which was coined about 2006 and became more widespread in 2008 according to The Asexual Vibsibility & Education Network, exists along the asexual spectrum, says Dr Megan Carrol, assistant professor at California State University San Bernardino, who researches asexualities and identifies as asexual.
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Editor s note: This story has been corrected with the correct premiere date for the movie.
Sanford native, Jessica B. Smith, used her love for writing to create a script for her first movie, Elle Rose, a romantic comedy inspired by the ones she loved growing up.
Smith, a Lee Senior graduate, will release her first movie which she wrote, directed and starred in and which also features Hope Mills native Shaun McMillan.
Smith said the movie was inspired by her love for Black romance movies such as Love & Basketball and Brown Sugar. I love Love & Basketball. Love & Basketball came out when I was in high school. I fell in love with the movie, and I never stopped loving it, Smith said. It is one of my favorite movies ever. I just love the story of two very close friends falling in love I love that. Another one of my favorite movies is Brown Sugar, again, it s the same story, basically. I ve always wanted to write something like that.