“I came out on TikTok ,“Auli’i Cravalhosays with a laugh.

Back then, things were a lot more casual behind the scenes.

So it was a pleasant relief that so many embraced her.

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“The fans are only too happy to accept another gay,” she quips.

She’s not about to flex activist creds any time soon.

To have more control of the opportunities she gets, Cravalho wants to create for herself.

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“I know that it will change and it is changing.

“I’m still trying to hold myself as what I think is appropriate.

There’s so much more to them.

We are straight-A students.

We are avid readers.

We have these wild imaginations.

It is so joyful.”