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    Brazil's Anitta is already a global phenom and LGBTQ icon. Now she's set to conquer America

    Brazilian pop star Anitta has been coming out of the closet since she was 14. "I kissed a girl before I kissed a guy," she says, calling from backstage at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in Puerto Rico, where she will join reggaeton singer-songwriter Justin Quiles onstage. "I only told my mom after I kissed a guy, because ... I didn't know how to feel. I thought there was something wrong with me for ...
    by Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times Jun 13, 2022 5 minutes
    Brazilian singer Anitta performs onstage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 15, 2022.

    Brazilian pop star Anitta has been coming out of the closet since she was 14.

    "I kissed a girl before I kissed a guy," she says, calling from backstage at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in Puerto Rico, where she will join reggaeton singer-songwriter Justin Quiles onstage. "I only told my mom after I kissed a guy, because ... I didn't know how to feel. I thought there was something wrong with me for wanting to kiss a guy and a girl. But my mom just said, 'So what?' "

    Ten years and many boyfriends later — "I change boyfriends like I change panties," she often jokes — Anitta came out to the world as bisexual in her 2018 Netflix docuseries,Vai Anitta Although she initially felt reluctant to discuss what she describes as casual relationships with women in the past, Anitta opened up after a

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