'I didn't want to change who she was.'
. "The reason I said 'no' wasn't because I wasn't proud of who I was, or I didn't want to represent the LGBTQ+ community in any way. It was because Raven Baxter is Raven Baxter. There was no reason for me to change the human that she was in order to fit the actress that played her,” Raven explained.
"Raven Baxter is a character that I was proud to play. Even if she is straight, cisgender, I don't mind, let her have her moment,” the actor continued. "I didn't want to change who she was. When you really start blending your personal self with your character self, it's even harder. Like, I'm stereotyped for the rest of my life. Let's just keep it 100.
While on the podcast, Raven also took the opportunity to talk about landing roles since she decided to come out publicly and the stereotyping that came with it. “There was a very prominent Black show that asked me to come on when I first came out and they wanted me to be the lesbian representation of all lesbians,” Raven narrates. “They had this stereotype of what this character should be and I turned it down. I remember people in my camp were like, ‘this is your moment.
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