Flashback: Raven-Symoné Says Disney Desperately Wanted to Make Her Character Gay, She Refused Despite Being Lesbian Herself

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SYMONE: "I think Disney wanted her to be queer in the beginning and I just didn't feel comfortable doing that. They were like, do you want Raven to be gay? I said, why? Because you are. I said bad -- bad reason. That's a bad reason. No, Raven Baxter never exhibited any type of sexual identity situation in the priors. I'm not being myself on the show, I'm being a character. Raven Baxter is not gay."