{"id":3080,"date":"2026-05-21T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hocus-pocus-star-thora-birch-comes-out-as-bisexual\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:02:59","slug":"hocus-pocus-star-thora-birch-comes-out-as-bisexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hocus-pocus-star-thora-birch-comes-out-as-bisexual\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hocus Pocus&#8217; star Thora Birch comes out as bisexual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128437703.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Thora Birch came out as bisexual during a recent event celebrating legendary West Hollywood hotspot The Abbey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a hometown girl, I\u2019m always here to show my support for the community, which shaped so much of who I am and my identity as well, being a bi person,\u201d the \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d actress<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/thora-birch-reveals-shes-bisexual-supports-lgbtq-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told Us Weekly <\/a>at the establishment\u2019s star-studded 35th Anniversary on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to get too political, but find your community where you can, and stand with them, and stick with them, and share that love that you share together, and reach it toward others,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the only way we\u2019re going to get through all this madness is just embracing one another. We have to stop fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Thora Birch came out as bisexual during an interview with Us Weekly. She\u2019s seen above attending The Abbey\u2019s 35th Anniversary celebration on Wednesday in West Hollywood.  <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m always here to show my support for the community, which shaped so much of who I am and my identity as well, being a bi person,\u201d she told the outlet. She\u2019s pictured above with husband  Michael Benton Adler.  <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A rep for the \u201cAmerican Beauty\u201d actress told the outlet that she was raised in West Hollywood \u2014 within walking distance of the beloved restaurant, which has been a prominent LGBTQ+ gathering for decades and is known to have been a favorite of screen legend Elizabeth Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>The actress married director Michael Benton Adler in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Birch, who came of age on the world stage, recently said she wouldn\u2019t change a thing about her upbringing \u2014 but that being a child star wasn\u2019t without its drawbacks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress\u2019s rep told the outlet that she was raised within walking distance of the iconic LGBTQ+ hangout spot. She\u2019s seen here at AFI Fest in 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for AFI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Birch, seen above with Davi Santo at The Abbey, recently said she paid \u201ca heavy price\u201d for child stardom.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Abbey West Hollywood<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t develop friendships, or a core group of friends that stay with you,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/films\/features\/thora-birch-interview-chronology-of-water-b2915313.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Independent<\/a> in February. \u201cSo they were these amazing experiences, and opportunities to work with people that I had photos of on my bedroom walls.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWould I trade it? No. But it has a heavy price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When speaking of peers <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/20\/entertainment\/brittany-murphy-was-going-through-a-hard-time-while-filming-last-movie-before-death-co-star\/\">including Brittany Murphy<\/a> and Brad Renfro, both of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2010\/03\/10\/stars-who-died-too-young\/\">passed away in their prime<\/a>, Birch again reflected on the challenges of growing up in Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see the toll it takes to go through that transition from child star to working adult. It\u2019s tough, and everybody reacts to it differently.\u201d she explained to the outlet. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Birch, pictured above in 2022, married director Michael Benton Adler in 2018.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Roger Ebert&#8217;s Film Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She made her directorial debut in 2022. She\u2019s pictured above in February 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Film Independent<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat helped me was maintaining a sense of humor. That was key, and also dabbling in other mediums, taking a break, getting my education, living a life outside of any sort of bubble that has a camera pointed at it. And I think getting knocked down a few times helped, as it always does. You need a few sunburns before you toughen your skin up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress has continued to diversify and thrive in Hollywood. She recently starred in Kristen Stewart\u2019s directorial debut,\u00a0\u201cThe Chronology of Water,\u201d and plays Gifford Mayfair in AMC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cAnne Rice\u2019s Mayfair Witches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Birch made her own directorial debut with Lifetime TV\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/25\/snaps-from-the-gabby-petito-story-film-released\/\"> \u201cThe Gabby Petito Story.\u201d<\/a> She\u2019s also set to direct the upcoming \u201cMr. Paradise,\u201d a big-screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard\u2019s novel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/hocus-pocus-star-thora-birch-comes-out-as-bisexual\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thora Birch came out as bisexual during a recent event celebrating legendary West Hollywood hotspot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128437703.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}