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Hayley Kiyoko<\/a> is one of those rare child-actor success stories<\/a>, going from starring in Nickelodeon and Disney Channel shows to becoming a queer pop star, film director,<\/a> and holder of the title \u201cLesbian Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n Ever since she heard Katy Perry\u2019s \u201cI Kissed a Girl\u201d and \u201cwished that it was a gay girl singing<\/a>,\u201d Kiyoko knew she wanted to be on stage singing real queer anthems.<\/p>\n She finally hit it big in 2015 with her single \u201cGirls Like Girls,\u201d where she sang, \u201cGirls like girls like boys do \u2013 nothing new,\u201d and has now parlayed that success into first, a novel, then into a movie she\u2019s helming that will be released this summer.<\/p>\n So here\u2019s the tea on who Hayley Kiyoko is, why her fans call her Lesbian Jesus, and what she\u2019s up to these days.<\/p>\n Who is Hayley Kiyoko?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n\n