Queen Latifah Comes Out (I Think)

[romantico]

Queen Latifah Proud To Be Around "Her People" At Gay Pride Event

http://hiphopwired.com/2012/05/21/queen-latifah-proud-to-me-around-her-people-at-gay-pride-event/

Video

http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/05/queen-latifah-at-long-beach-pride.html

[CarlosAlberto]

Ya think?

[Addison D.]

I'm a fan of her work and have always really liked her very positive energy and charm. If she does identify as lesbian, I welcome her to the Out, Loud and Proud universe. Happy to have her. We will send her coupon book and welcome basket over promptly...

[AC126748]

Her lesbianism has been an open secret for years, so it's nice to see her (seemingly) acknowledge it in a major way now.

[Jordan Catalano]

Well, now that the NAACP is behind her...

[ljay889]

In other news, Raven-Symone was outed last week. She's dodging the rumors though.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1685420/raven-symone-gay-rumors-sexual-orientation.jhtml

[dramamama611]

Doesn't sound like she's trying to dodge anything -- she's telling people that it's simply none of our damn business whether she's gay or not.


Sounds like a pretty classy young lady. Good for her.

I don't care if she's gay, anymore than I care which celebritiess are Jewish, republicans, vegetarians, or foot fetishists.

[AC126748]

Isn't saying "my sexuality is my business" usually the equivalent of coming out?

[StockardFan]

My cousin used to see her at bars in Brooklyn all the time with other women, so this is no surprise to me. I don't care if she's gay, straight or whatever - I just think she's awesome.

[Addison D.]

Dramamama--Republicans? Really?

As far as 'celebreties' qua celebrity go--I could give a damn. But when confronted with an artist or performer whose work I like and respect who feels compelled to share publicly their support for the GOP, the NRA etc.? I lose that sense of connection that makes watching them perform thrilling.

I spend weekends in Litchfield County, surrounded by conservative voters, and I often think how grateful I am that I don't know how some of my neighbors--Sondheim, Streep, LuPone--vote. My fantasy that the intelligence of their work guarantees their intelligence remains intact.

[FindingNamo]

She's a class act.

[BroomstickBoy]

"My sexuality is my business" is the spoiled Hollywood brat equivalent to saying "I'm gay, but not allowed to admit it, but please still talk about it to keep me relevant."

It's your business, and the more you advertise, the more "business" you get.

[dramamama611]

My point is: their choices are their choices, and it's none of my business how they lead their lives. (Not trying to imply that sexuality is a choice - I'm lumping all my examples into one lump for now.) I'm not going to like a performer more OR less if he/she is or isn't gay (or Jewish or republican or anything else.)

If I do find out that someone I admire is repugnant in his her views/actions, that's a different story (Mel Gibson springs to mind).

[ACL2006]

Latifah's been known for over 10 years now. She's just never made it "offical" by Hollywood standards.

[canmark]

Entertainment Weekly: Queen Latifah says she wasn't coming out with her Long Beach Gay Pride performance

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/06/01/queen-latifah-long-beach-gay-pride/


Really, Queen needs to take a page out of Diana Ross's songbook and perform I'm Coming Out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpP0KbjHU8

[AC126748]

So, she essentially pulled a Raven in that article.

[JerseyGirl2]

Somehow it's less classy now.

[Jordan Catalano]

She can't seriously think it can hurt her career at this point.

[tazber]

I don't think she thinks that it will affect her career at all.

I think she's saying "I don't care if you know or not, it's not your business and I won't let tongue wagging dictate which events I perform at".

[Jordan Catalano]

Well to "come out" and say "No, I didn't come out!" I'd kind of...weird.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

To be fair, this isn't really her fault. All these news outlets pounced on the story of her performing at Long Beach like she was making a big statement, but I figured they were getting ahead of themselves.

[Jordan Catalano]

But to essentially go into the closet over this is what's strange to me.

[TheatreDiva90016]

I'm with Jordan on this one. How hard could it have been to say that she is in a relationship with another woman?

And the way the article comes across makes her sound like she thinks gays are just a good, fun pay check.

[FindingNamo]

I'm shining my love on you.

[TheatreDiva90016]

It's in my eye!
And it BURNS!

[JerseyGirl2]

Yeah, she said the "my private life is private" and should thereby get her free pass, but she didn't do it in response to what was considered someone else outing her. She was thought to have come out herself. Saying, 'No, I didn't come out, but I sure love the gays... especially when they pay me.' seems like shame. Eh. I don't know. It just doesn't sit well with me.