Queen Latifah Comes Out (I Think)

[romantico]

Posted: 5/21/12 at 7:07pm

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]

Posted: 5/21/12 at 7:13pm

Ya think?

[Addison D.]

Posted: 5/21/12 at 7:57pm

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...

Updated On: 5/21/12 at 07:57 PM

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/21/12 at 8:14pm

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]

Posted: 5/21/12 at 8:46pm

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

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/21/12 at 11:49pm

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]

Posted: 5/22/12 at 4:27am

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]

Posted: 5/22/12 at 8:03am

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

[StockardFan]

Posted: 5/22/12 at 8:10am

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.]

Posted: 5/22/12 at 8:16am

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.

Updated On: 5/22/12 at 08:16 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/22/12 at 10:40am

She's a class act.

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 12:14am

"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]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 1:10am

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]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 10:12pm

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

[canmark]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 9:31am

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

Updated On: 6/2/12 at 09:31 AM

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 10:15am

So, she essentially pulled a Raven in that article.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 10:44am

Somehow it's less classy now.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 10:57am

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

[tazber]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 11:24am

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]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 11:33am

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

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 11:46am

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]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 12:30pm

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

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 1:07pm

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]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 1:25pm

I'm shining my love on you.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 1:58pm

It's in my eye!
And it BURNS!