Queen Latifah finally openly comes out

Little Dana Owens, happy at last!

She did it in a smooth way in that it's been an open secret for so long so all she had to do was thank her loves Eboni and Rebel and those who knew, knew who she was referring to.

Great for her, but I can't imagine a big reaction to this as it was pretty "duh" about 20 years ago.

No fucking link?

link?

His Majesty will be devastated!

You can Google if you try hard enough, r4. I believe in you!

At the 3:49 mark. It's when she's accepting her BET Lifetime Achievement Award.

Did she come out? She just said "happy pride" at the bet awards?

Was it the "Rebel, my love"? Is Rebel her partner?

Shouldn't have to Google search, for Christ's sake.

Great link, fucking moron OP.

Eboni is her wife, Rebel is their son.

[QUOTE] You can Google if you try hard enough

Why should we have to do the OP’s work? If you’re going to do something, then do it right. Don’t half ass it.

I thought they were her pit bulls!

[quote]It's called "manners"

It's called "I'm a rude little boy trying to derail a thread about Queen Latifah finally feeling like she can come out publicly," actually. Mind YOUR manners.

No. If you start a thread, you should provide details.

She came out on her own terms, like Jodie Foster.

I won't believe it until she starts doing ads for Subaru and Home Depot.

I thought they were her magazine prescriptions!

I love her! She can make the most shit movie watchable - that’s a true star. Happy for her!

Until she says "I'm gay" in the media she's still fucking around with the entire gay thing. It's a little late in the game so cut the bullshit! Next!

I love her and she looked fantastic last night. When she got teary eyed, so did I!

Providing a link was not r4's job; it was the OP's job. He FAILED.

She does look good!

I'm the OP. I tried sharing the link to the article and video, but apparently DL doesn't like that site, so I couldn't post it. Sorry.

Thank you for the explanation, OP. Let us move on: Will Latifah return to playing Prides?

She's very likable playing certain types of roles.

She was in a movie with LL Cool J called Last Holiday that was sappy, but very likable.

R28- I got sucked into that movie when it happened to be playing on my background noise tv- it’s a fun feel good movie.

Has Jada Pinkett-Smith issued a comment yet?

I'm so happy for her. We knew, Queen -- but good for you for finally acknowledging it.

I was at a press event for her short-lived 2.0 talk show.

She said she wouldn't ever ask anything that made anyone uncomfortable.

I didn't have the balls to say: "You mean like you don't like being asked if you're, you know.....gay?"

[quote] I was at a press event for her short-lived 2.0 talk show. She said she wouldn't ever ask anything that made anyone uncomfortable.

And yet somehow, mysteriously, her talk show failed.

Does she have to actually say "I'm gay" to get credit for coming out? Publicly thanking her wife and their child isn't enough?

Lazy whore OP, don't start threads without a link. Whore.

It's nobody's business but her own how she comes out. Yet, thanking people who most people would not know is not exactly brave, IMO. The average person (e.g. me) would have no idea who Eboni and Rebel were to her. They could just as easily been her pugs.

In comparison, producer John Glines openly thanked his stated husband/partner during a live broadcast of the Tonys almost 40 years ago.

If she doesn't want to identify as gay, that's her choice. But she should never have played a Pride festival if she doesn't support the ethos.

[Quote] Publicly thanking her wife

Did she say "my wife?" I guess I missed it.

Everyone who knows about her knew that she is a Lesbo.

The AA community in general are not the friendliest to the Gay community. There is history to back that up. So YES it does matter for to her to say "I'm gay and my wife." It's just one more face on our side to say "we are here" in the AA community. That's why.

It was a brave, bold statement of unity with the people she identifies with, whoever they may be.

She inched her way out a bit more. Nothing spectacular here.

Who cares. Yes, she’s black and a woman, but she’s not a black TRANSwoman, so is this really something to celebrate?

Something white people and gay white people in particular don't seem to understand. (I'm black by the way) is that gay black people for the most part identify as black and with the black community first before anything else. We own our blackness our culture and our history and love our people, regardless of how dysfunctional we can be at times as a people. When the shit hits the fan, we're there supporting each other.

So I don't quite understand why white people feel that gay black people have to highlight gayness first and foremost before what we know people will see us as first, which is Black!

Gay black people are not like white people, where you're so privileged, that to be different you almost consider being gay a race or ethnicity in it's self. That's not the case for most black gay people, we are black first and being gay comes somewhere else down the line. Besides, black people are not generally excepted in the mainstream LGBTQ community. And that's been a huge problem for decades. When I see the mainstream LGBTQ community, I largely think of over privileged well heeled gay white people who are being catered to, not none whites etc.

So Queen Latifah not saying I'm gay, is not something she has to say. She's gay and it just is what it is. Why explain what's already well documented and understood is the consensus I get. And there's nothing wrong with that.

We can see she's black. She can't pass as anything else. There's the difference.

You’re as black as I am R44.

[Quote] Why explain what's already well documented

What's understood doesn't need to be explained.

in other news... lifetime achievement award for what?

It's only straight black people who try to make gay black people choose between their sexuality and their race. Of course, the white man's religion is at the root of it.

I hate these sort of cryptic coming-outs. Is it so fucking difficult to say: "I'm a dyke, and not the kind that's built to hold back the water"?!

The speech was wonderful. I appreciated every word she didn't say.

r44 has said nothing. Blah blah blah.

I don't know, r52...tl:dr

[quote] Besides, black people are not generally excepted in the mainstream LGBTQ community.

You got your goddamn stripes on the new flag, what more do you want?!

It took her goddamn long enough--and she still didn't come out. Yes, she has to say she's gay. She must say the word; otherwise, it's "move along, nothing to see here."

She called the person she's been with all these years "her partner." Please. Say who she is. Once again, Queen Latifah won't say the word. Yeah sure, everyone comes on on their own terms, but for christssakes, how long is it going to take someone of her stature?

She wished everyone "Happy Pride." Anyone could have done that. Get with it, Queen Latifah. Come out. Say it loud and proud. Stop dancing around the issue. It's time.

I will give Latifah credit for actually posing with her ladies on red carpets and kissing them in public.

I'm surprised she finally said it out loud.

Oh please R44 . How old are you ? In the 70s and 80s black people were very much a part of the gay culture. They went to the same bars ,hung out with the same queens,fucked just like everybody else. It wasnt until the Black Suffrage movement that there was a divide between white and black gay people . After 40 years of hearing how oppressed they are,of course theres a divide now. But heres a hint honey,it aint the white queens who feel that way . Theres an old saying "watch what you wish for,you just may get it" .well,you all wanted to be seperate from gay culture,you got it. Dont cry now.

No, apps have changed how gay men of different hues interact. That's a real thing.

She did nothing of the sort. She did not come out.

Period.

r44 = a know it all who knows nothing. talking just to hear her voice blab on and on and on.

Existing thread.

Disregard r61. Meant to post it on the duplicate thread.

R63 = Hitler Lite?

I meant R62! Old age is a bitch. (And so am I.)

Love the Queen.

And yes, OP is worse than an STD.

R44 here, I don't give a shit about pride month. I said recently I'm not a gay pride flag waving gay, it's just not my style. And I'm not attracted to fem guys, it's a turn off. I'm gay and I always attract the type of men who would never be caught dead with a fem guy.

I'm just not the flamboyant type. And I hate gay bars and pride parades etc. Gay people are not a monolith.

How's that internalized homophobia working out for ya, R67?

It's no one fucking business how she comes out. NO ONE.

Queen Latifah still has no courage when it come to being a lesbian. She did not come out. After all these years, she still stayed silent. Latifah wished everyone "Happy Pride" in the last second of her speech. That it not coming out. Any can say "Happy Pride." And then referring to her "partner?" Please, bitch.

This reminds me of Jodie Foster's momentous Golden Globe speech, where she came out..... but not really.

R44, I’m bisexual and black; I didn’t know that, at all. I ran to my partner when I figured out why I kept checking out women. I’m black and from the Caribbean; my parents passed away Jan and last July. I am college educated and have been in my profession for 30 years. I introduced her to my parents and kept moving forward; I will never forget the following Saturday they came to my house and told me they loved me, no matter what. I didn’t ask for acceptance, I told them I was bisexual and this is my partner; how they chose to deal with it, was their problem.

Not to get side tracked, but MC Lyte looked exquisite. Good for her too.

MC Lyte? Didn't she try to relaunch herself as a Lifestyle Authoress, complete with fiance? Lyte is also part of the Will & Jada crew.

🎵"In a 90's type of world, I'm glad I got my girls!"🎵

Her career is over as far as the mainstream is concerned, so maybe the gays will throw some cash her way.

And they will. They always do.

I’ve loved her since Living Out Loud. She came out when she was ready. Good for her. I just wish she wasn’t wasting her talents on that crappy Equalizer tv series.

Compare Dana’s oh-so-brave “I love you” to her partner after 30 years in showbiz to everything Lil Nas X has done in the last year while just starting his career.

Real brave, Dana.

[quote]Not to get side tracked, but MC Lyte looked exquisite. Good for her too.

I noticed that too! She looked incredible. Every year she's behind the scenes doing the voiceovers and she's looking like that. She needs to come back and reclaim the stage and show she still got it.

It only took her 25 fucking years.

[quote] Her career is over as far as the mainstream is concerned...

Actually that's not true, and that may be one of the issues here. Her new CBS show is supposedly crappy (see the reviews) but a hit as far as new series introduced this year. And her demo for that show sure ain't DL.

LOL r44/r67 = Karamo Brown circa Real World 2004 douche! !

[Quote] I’m bisexual and black

LOL! And you're a stereotype, hon /44/ r67/ r72!

I heard that MC Lyte was a lesbian as far back as 1992.

Yes, r84. She was eating it all up!

I heard MC Late was a lesbian as far back as 1992.

CBS is the old straight racist white person network. One thing they will not abide is an out black lesbian being the lead of the show.

She did not come out.

Maybe MC Lyte will get back to the ladies loving. She divorced her husband last year.

R33, someone asked what will your guests call you? "Queen?" "La?"

"Well, Queen I took this role because I wanted to stretch my acting muscles..."

"Well, La...."

She said people could call her "Dana" and I thought who the fuck is DANA?

Has Kim Fields or her gay ex-husband made a statement?

[quote] CBS is the old straight racist white person network. One thing they will not abide is an out black lesbian being the lead of the show.

And they own BET.

[quote]So I don't quite understand why white people feel that gay black people have to highlight gayness first and foremost before what we know people will see us as first, which is Black!

Because we and you can already see you're black.

You can just be sure of that. No one is going to mistake you somehow for Gwyneth Paltrow.

Even though she's the bull, she still dresses like a woman a lot of the time.

[Quote] So I don't quite understand why white people feel that gay black people have to highlight gayness first

Where on this thread was that said? Where?

Go ahead and take your time and search that out. Post the reply number/s or quote it.

Most here are saying acknowledge it at least. No bullshit with a veiled "Happy Pride."

I don't think "Happy Pride" is all that veiled. How often does a celebrity say that on national television?

I’m pretty sure she was either Grand Marshall or was an on stage performer at the Long Beach Pride festival at least 10 years ago. I thought she openly came out then. Good for her anyway.

No. She actually came out to DENY that she came out.

That's great for Long Beach and the areas around it, r96.

People forget back in the late 80s and early 90s, Latifah (along with Salt N Pepa and MC Lyte) was one of the only 3 or so widely respected female rap acts. And she had to be great, not mediocre, for the industry to accept her.

Latifah does a crapton of voice overs for commercials, so I don't think she's hurting. A friend of mine (gay Asian) who has worked with her years ago, said, "Finally!" yesterday when he saw the highlights of the BET awards, so I would say that she came out there. He said that she looked really nervous during her speech.

Didn’t Latifah come out already? Like soon after SET IT OFF.

Alec Mapa?

Are you holding your breath while waiting for Dana to champion her LGBTQIA+ brothers and sisters now that she's so bravely "out"?

"Didn’t Latifah come out already?"

Nope

Openly?

Somewhere, Richie Jackson is OUTRAGED!

Until she says the words “I AM GAY” she is not out.

[quote] People forget back in the late 80s and early 90s, Latifah (along with Salt N Pepa and MC Lyte) was one of the only 3 or so widely respected female rap acts.

Would that I could.

R99 her ‘90s material still gives me chills. Amazingly deep and heavy sound, killer flow, ahead of her time.

Whatever you think about how she has handled her personal life and coming-out (as a lesbian myself, I have mixed feelings), when it comes to her lyrical and musical talent she should have been an even bigger deal than she was.

Miss the era of high-profile female rappers. Bahamadia, The Lady of Rage, MC Lyte, Left Eye, Missy, Da Brat, Eve, Lil’ Kim. Didn’t know what we had until we lost it.

[quote] “If you don’t know, you betta ask somebody, BAYBEH!”

^^^I'll add Ms. Melody, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo and Monie Love.

Queen Latifah was a GAP model in 1991!

[quote]killer flow

Only every 28 days.

She'll land a high-profile, mainstream gig and will suddenly forget all about the wife. "Her? She's just my trainer."

It's only when she needs work that she cares about gay.

She admit she was black too? Talk about anticlimatic.

Next.

She's the star of The Equalizer on CBS, you half-wit.

Queen Latifah, Troop and Levert's "For the Love of Money" on the New Jack City soundtrack is still top tier.

Being that she is a black gay woman of a certain age in our crapsack bigoted world, it’s hard to criticise her for being a sellout, doing tv and movies and cheesy cameos on shitty pop songs. At least she got paid.

But then, on the other hand, remembering how cool and cutting edge she was 25 years ago, it’s sad thinking that most people now know her for playing Motormouth in the HAIRSPRAY remake.

Hail to the Queen!

[quote]She admit she was black too? Talk about anticlimatic.

What does she have against the weather?

She's worth $70 million .And she would NOT have that much if she came out 25 years ago. Fact. I love her and everyone has to do what is comfortable for themselves. Its not your life ,let her live hers the way she sees fit.

Her dad was in the audience? I thought Buck was dead.

R83, cunt; I’m no one’s stereotype. I grew up in a place where I never even heard the word gay, much less knew what that meant. Fuck you, you snide cunt.

This reminds me...I need to watch "Set It Off" again. I really liked that move when I saw it years ago.

^^ also, when you’ve been married and have 3 kids, you don’t rewrite your history. You call yourself what you are; bisexual, not lesbian.

[quote] also, when you’ve been married and have 3 kids, you don’t rewrite your history. You call yourself what you are; bisexual, not lesbian.

By that reasoning, a lifelong Democrat who started voting exclusively Republican would be considered an "independent". It's what you are now that matters.

But you can still be gay while married to the opposite sex. The partner isn't your sexual orientation.

Good lord, the (self) hatred coming from r122. You don't need to have heard the word gay, which no one believes that you didn't, to be a stereotype. You simply are, and it's no big deal.

By the way, Native West Virginian, here's a dollar. Get yourself an account if you want to have a verified name on here so badly.

I'm just glad she didn't name her daughter Princess Latifah.

I've always liked Queen Latifah! I'm glad she did this... for her!

Her daughter is a son named Rebel.

[quote] Her daughter is a son named Rebel.

Rebel Wilson? Was she a he who was adopted? I'm terribly confused, and need to go lie down now.

Openly? Really?