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Queen Latifah might be surprised to learn that she is a gay icon.
The Equality Forum, a Philadelphia-based queer organization, recently released its list of 31 queer icons as part of LGBT History Month. That list includes astronaut Sally Ride, CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, Holocaust survivor and activist Gad Beck, and Latifah.
But every living icon on the list is openly queer, as per the group&#;s criteria for accepting nominations. Queen Latifah is not.
&#;When the selection was made, we initially believed she was out of the closet,&#; says Malcolm Lazin, executive director of the Equality Forum.
The group&#;s candidate selection committee went through the nominations, of which there were more than , and selected the superior 31 icons &#;for their achievements in their field of endeavour, for their status as a national hero; or for their significant contribution to LGBT civil rights.&#;
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Why Is Queen Latifah On Equality Forum&#;s List of LGBT History Month Icons?
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This week, the Equality Forum released its eighth-annual list of LGBT History Month icons, 31 gay role models who will be featured on during the month of October. Lots of out-and-proud queer folks made the cut – from Anderson Cooper and Edward Albee to Tracy Chapman and Nathan Lane. There’s one inductee that has us scratching our heads, though: Queen Latifah.
Now don’t receive me wrong, we’re all pretty sure Miss Queen is a lesbian, but she’s never come out of the closet. How on Earth did she make the cut on a list that purports to “teach our history, enhance self-esteem, provide inspiring role models and craft a civil rights expression of the LGBT community’s impressive national and international contributions?” I reached out to the Equality Forum and was told that, “based on information available to the LGBT History Month selection committee at the time of the Star selection process,
Queen Latifah gay reports: A closet status update
Queen Latifah is proud to have performed at Gay Pride , but don&#;t go reading too much into it. The actress and rapper skirts the &#;coming out of the closet&#; issue yet again.
Is Queen Latifah gay? It&#;s hard to say. Based on the actress and rapper&#;s deed one might assume so, but then again, the trouble with assumptions is that they&#;re often incorrect!
After performing at Gay Self-acceptance , reports Queen Latifah had &#;come out of the closet&#; as a lesbian began to circulate. Yet the year-old remains evasive about confirming her sexuality, preferring to skirt the issue of her private life when talking to the press.
&#;I’ve never dealt with the scrutinize of my personal being in public,&#; Queen Latifah told Entertainment Weekly. &#;It’s just not gonna happen.&#;
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Queen Latifah says being a lesbian is not 'a character flaw' as she discusses homosexuality in the black community
The year-old never discusses her own sexuality but discusses the topic in relation to her new film Bessie
Queen Latifah has said that she doesn’t see being homosexual or lesbian as a “character flaw”.
The year-old, who has never publically spoken about sexuality, believes culture and the black group need to less antiquated.
Speaking to Uptown magazine, she said: “People’s ideas in general are antiquated when it comes to who you love. We haven’t moved as quickly as we probably should.
“And the reality is that there’s always been gay people in the black people, so it’s not foreign to us. And not just as a jet community but just a society as a whole.”
Latifah, who is regularly pictured with rumoured girlfriend Eboni Nichols, continued: “Who you choose to marry is really up to you and it’s not something you should be judged on. I don’t discover being gay or female homosexual to be a traits flaw.
“Couples should be protected under the laws of this country period. It actually angers me. It’s not unusual so let’s be adults and let’
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