Celeb News: Ebony: Stop saying Jussie Smolett "came out" - Page 5

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Originally posted by cloudinthesky

THIS. Is what some of you aren't getting. And before someone says it, yes, I know YOU feel like it would've been easier for him to just say "I'm gay/bi. kbye." but everyone doesn't operate the same way as YOU. Just because that's what YOU would do, doesn't mean that's what someone else would do.

Maybe he really is as uncomfortable with his sexuality as you all say he is, maybe he doesn't know if he's gay, bi or pan yet. He's still young, he has the plenty of time to learn for himself. In the mean time, he seems to be pretty sure that he doesn't identify as a 100% straight man. And until he decides he wants to give us more info, we don't need to know anymore.

You shouldn't expect every guy to be as open and "out and proud" as you are. Whether he's completely comfortable with it or not, he was brave enough to go on national television and tell a famous lesbian talk show host that he's never been in the closet and his friends and his mother know about him and love him anyway. That's confirmation enough that he's not "the default".

Gay acceptance is still a relatively new thing in our society, and especially in the black community. We have to be understanding that everyone isn't going to talk as open about it as us, and applaud the small victories. Like an educated black man publicly admitting that he's not a hard ass ***** that only likes to **** bitches.

omg you're like a broken record with your speeches

we all know it's different for different people and he has his own issues, but we can call spade a spade

he didn't come out for whatever reason he has whether it's black homophobia, his future career, not being sure of his identity... who knows

but we can say he didn't because it's true for whatever reason

and stop saying "let's be positive"... didn't people say that when black women only got nanny roles in hollywood?

part of progress is being critical and pointing out inconsistencies and being explicit with the truth

Cap10Planet

This article is right. Jussie strongly implied that he was gay. but he never actually said that he was gay. I said this in another thread.

However, I hold a problem with this part:

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Smollett answered in a way that was best for him, but for those of us who have actually come out, we understand there’s a bit more to those two words than many of these headlines and stories have suggested.

I doubt anyone who is actually criticizing him is actually in his position, especially this writer. Considering that he came out to those who are the most important (his family and friends - inner circle), he has already truly come out. This part of the article is flawed because this person and those screaming and waving never actually had to come out to the public or world because of his or her public stature. So, to discredit the way he chose to finally expose his sexuality (yes, the writer said that he answered in the best way for him, but still went on to discredit his way of him "coming out") is funny in the very least. He isn't obligated to tell the world anything about his sexual preference. And again, the "why is it okay for straights to say they love women?" is so off base and nonsensical. There's no such thing as "coming out straight" nor is it seen as abnormal for a straight person to talk about their love life. It is taboo still for a gay person to openly discuss their love life without being critiqued by both sides - gay or straight. It's also taboo for us to have a gay black male entertainer. That's not the faults of gays. That's the standard in which everyone is held.

Whether or not he explicitly said or just implied, he has not come forward to say that his words were taken out of context. So as far as I'm concerned, it's a non-issue people are looking for to be something bigger than what it is. He's a gay man and it's known to those who have been keeping up. Plain and simple.