If you’re a sucker for headlines like me, then you probably clicked on one of the many articles saying Queen Latifah came out during her performance at the Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade May 19 and thought, huh? The so-called proof for this coming out of the closet was the fact that while she was MC-ing the event, she stated “Y’all my peeps, I love you!” and suddenly that meant she was admitting to being a lesbian.

Exactly.

Entertainment Weekly caught up with the queen to ask her about the buzz over her assumed homosexual admission and she told the site:

“That definitely wasn’t the case. I’ve never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It’s just not gonna happen.”

She also explained the “my peeps”  statement and why she was showing love to the LGBTQ community.

“To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco. Tupac happened to be in town, so he came to kick it with me. This was the early ’90s. And the boys were like, ‘Take your shirt off, Tupac!’ He wasn’t doing that. But we had a blast in there.”

I’m pretty sure someone is going to think she just outed Tupac as well, but I’m going to leave that alone. The bottom line is if at 42 Dana Owens hasn’t come out to say I’m a lesbian yet, let’s just accept that it’s not gone happn.’

Do you think Queen Latifah should have let the coming out story stand or is it good she explained her comment?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Source: Eurweb.com

From Eurweb.com

By Dana Stringer

Queen Latifah arrived with her royal court to an amped and enthusiastic crowd of subjects summoned to celebrate the 29^th Annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival on Saturday, May 19.

The annual event held in Long Beach, California boasts of drawing approximately 100,000 attendees each year, making it the 2^nd largest Pride festival in California and 4^th largest in the nation. With such star power like Queen Latifah embracing this year’s event and taking the stage, attendance was presumably higher because everybody loves to see and hear a queen. And there was only one way for Her Highness to make her grand entrance, and that was upon the wings of rap hits like U.N.I.T.Y.and Ladies First.

Similar to the title of her 2003 film Bringing Down the House, Queen Latifah came hyped, energized and ready to do just that. She brought it in more ways than one, bridging songs with inspiring and encouraging words by telling the crowd to let their inner light shine in the world and to conquer hate with love.

It wasn’t just her Covergirl glow that radiated from the main stage and mesmerized festival goers; it was the light of her transparency emanating from within. The moment she uttered, I’ve been waiting to do this for a long time, the crowd knew she was prepared to reflect all sides of herself throughout her musical performance.

See what else the Queen had to say over at Eurweb.com.

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Source: auibtimes.com

Queen Latifah has been notoriously private about her suspected lesbian lifestyle so the fact that she’s participating in the upcoming Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival appears to be a “coming out” for the actress, even if she doesn’t say a word.

The Queen will headline the festival which will take place May 19 and is the city’s second biggest annual event, drawing around 75,000 attendees over two days. Details about her performance have been kept totally on the low but everyone is wondering whether Ms. Dana Owens will stand before the masses acknowledging herself as a lesbian woman or simply come on stage, do her thing, and let the public speculate as they’ve been doing for years. That’s probably the best route to go because the moment Queen Latifah decides to come out, the press will be running behind her day and night trying to get her to speak on life as a lesbian woman, and for someone who doesn’t run seeking attention from the media I feel that would be a bit much for the Queen.

It won’t be much longer until we have an answer—or proof of one—but more power to her if this move signifies she’s more comfortable being who she is. And if not, we’re still sure she’ll give a great performance.

What do you think about Queen Latifah’s gig? Is it a huge deal or no biggie?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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