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Well DUH! ‘The Voice’ Alum Frenchie Davis Reveals She’s a Lesbian
Source: ew.com
In news that won’t surprise anybody, former American Idol and The Voice contender, Frenchie Davis, announced she is gay.
If you remember, after a controversial dismissal from Season 2 of American Idol, the big girl with a bigger voice found herself back in the spotlight singing “I Kissed a Girl” on the premiere episode of The Voice.
How telling.
After that, she posed for a picture with America’s Next Top Model Eva Marcille at the Atlanta Gay Pride festival that fueled speculation of her (and Eva’s) sexual preferences. Now, Frenchie confirms she is a lesbian.
The “American Idol” and “Voice” alum has revealed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she’s been dating a woman for the past year, though she offers no other details on the relationship.
“I wasn’t out before the relationship, but I wasn’t in,” she told the publication. “I dated men and women, though lesbians weren’t feeling the bisexual thing. Now I’m in love with a woman I think I can be with forever.”
The singer, who performed in Broadway’s “Rent” and toured with a production of “Dreamgirls,” also professes her love of gay men in the interview. “I love the gays,” she says. “I love the gay boys. They have that awesome, masculine energy, but there’s also something else going on as well.”
Frenchie, who is a staple at gay pride events around the country is performing at Chicago Pride Fest this weekend and she is also working on a new album.
How long until celebrities don’t feel the need to come out of their gay closets? Especially when the doors on that closet were wide open anyway?
Alissa Henry is a freelance writer living in Columbus, OH. Follow her on Twitter @AlissaInPink
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Say It Loud, I'm Gay and I'm Proud
(Black Enterprise) — This past Friday, June 24, same-sex marriages were made legal in New York, continuing conversations in the media and within many homes about the subject. While some are celebrating and making wedding plans others are protesting, as the hot political debate continues. The notion of being Black and openly gay—especially in the entertainment industry—remain controversial and traditionally hush-hush, with many artists choosing to remain in the closet. In light of Black Enterprise’s upcoming Black & Gay in Corporate America cover story [on stands July 19] and BlackEnterprise.com’s continued Black Music Month coverage, we’ve highlighted a few celebrity entertainers who are out and proud.
New York Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
New York was filled with PRIDE this weekend as a result of the New York Senate passing a bill that will allow same sex marriage. New York will be the sixth, and largest, state in the union to adopt gay marriage which will take effect on July 24, 2011.
Although New York is a late bloomer in allowing gay marriage, it still reigns as a huge feat considering the state’s size and its international stature. Plus it’s well-known reputation as the birthplace of the gay rights movement with the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village in 1969 makes this law even more historical.
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New York Approves Gay Marriage
(AP) — Champagne corks popped, rainbow flags flapped and crowds embraced and danced in the streets of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village as New York became the sixth and largest state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill shortly before midnight Friday, almost 42 years to the day that the modern-day gay rights movement was born amid violent encounters between police and gay activists at the Stonewall Inn. Hundreds who gathered inside and outside the landmark bar erupted in celebration after the Republican-led state Senate cast the decisive vote.
Atlanta’s Darian Aaron Goes from Blog to Book
(Project Q) — When Atlanta blogger Darian Aaron decided a year ago to take a respite from his popular blog,Living Out Loud, he wanted to focus his writing on a decidedly different format: a coffee table book. The book explores black LGBT issues by profiling 18 same-sex couples of color. With “When Love Takes Over: A Celebration of SGL Couples of Color” now out, Aaron is back to crafting new content for Living Out Loud. But he won’t promise his audience daily updates – there is a fulltime job and partner to attend to, after all. We recently caught up with Aaron, just a day after putting his hands on “When Love Takes Over” for the first time, and chatted about the blog, the book and what his day-to-day life is like now.
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Black Gay Pride Festival Held on South Side
(Chicago Tribune) — Anshae Lorenzen, 19, said he’s been going to the Gay Pride Parade since he was 14, but felt as if he didn’t belong. Lorenzen and his mother, Michelle Flowers, joined thousands of others at Sherman Park in Englewood where black homosexuals met Sunday to celebrate their race and their sexuality and advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness.
