Is John Legend Gay? The Tth Behd The Legend

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• IS JOHN LEGEND GAY? THE TTH BEHD THE LEGEND
• GAY LEGEND WANDA SYK SLAMS ‘STUPID AND HATEFUL’ ANTI-TRANS ‘BATHROOM’ BILLS
• LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
• 20 GAY GREEK GODS
• 16 CELEBRI UNBOTHERED BY GAY {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}SHEMAR MOORE, YOUNG THUG, RICH HOMIE QUAN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1920PX;HEIGHT:1080PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}DIRT OFF THEIR SHOULRS - ONCE UPON A TIME, LLG A CELEBRY "GAY" WAS REER SUICI. IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)
• A MAJOR CHARACTER IS COMG OUT AS GAY & MORE ARROW, FLASH, SUPERGIRL & LEGENDS OF TOMORROW SOP

IS JOHN LEGEND GAY? THE TTH BEHD THE LEGEND

So listen, as I said last night: If you’re gay, God bls you. So, ’s no surprise that fans were askg: is John Legend gay? The sger admted that he’s been hound by gay mors sce the begng of his reer, but he wasn’t bothered by at all.

Although the wily-acclaimed sger is not gay, Legend openly supports the LGBTQ muny.

GAY LEGEND WANDA SYK SLAMS ‘STUPID AND HATEFUL’ ANTI-TRANS ‘BATHROOM’ BILLS

No, John Legend is not gay. Gibraltar – Gay. Gibraltar beg nfirmed as the first gay legend really mattered to a lot of people, pecially as was a character who wasn’t jt your average whe guy.

You may be surprised to learn that there are a few nfirmed and speculated champns League who are lbian, bisexual, gay, and even polyamoro. Image via Rt Gam In their short story, Rise Wh Me, was nfirmed Diana and Leona are a relatnship–-and they’re the first gay nfirmed uple League.

LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW

Even his short story, Everythg We Should Have Said, is unique that nfirms he’s gay and surprisgly revolv around his past relatnship wh Tope, referred to as the Archer K’Sante’s cematic trailer, Defeat Your Monster.

Image via Rt Gam In League, Twisted Fate is bisexual, and Grav is gay. Image via Rt Gam Vas is a unique se as Vas, the enty, is not gay.

20 GAY GREEK GODS

From -hostg the notor Osrs ceremony where Will Smh smacked Chris Rock, to passnately showg up for the Hollywood wrers’ strike, the gay edian, who me out as a lbian one month after marryg her wife Alex 2008, is always at the foreont of nversatn – and her latt Netflix stand-up special, I’m an Entertaer, looks set to ntue the trend.

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IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)

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