Odd Future member and risg R&B star Frank Ocean announced tonight via his tumblr that he's bisexual or gay. The post, which was origally supposed to be the ler not for Channel Orange, his upg album, scrib the first time he fell love wh a man, and how he's alt wh the years sce. It's worth readg full - 's lked below - but here are some highlights:
Contents:
- GAY OR BI? THE DANGERS OF LABELG FRANK OCEAN
- FRANK OCEAN GAY? RAPPER TALKS ABOUT MALE LOVER
- IS FRANK OCEAN GAY?
- FRANK OCEAN IS GAY? FANS REACT AFTER LEARNG OF ALLEGED HOMOSEXUALY
GAY OR BI? THE DANGERS OF LABELG FRANK OCEAN
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Says there's a stigma that exists for gay men, and he don't see himself that way.
FRANK OCEAN GAY? RAPPER TALKS ABOUT MALE LOVER
Frank Ocean is gay, or at least bisexual, acrdg to a post he put out on microbloggg platform tumblr. * frank ocean gay or bisexual *
"I don't want to get ught up the whole gay culture bee people look at gay people as beg ls than a man, that you are this ls than, " he says.
"The greatt taboo is to be black and homosexual, and I refe to be labeled and classified as this character. Says men the black muny who e out and say, "I'm gay and proud, " are treated differently. "All of a sudn I bee: 'Oh, I want you to meet my gay iend, J.
IS FRANK OCEAN GAY?
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I want you to meet my gay brother, J. I want you to meet my gay father, J. "(In 2010, Kg aga went on Wey's show and changed his story: "I have accepted the fact that I am a black, gay, proud man.
On “We All Try, ” the third track om his 2011 but mixtape nostalgia, ULTRA, he voiced support for gay marriage four years before beme legal natnwi:. The night the album dropped, Frank appeared on Late Night Wh Jimmy Fallon to but the song “Bad Relign, ” which ntas the most overt discsn of a gay relatnship on the album. Frank ma a brief but important return June 21, 2016 after the Pulse Nightclub shootg Orlando, Fl., when he spoke out agast stutnal homophobia our society wh an emotnal Tumblr post, reflectg a siar msage to that of “Bad Relign.
FRANK OCEAN IS GAY? FANS REACT AFTER LEARNG OF ALLEGED HOMOSEXUALY
On the song “Skyle To, ” Frank returns to the ia of relig nmnatn of homosexualy while sgg about a sexual experience wh another man:. Frank was raised the South, where sayg someone has “sugar their step” or “sugar their tank” is slang for llg them gay. The word “gay” shows up jt once on Blon, the long-awaed sophomore album om Frank Ocean.
After this new acquatance tak him to a “gay bar, ” their patibily be apparent.