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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FRANK OCEAN GAY? RAPPER TALKS ABOUT MALE LOVER
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IS FRANK OCEAN GAY?
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"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.
FRANK OCEAN IS GAY? FANS REACT AFTER LEARNG OF ALLEGED HOMOSEXUALY
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.