It's already been a big week for the gay muny, but there's another name to add to this week's g out list: hip-hop and R&B star Frank Ocean. Ocean revealed he is eher gay or bisexual a note posted to his Tumblr late Tuday eveng. A screenshot of a TextEd file lled "thank you's" ('s pretty wily speculated the note will appear the ler not for Ocean's but album, due out July 17), the note tails Ocean's first csh on a member of the same sex, and how his fay has helped him through . The entire thg, full:
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- FRANK OCEAN: ‘I CRIED THE NIGHT I ME OUT AS GAY’
- FRANK OCEAN TALKS COMG OUT AS GAY MANBY CHRIS SPARGOJULY 20, 2012/3:00 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOJULY 20, 2012 / 3:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK OCEAN TALKS COMG OUT AS GAY MAN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-20T19:00:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-20T19:00:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_59250" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="620" PTN="FRANKY!"][/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEAN IS OPENG UP ABOUT WHY HE CID TO E OUT AS A GAY MAN, AND SAYG THE MAJOR REASON FOR HIS CISN WAS HIS OWN "SANY." THE 24-YEAR-OLD GENUE, WHO HAS PENNED SONGS FOR THE LIK OF BEYONCE, JAY Z AND KANYE WT, SAID A RECENT TERVIEW, "I'M LIVG A LIFE WHERE I'M HAPPY WHEN I WAKE UP THE MORNG, AND NOT WH THIS EAK' BOULR ON MY CHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN ALSO REVEALED THAT HE HOP HIS CISN TO E OUT WILL HAVE A POSIVE FLUENCE ON YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE GAY MUNY. "I WISHED AT 13 THERE WAS SOMEBODY I LOOKED UP TO WHO WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHG LIKE THAT, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT THAT WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR POSSIBLE BACKLASH, OCEAN IS NOT TOO NCERNED. "PEOPLE ARE JT AAID OF THGS TOO MUCH. SURE, EVIL EXISTS, EXTREMISM EXISTS. SOMEBODY ULD M A HATE CRIME AND HURT ME. BUT THEY ULD DO THE SAME JT BEE I'M BLACK. THEY ULD DO THE SAME JT BEE I'M AMERIN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN'S BUT ALBUM, CHANNEL ORANGE, BUTED AT #2 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS THIS WEEK AS AN ITUN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEAN IMPACT: IS HIP-HOP GETTG HOMO-FRIENDLIER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
FRANK OCEAN: ‘I CRIED THE NIGHT I ME OUT AS GAY’
It's already been a big week for the gay muny, but there's another name to add to this week's g out list: hip-hop and R&B star Frank Ocean. Ocean revealed he is eher gay or bisexual a note posted to his Tumblr late Tuday eveng. A screenshot of a TextEd file lled "thank you's" ('s pretty wily speculated the note will appear the ler not for Ocean's but album, due out July 17), the note tails Ocean's first csh on a member of the same sex, and how his fay has helped him through . The entire thg, full: * frank ocean coming out about being gay *
" "Frank Ocean Com Out and Be the First Gay Rapper History.
FRANK OCEAN TALKS COMG OUT AS GAY MANBY CHRIS SPARGOJULY 20, 2012/3:00 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOJULY 20, 2012 / 3:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK OCEAN TALKS COMG OUT AS GAY MAN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-20T19:00:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-20T19:00:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_59250" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="620" PTN="FRANKY!"][/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEAN IS OPENG UP ABOUT WHY HE CID TO E OUT AS A GAY MAN, AND SAYG THE MAJOR REASON FOR HIS CISN WAS HIS OWN "SANY." THE 24-YEAR-OLD GENUE, WHO HAS PENNED SONGS FOR THE LIK OF BEYONCE, JAY Z AND KANYE WT, SAID A RECENT TERVIEW, "I'M LIVG A LIFE WHERE I'M HAPPY WHEN I WAKE UP THE MORNG, AND NOT WH THIS EAK' BOULR ON MY CHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN ALSO REVEALED THAT HE HOP HIS CISN TO E OUT WILL HAVE A POSIVE FLUENCE ON YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE GAY MUNY. "I WISHED AT 13 THERE WAS SOMEBODY I LOOKED UP TO WHO WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHG LIKE THAT, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT THAT WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR POSSIBLE BACKLASH, OCEAN IS NOT TOO NCERNED. "PEOPLE ARE JT AAID OF THGS TOO MUCH. SURE, EVIL EXISTS, EXTREMISM EXISTS. SOMEBODY ULD M A HATE CRIME AND HURT ME. BUT THEY ULD DO THE SAME JT BEE I'M BLACK. THEY ULD DO THE SAME JT BEE I'M AMERIN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN'S BUT ALBUM, CHANNEL ORANGE, BUTED AT #2 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS THIS WEEK AS AN ITUN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEAN IMPACT: IS HIP-HOP GETTG HOMO-FRIENDLIER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
" That last one is wrong on several levels: Ocean did not e the word "gay, " nor is he a rapper, nor would he be the first gay rapper if eher of those labels applied.