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’
* frank ocean coming out about being gay *
" "Frank Ocean Com Out and Be the First Gay Rapper History. " 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. Especially black mic, which has long been sperate need of a voice like Ocean's to break the layers of homophobia.
" At, Jaah Lemix noted that while few urban artists openly embrace homosexualy, many are "the closet wh the glass door, " livg a life they don't reveal their mic.
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
"I hope that Frank Ocean don't bee 'the gay sger, ' for would be crimally unfair for him to wear that label as so many of his peers are sleepg wh and lovg same genred persons, while sellg imag of hyper-heterosexualy, " she wrote.
Unlike the standard g out gture – newsman Anrson Cooper's public email to his iend Andrew Sullivan, "The fact is, I'm gay" — Ocean's prented sexualy as somethg that aris wh particular circumstanc, fed by shiftg sire and dividual enunters rather than solidifyg as an inty. There is a leage of Ain Amerin artists who've prented broar fns of sexualy through their songs and their public personali, as well, though homophobia has certaly kept many more om livg fully hont liv.
Gospel mic thory Anthony Heilbut's newly published book of says discs the impact of "the gay men of gospel, " om key mil archects like Jam Cleveland to crossover figur like Bayard Rt.