Was Tupac Shakur Gay? Sexualy, Partner And Fay

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• AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAYRECENT REVELATNS ON THE LGBTQ INTY OF SOME OF OUR MOST FAMO BLACK FIGUR SHOULD RHAPE OUR UNRSTANDG OF BLACK {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018/5:34 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:438PX;WIDTH:767PX;}(PHOTOS OM LEFT: REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE FOR THE RERDG AMY, FOTOS INTERNATNAL/GETTY IMAG)BY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018 / 5:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAY","SCRIPTN":"HETERONORMATIVE BLACK HISTORY IS PROBLEMATIC.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERNT OWENS","KEYWORDS":"NATNAL NEWS, QUCY JON, RICHARD PRYOR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“RICHARD PRYOR SLEPT WH MARLON BRANDO, HE WAS GAY?!” I SAW SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST. I QUICKLY THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “THIS IS NEWS?” AS I SCROLLED DOWN TO LOOK FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD-RENOWNED DTRY TAN QUCY JON APPARENTLY HELD BACK NO PUNCH A RECENT TERVIEW WH VULTURE AS HE DISSED THE BEATL, OUTED THE PRIVATE SEXUAL MALE PARTNERS OF ACTOR MARLON BRANDO, ACCED THE LATE MICHAEL JACKSON OF STEALG NCEPTS, AND CLAIMED HE ONCE DATED IVANKA TMP, ALONG WH OTHER THGS. TO SAY THAT JON, 84, HAD ANY R LEFT TO GIVE IS AN UNRSTATEMENT. HE DROPPED BOMBSHELLS THAT WENT VIRAL ACROSS THE TER, LEAVG MANY TO QUTN SOME OF THEIR LONGTIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NONE OF THE TERVIEW REVEALS HAD AS MUCH OF A BE AS HIS CLAIMS THAT THE LEGENDARY BRANDO AND PRYOR HAD A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP, CLAIMG THAT BRANDO WOULD “F— ANYTHG. ANYTHG! HE’D F— A MAILBOX. JAM BALDW. RICHARD PRYOR. MARV GAYE.” THE SUATN LATED ONCE PRYOR’S WIDOW JENNIFER NFIRMED JON’ CLAIMS, TELLG TMZ THAT HER LATE HBAND WAS ALWAYS OPEN ABOUT HIS “BISEXUAL EXPERIENC” WH IENDS AND WOULDN’T BE ASHAMED IF WAS REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC. (BRANDO’S SON, MIKO, HAS SCE NIED CLAIMS THAT HIS FATHER AND PRYOR WERE SEXUALLY TIMATE A SEPARATE TERVIEW WH TMZ.) BUT AS MANY HAVE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON TO REACT TO PRYOR’S BISEXUALY AS A MAJOR SNDAL, SERV AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR OUR MUNY HAS YET TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ONE, PRYOR HAD ALREADY SUGGTED THAT HE WAS TO THE SAME-SEX AS HE OFTEN TOLD STORI HIS STAND-UP ACTS ABOUT HAVG SEX WH OTHER MEN. PERHAPS HISTORY CHOSE TO ADOPT A LLECTIVE SELECTIVE MEMORY OF THE TAILS BACK THEN GIVEN THAT DID NOT F THE IMAGE THEY WANTED TO HAVE OF THE INIC BLACK EDIAN. BUT 2018, AS MORE BLACK ENTERTAERS ARE BEGNG TO LIVE THEIR LIV OPENLY AND EELY, SOCIETY HAS TO NOW RECKON WH HOW THEY TREATED PAST LEGENDS WHO WEREN’T GIVEN THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS MEDIA UPROAR WHEN SGER PATTI LABELLE NFIRMED ONGOG SPECULATN THAT HER IEND AND MIL LLEAGUE, THE LATE, GREAT LUTHER VANDROSS, WAS GAY AND THAT “HE WASN’T GOG TO E OUT AND SAY THIS TO THE WORLD [BEE] HE HAD A LOT OF LADY FANS AND HE TOLD ME HE JT DIDN’T WANT TO UPSET THE WORLD.” LIKE PRYOR, VANDROSS WAS AN ENTERTAER DURG A TIME WHEN THE DTRY WOULD HAVE RETALIATED AGAST HIM FOR BEG OPEN ABOUT . EVEN THOUGH VANDROSS’ SEXUAL ORIENTATN WAS OFTEN SPECULATED BEFORE LABELLE’S REMARKS, SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA STILL REACTED DISBELIEF AND SHOCK THAT ANOTHER BLACK ENTERTAER WE GREW UP WH ULD POSSIBLY BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S A NOT-SO-HARD-TO-PREHEND-FACT FOR YOU: THERE HAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE BLACK LGBTQ ENTERTAERS. THIS FACT IS ALSO NOTHG FOR YOU TO BE BE SURPRISED, NFED, OR UPSET ABOUT. LGBTQ DIVIDUALS, LIKE EVERY OTHER POPULATN ON THE PLA, HAVE BEEN AROUND SCE THE BEGNG OF TIME, AND JT BEE YOU ARE FALLY G TO TERMS WH THEIR EXISTENCE DON’T MEAN ’S NEW. WE NNOT HAVE AN HONT NVERSATN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY DURG BLACK HISTORY MONTH IF WE AREN’T WILLG TO SPEAK ON THE ROLE WHICH ERASURE HAS PLAYED THE RETELLG OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, THERE HAS BEEN VAR BLACK FIGUR WHO HAVE BEEN “STRAIGHTWASHED” OUR LLECTIVE MEMORY. GAME CHANGERS LIKE LANGSTON HUGH, JOSEPHE BAKER, MA RAEY, AUDRE LOR, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR LGBTQ INTY TEXTBOOKS AND PUBLIC NARRATIV. EVEN WHILE LIVG, CIVIL RIGHTS INS SUCH AS BAYARD RT WERE OFTEN FORCED TO KEEP THEIR OPENLY GAY EXPERIENC PRIVATE AS THEY FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATN OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL S, POLICY CHANG, AND A PARADIGM SHIFT SOCIETY FOR DIVIDUALS LIKE RT, ANGELA DAVIS, AND JAM BALDW TO BE FULLY EMBRACED AND REGNIZED FOR THEIR DUEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHILE ’S DISAPPOTG THAT MANY WH OUR MUNY ARE STILL FASCATED THAT BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE EXISTED BACK THE DAY, MAK SENSE GIVEN THAT OUR CURRENT NVERSATNS PERTAG TO BLACK HISTORY HAS MA A POT TO EXCLU THEM OM THE CELEBRATN. PERHAPS ’S TIME TO STOP ERASG THEM AND RRECT OUR PAST ERRORS ALTOGETHER. COMPANI, ANIZATNS, AND SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE A POT TO CLU ALL TYP OF BLACK HISTORIL FIGUR THEIR NVERSATNS OF OUR HISTORY IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO ACCURATELY PICT OUR STORI. WE ARE NOT A MONOLH OF HETEROSEXUAL MOVERS AND SHAKERS BUT A VERY CREDIBLE MIX OF STRAIGHT, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MA EXTRAORDARY NTRIBUTNS TO THE WORLD. LET’S STOP TELLG THE STRAIGHT STORY, BUT THE FULL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OPNS EXPRSED HERE DO NOT NECSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF BET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERNT OWENS IS THE AWARD-WNG EDOR OF PHILALPHIA MAGAZE’S G PHILLY AND CEO OF ERNT MEDIA EMPIRE, LLC. HE HAS WRTEN FOR USA TODAY, NBC NEWS, THE GR, HUFFPOST AND SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR PUBLITNS. FOLLOW HIM ON FACEBOOK, TWTER OR INSTAGRAM AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}NATNAL NEWSQUCY JONRICHARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}TRENDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-TEMPLATE-LUMNS:50% 50%;GRID-LUMN-GAP:12PX;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}} > DIV{HEIGHT:133PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-MS-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){ > DIV{WIDTH:100%;}} > DIV A{-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV{BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);HEIGHT:133PX;WIDTH:133PX;PADDG-TOP:100%;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1){BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1){OVERFLOW:HIDN;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) > *{-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 2);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(2){DISPLAY:NONE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3){MARG:6PX 0 0 0;PADDG:0;POSN:RELATIVE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3) SPAN{-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:1;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:4;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;FONT:NORMAL 600 1.2REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;OVERFLOW:HIDN;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{FONT-SIZE:1.4REM;}}{-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);}{BOX-SHADOW:0 8PX 22PX -6PX RGBA(0,0,0,0.3);-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);} > *:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 6);}TORY LANEZ SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS PRISONTHE TORONTO RAPPER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SHOOTG MEGAN THEE STALLN AFTER A PARTY JULY 2020. LAMAR ODOM SHAR PHOTOS OF SON LAMAR JR. AND DGHTER DTY LATT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THE FORMER NBA PLAYER SAID HE’S A “PROUD FATHER.”YUNG JOC MOURNS MOTHER’S DEATH TOUCHG POSTTHE ATLANTA RAPPER SAYS HE IS AT PEACE.CIARA IS PREGNANT, EXPECTG BABY WH HBAND, RSELL WILSONTHE POWER UPLE RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR SEVENTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WAS TUPAC SHAKUR GAY? SEXUALY, PARTNER AND FAY

AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAYRECENT REVELATNS ON THE LGBTQ INTY OF SOME OF OUR MOST FAMO BLACK FIGUR SHOULD RHAPE OUR UNRSTANDG OF BLACK {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018/5:34 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:438PX;WIDTH:767PX;}(PHOTOS OM LEFT: REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE FOR THE RERDG AMY, FOTOS INTERNATNAL/GETTY IMAG)BY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018 / 5:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAY","SCRIPTN":"HETERONORMATIVE BLACK HISTORY IS PROBLEMATIC.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERNT OWENS","KEYWORDS":"NATNAL NEWS, QUCY JON, RICHARD PRYOR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“RICHARD PRYOR SLEPT WH MARLON BRANDO, HE WAS GAY?!” I SAW SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST. I QUICKLY THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “THIS IS NEWS?” AS I SCROLLED DOWN TO LOOK FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD-RENOWNED DTRY TAN QUCY JON APPARENTLY HELD BACK NO PUNCH A RECENT TERVIEW WH VULTURE AS HE DISSED THE BEATL, OUTED THE PRIVATE SEXUAL MALE PARTNERS OF ACTOR MARLON BRANDO, ACCED THE LATE MICHAEL JACKSON OF STEALG NCEPTS, AND CLAIMED HE ONCE DATED IVANKA TMP, ALONG WH OTHER THGS. TO SAY THAT JON, 84, HAD ANY R LEFT TO GIVE IS AN UNRSTATEMENT. HE DROPPED BOMBSHELLS THAT WENT VIRAL ACROSS THE TER, LEAVG MANY TO QUTN SOME OF THEIR LONGTIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NONE OF THE TERVIEW REVEALS HAD AS MUCH OF A BE AS HIS CLAIMS THAT THE LEGENDARY BRANDO AND PRYOR HAD A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP, CLAIMG THAT BRANDO WOULD “F— ANYTHG. ANYTHG! HE’D F— A MAILBOX. JAM BALDW. RICHARD PRYOR. MARV GAYE.” THE SUATN LATED ONCE PRYOR’S WIDOW JENNIFER NFIRMED JON’ CLAIMS, TELLG TMZ THAT HER LATE HBAND WAS ALWAYS OPEN ABOUT HIS “BISEXUAL EXPERIENC” WH IENDS AND WOULDN’T BE ASHAMED IF WAS REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC. (BRANDO’S SON, MIKO, HAS SCE NIED CLAIMS THAT HIS FATHER AND PRYOR WERE SEXUALLY TIMATE A SEPARATE TERVIEW WH TMZ.) BUT AS MANY HAVE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON TO REACT TO PRYOR’S BISEXUALY AS A MAJOR SNDAL, SERV AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR OUR MUNY HAS YET TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ONE, PRYOR HAD ALREADY SUGGTED THAT HE WAS TO THE SAME-SEX AS HE OFTEN TOLD STORI HIS STAND-UP ACTS ABOUT HAVG SEX WH OTHER MEN. PERHAPS HISTORY CHOSE TO ADOPT A LLECTIVE SELECTIVE MEMORY OF THE TAILS BACK THEN GIVEN THAT DID NOT F THE IMAGE THEY WANTED TO HAVE OF THE INIC BLACK EDIAN. BUT 2018, AS MORE BLACK ENTERTAERS ARE BEGNG TO LIVE THEIR LIV OPENLY AND EELY, SOCIETY HAS TO NOW RECKON WH HOW THEY TREATED PAST LEGENDS WHO WEREN’T GIVEN THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS MEDIA UPROAR WHEN SGER PATTI LABELLE NFIRMED ONGOG SPECULATN THAT HER IEND AND MIL LLEAGUE, THE LATE, GREAT LUTHER VANDROSS, WAS GAY AND THAT “HE WASN’T GOG TO E OUT AND SAY THIS TO THE WORLD [BEE] HE HAD A LOT OF LADY FANS AND HE TOLD ME HE JT DIDN’T WANT TO UPSET THE WORLD.” LIKE PRYOR, VANDROSS WAS AN ENTERTAER DURG A TIME WHEN THE DTRY WOULD HAVE RETALIATED AGAST HIM FOR BEG OPEN ABOUT . EVEN THOUGH VANDROSS’ SEXUAL ORIENTATN WAS OFTEN SPECULATED BEFORE LABELLE’S REMARKS, SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA STILL REACTED DISBELIEF AND SHOCK THAT ANOTHER BLACK ENTERTAER WE GREW UP WH ULD POSSIBLY BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S A NOT-SO-HARD-TO-PREHEND-FACT FOR YOU: THERE HAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE BLACK LGBTQ ENTERTAERS. THIS FACT IS ALSO NOTHG FOR YOU TO BE BE SURPRISED, NFED, OR UPSET ABOUT. LGBTQ DIVIDUALS, LIKE EVERY OTHER POPULATN ON THE PLA, HAVE BEEN AROUND SCE THE BEGNG OF TIME, AND JT BEE YOU ARE FALLY G TO TERMS WH THEIR EXISTENCE DON’T MEAN ’S NEW. WE NNOT HAVE AN HONT NVERSATN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY DURG BLACK HISTORY MONTH IF WE AREN’T WILLG TO SPEAK ON THE ROLE WHICH ERASURE HAS PLAYED THE RETELLG OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, THERE HAS BEEN VAR BLACK FIGUR WHO HAVE BEEN “STRAIGHTWASHED” OUR LLECTIVE MEMORY. GAME CHANGERS LIKE LANGSTON HUGH, JOSEPHE BAKER, MA RAEY, AUDRE LOR, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR LGBTQ INTY TEXTBOOKS AND PUBLIC NARRATIV. EVEN WHILE LIVG, CIVIL RIGHTS INS SUCH AS BAYARD RT WERE OFTEN FORCED TO KEEP THEIR OPENLY GAY EXPERIENC PRIVATE AS THEY FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATN OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL S, POLICY CHANG, AND A PARADIGM SHIFT SOCIETY FOR DIVIDUALS LIKE RT, ANGELA DAVIS, AND JAM BALDW TO BE FULLY EMBRACED AND REGNIZED FOR THEIR DUEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHILE ’S DISAPPOTG THAT MANY WH OUR MUNY ARE STILL FASCATED THAT BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE EXISTED BACK THE DAY, MAK SENSE GIVEN THAT OUR CURRENT NVERSATNS PERTAG TO BLACK HISTORY HAS MA A POT TO EXCLU THEM OM THE CELEBRATN. PERHAPS ’S TIME TO STOP ERASG THEM AND RRECT OUR PAST ERRORS ALTOGETHER. COMPANI, ANIZATNS, AND SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE A POT TO CLU ALL TYP OF BLACK HISTORIL FIGUR THEIR NVERSATNS OF OUR HISTORY IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO ACCURATELY PICT OUR STORI. WE ARE NOT A MONOLH OF HETEROSEXUAL MOVERS AND SHAKERS BUT A VERY CREDIBLE MIX OF STRAIGHT, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MA EXTRAORDARY NTRIBUTNS TO THE WORLD. LET’S STOP TELLG THE STRAIGHT STORY, BUT THE FULL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OPNS EXPRSED HERE DO NOT NECSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF BET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERNT OWENS IS THE AWARD-WNG EDOR OF PHILALPHIA MAGAZE’S G PHILLY AND CEO OF ERNT MEDIA EMPIRE, LLC. HE HAS WRTEN FOR USA TODAY, NBC NEWS, THE GR, HUFFPOST AND SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR PUBLITNS. 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Yeah, 'Pac talked a lot of sh about Dre beg gay after Dre had left Death Row, but most of was jt Pac talkg smack due to his loyalty to Suge Knight.

They acced him of beg a closet homosexual as well so there was nothg new about what 'Pac was sayg 1996, but the suatns ma both Eazy and Pac's lose impact bee they were clearly g om a place of anger and nothg more. First and foremost, if whoever is gay/bisexual, so what.

WAS TUPAC SHAKUR GAY? SEXUALY, PARTNER AND FAY

There's a difference between beg gay/bisexual, and Hollywood sexual fetish/favors which totally existed datg back to the early 20th century Hollywood, and the exploatn of women and young girls by the Hollywood executiv and stg directors. Bis Tupac, you had rappers like DMX and Pimp C, outg closeted homosexual so lled thugs the mic bs. I would say for Dre, given the extreme misogyny and homophobia hip hop he has ntributed to by producg the "bt" albums on which such songs (albe great on) appear would be the epome of irony and hypocrisy to me.

Clive Davis, the whe Qucy (spe the personal mic talent, lol) is a known Queen and look at some of those whom he's signed (Luther, Bter, Alicia, all at some pot associated wh gay mors). “Richard Pryor slept wh Marlon Brando, he was gay?! Marv Gaye.