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• 16 CELEBRI WHO HAVE MA HORRIBLY HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTSKIM BURRELL, EMEM, BEANIE SIGEL AND {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;}CELEBRYBY MORIBA CUMMGSJANUARY 5, 2017/1:21 {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:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}(PHOTO OM LEFT: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG, JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG, JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG)BY MORIBA CUMMGSJANUARY 5, 2017 / 1:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"16 CELEBRI WHO HAVE MA HORRIBLY HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS","SCRIPTN":"KIM BURRELL, EMEM, BEANIE SIGEL AND MORE.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-01-05T18:21:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-01-05T18:21:00.000+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":"MORIBA CUMMGS","KEYWORDS":"CELEBRY NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{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;}CELEBRY CULTURE IS OFTEN RIDDLED WH POLIL RRECTNS, BUT OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL FAMO FAC HAVE SHOWN THEIR TE LORS, SPECIFILLY WHEN ME TO SPEAKG ON THE LGBT MUNY. FROM GOSPEL SGERS KIM BURRELL AND DONNIE MCCLURK TO RAPPERS EMEM AND BEANIE SIGEL, HERE ARE SOME CELEBRI WHO HAVE MA SOME DISAPPOTG MENTS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS AND THE LGBT {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}KIM BURRELL ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG){MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH: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;}GOSPEL SGER KIM BURRELL RECENTLY ME UNR FIRE WHEN VIO FOOTAGE LEAKED OF HER GOG OFF ON A HOMOPHOBIC RANT DURG A SERMON SHE WAS LIVERG AT HER CHURCH. IN , SHE LLED HOMOSEXUALY A "SPIR OF LN AND NFN" THAT "HAS CEIVED MANY MEN AND WOMEN." AFTER THE VIO WENT VIRAL, SHE RECEIVED A TON OF BACKLASH AND WAS EVEN BOOTED OM APPEARG ON THE ELLEN DEGENER SHOW BY ELLEN HERSELF, AN OPENLY LBIAN WOMAN. SHE WAS SCHLED TO PERFORM WH PHARRELL DURG THE EPISO.EDDIE LONG JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG)BISHOP EDDIE LONG'S SUATN IS A LTLE DIFFERENT AS, ADDN TO BEG IALLY KNOWN AS A HOMOPHOBE, HE WAS LATER ACCED OF PARTAKG SEXUAL ACTS WH OTHER MEN WHO ATTEND HIS MISTRY. IN 2010, BISHOP LONG, WHO NOTORLY PREACHED AGAST HOMOSEXUALY AND OFTEN MISTERED "HOMOSEXUAL CUR" TO GAYS AND LBIANS DURG HIS SERVIC, WAS ACCED OF ERCG FOUR YOUNG MEN TO SEX. ONE OF THE MEN CLAIMED THAT LONG TOOK HIM ON OVERNIGHT TRIPS WHERE THEY SHARED A BEDROOM AND KISSED, MASTURBATED AND HAD "ORAL SEXUAL NTACT."TIM HARDAWAY BRIAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR THE MIAMI PROJECT(PHOTO: BRIAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR THE MIAMI PROJECT)RETIRED NBA ATHLETE TIM HARDAWAY MA CLEAR THAT HE WAS A PROUD AND BLATANT HOMOPHOBE 2007 WHEN HE SPOKE RPONSE TO A QUTN ABOUT THE G OUT OF FORMER NBA STAR JOHN AMAECHI. HARDAWAY SAID HE WOULD TRY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF OM A PLAYER WHO INTIFIED AS HOMOSEXUAL, AND WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS AWARE THAT HIS MENTS WERE HOMOPHOBIC, HE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW I HATE GAY PEOPLE, SO I LET BE KNOWN. I DON'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE AND I DON'T LIKE TO BE AROUND GAY PEOPLE. I AM HOMOPHOBIC. I DON'T LIKE . IT SHOULDN'T BE THE WORLD OR THE UNED STAT."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}ISAIAH WASHGTONPHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG)ISAIAH WASHGTON WAS ONCE MANY PEOPLE'S FAVORE STAR ON THE H ABC SERI GREY'S ANATOMY, BUT THAT WAS PROMISED 2006 WHEN HE HURLED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT HIS -STAR T. R. KNIGHT, WHO HAD NOT E OUT OF THE CLOSET YET. SHORTLY AFTER THE SUATN WENT PUBLIC, KNIGHT REVEALED THAT HE WAS GAY. DURG A GOLN GLOB PRS NFERENCE SOON AFTER, WASHGTON ED THE GAY SLUR AGA, FURTHER UPSETTG MANY MORE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS TLY SORRY FOR WHAT OCCURRED. AFTER THE SUATN WAS ALLEGEDLY ROLVED, WASHGTON ISSUED A STATEMENT APOLOGIZG FOR HIS "UNFORTUNATE E OF WORDS DURG THE RECENT CINT ON-SET." THE FOLLOWG YEAR, ABC ANNOUNCED THAT HAD CID NOT TO RENEW WASHGTON'S NTRACT AND HE WAS BOOTED OM THE SHOW.DONNIE MCCLURKPHOTO: EARL GIBSON/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK SAID 2000 THAT GOD "LIVERED HIM" OM "THE CURSE" OF HOMOSEXUALY. SCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS NEGATIVE FEELGS TOWARDS THE LGBT MUNY. IN 2009, THE MISTER ALLEGEDLY WENT AS FAR AS LLG GAY PEOPLE "VAMPIR" A YOUTUBE VIO BEFORE SAYG, "I SEE FEME BOYS, EVERYWHERE I GO... NO, DON'T APPLD, 'E A'T FUNNY. IT'S BEE WE FAILED." IN 2015, HE ME UNR FIRE FOR SPEAKG OUT AGAST THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LG WHICH MA SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL ACROSS THE UNTRY. "WE'VE JT RECEIVED THE ANSWER OM MAN'S SUPREME COURT... WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE ANSWER OM GOD," HE WROTE. "WH NO REGARD TO WHAT THE SUPREME COURT OF MAN CRE... NO MATTER WHAT MY PAST WAS OR FEELGS & STGGL... GOD HAS SET THE ONLY STANDARD FOR MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN."LORD JAMAR BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR WE TV(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR WE TV)A RAPPER AND MEMBER OF THE HIP HOP GROUP BRAND NUBIAN, LORD JAMAR RELEASED A DISS SONG TLED "LIFT UP YOUR SKIRT" 2013 TARGETED TOWARD KANYE WT. IN , HE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO REVEAL HIS OPN ON HOMOSEXUALY, SAYG, "GAY HAS NO PLACE HIP HOP." AFTER RECEIVG SOME BACKLASH, HE TWEETED, "I WENT TO A GAY WEDDING OF A GOOD IEND NOT TOO LONG AGO SO I DOUBT I'M HOMOPHOBIC."EMEM DONNA WARD/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: DONNA WARD/GETTY IMAG)RAPPER EMEM IS KNOWN FOR G HOMOPHOBIC TERMS HIS LYRICS, AND WHEN AN ATRALIAN POLICIAN TRIED TO BAN HIM OM THE UNTRY FOR THIS, THE MC SAID THAT, GROWG UP, WORDS LIKE "F****T" AND "QUEER" WERE SUALLY ED TO SCRIBE HOMOSEXUALS. IN 2010, ANRSON COOPER NONTED EMEM ABOUT THE HARSH TERMS AND ASKED IF HE DIDN'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE. "NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WH NOBODY," HE RPOND. "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JT LIKE WHATEVER."MIKE EPPS JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR BET(PHOTO: JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)MIKE EPPS ME UNR FIRE 2008 WHEN HE REPORTEDLY LLED A MERAMAN A "F*G," LEADG MANY TO ASSUME THAT HE WAS HOMOPHOBIC. THE ACTOR/EDIAN LATER SPOKE OUT RPONSE TO THAT CINT, SAYG, "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ME OM. NOTHG TOWARDS THE MUNY — NONE OF THAT. I MIGHT'VE JT SAID OUT OF ANGER. IT A'T NOTHG PERSONAL [SIC] AGAST THE MUNY."ERICK SERMONPHOTO: BEN GABBE/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: BEN GABBE/GETTY IMAG)RAPPER ERICK SERMON, 2012, SOUND OFF ON HOMOPHOBIA HIP HOP AND REVEALED THAT HE NSIRS TO BE "A CURSE." "WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPORTS PLAYERS, TOO, LIKE WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN, 'E THAT'S LIKE A CURSE TO BE THE SPORTS AND BE GAY AND BE HIP HOP AND BE GAY," HE SAID DURG AN TERVIEW WH VLADTV. "YOU N'T BE ON A BASKETBALL TEAM, FOOTBALL TEAM AND BE A HOMO, AND BE RAPPG... AND BE HOMO. N****S WILL KILL YOU."BOW WOWPHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG)BOW WOW UPSET A LOT OF HIS FANS 2009 WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT REFG TO LET A BARBER CUT HIS HAIR BEE HE WAS GAY. WHEN HE WAS SLAMMED FOR THE RIDICULO REASONG, HE TRIED TO CLEAR THE AIR, ONLY MAKG THGS WORSE THE PROCS. "I WANTED MY HAIRCUT AND I ASKED SOMEBODY OM THE LABEL TO GET ME A BARBER AND THE DU WAS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW... AND AS A MAN, I'M A MAN. YOU FEEL ME? I'M A MAN. LIKE, I'M A MAN, SO 'S KDA LIKE... I LOVE WOMEN TO ATH... I DON'T DISLIKE GAY PEOPLE... I JT DON'T WANT NO OTHER MAN TOUCHG ME."LA'PORSHA RENAEPHOTO: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAG FOR IHEARTMEDIA(PHOTO: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAG FOR IHEARTMEDIA)AMERIN IDOL SEASON 15 NNER-UP LA'PORSHA RENAE ME UNR FIRE 2016 AFTER SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T "AGREE" WH THE "LGBT LIFTYLE" WHILE SHARG HER OPN ON MISSISSIPPI'S ANTI-LGBT BILL. "I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY AGREE WH THAT LIFTYLE," SHE SAID. "I WASN'T BROUGHT UP THAT WAY. IT WASN'T HOW I WAS RAISED." SHE LATER APOLOGIZED, SAYG SHE "DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT ANYONE" AND WAS "JT TRYG TO HONTLY ANSWER A QUTN THAT UGHT ME OFF GUARD."BLAKE SHELTONPHOTO: JASON BAHR/GETTY IMAG FOR PERNOD RIRD(PHOTO: JASON BAHR/GETTY IMAG FOR PERNOD RIRD)MANY HAVE GROWN TO NSIR UNTRY SGER BLAKE SHELTON THE FUN-LOVG JUDGE ON THE VOICE, BUT THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME TAILS OM THE SGER'S PAST HAVE E BACK TO HNT HIM, REVEALG THAT HE MAY BE A HOMOPHOBE. TWTER ACUNT @MICFACTSTEA DUG UP SOME OLD HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS OM SHELTON DATG BACK TO 2010. "GROWN MEN WHO WEAR CHUCK TAYLOR'S MAY AS WELL WRE ON THEIR FORE HEAD 'CUCUMBERS TURN ME ON!!!'" HE ALLEGEDLY WROTE ONE TWEET, WHILE, ANOTHER, HE WROTE, "STANDG LE AT A FFEE SHOP LA TALKG WH THE MA ONT OF ME. HE ORRS A SKNY RAMEL LATTE. I ULDN'T TELL HE WAS GAY!!!" IN 2016, HE ADDRSED THE TWEETS, APOLOGIZG FOR HIS BRAND OF "EDY."AZEALIA BANKSPHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NASTY GAL(PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NASTY GAL)AZEALIA BANKS, WHO ONCE NSIRED HERSELF BISEXUAL, WENT ON A HOMOPHOBIC TIRA 2015 AGAST GAY BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON, WHERE SHE ED A GAY SLUR THAT UPSET MANY OF HER FANS. "DO YOU GUYS THK I'M A PETTY F****T LMFAO," SHE TWEETED. WHEN LLED OUT BY HILTON FOR THE HURTFUL WORDS, SHE ONLY DUG A EPER GRAVE, SAYG, "A F****T IS NOT A HOMOSEXUAL MALE. A F****T IS ANY MALE WHO ACTS LIKE A FEMALE. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE." WHEN ONE FAN LLED HER OUT FOR BEG HOMOPHOBIC, SHE OFFENSIVELY RPOND, ".. EVEN IF I AM A HOMOPHOBE... SO WAT? I STILL MAKE MORE $ THAN YOU... STILL HAVE AN EXTRA HOLE... AND STILL OWN EVERYTHG."BUJU BANTON WILLIAM D. BIRD/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: WILLIAM D. BIRD/GETTY IMAG)JAMAIN ARTIST BUJU BANTON HAS EXPRSED AN ANTI-GAY STANCE HIS MIC SCE THE '90S. IN 1992, HIS H "BOOM BYE BYE," WHICH HE WROTE WHEN HE WAS 15, WAS KNOWN FOR S ANTI-GAY LYRICS WHICH SUPPORTED THE MURR OF GAY MEN. MANY THOUGHT HE HAD TURNED A NEW LEAF 2007 WHEN WAS MORED THAT HE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER REGGAE ARTISTS SIGNED A PLEDGE, THE REGGAE COMPASSNATE ACT, CREATED BY THE STOP MURR MIC MPAIGN, WHICH AIMED TO STOP THE PERFORMANCE OF HOMOPHOBIC SONGS AND STATEMENTS. HE, HOWEVER, LATER NIED BEG A PART OF THAT.BEENIE MANPHOTO: JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG)ANOTHER POPULAR REGGAE ARTIST AND JAMAI NATIVE, BEENIE MAN, IS KNOWN FOR HIS HOMOPHOBIC MIL NTENT. IN 2004, HE WAS EVEN REMOVED OM THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS AFTER PROTTS BY GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVSTS. LIKE BUJU BANTON, HE WAS ALSO MORED TO HAVE SIGNED THE REGGAE COMPASSNATE ACT, BUT LATER NIED THAT HE WAS EVER A PART OF . SCE THEN, HE NTUED TO CLU HOMOPHOBIC LYRICS HIS MIC, RULTG SEVERAL OF HIS SHOWS AROUND THE WORLD BEG NCELED. IN 2012, HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE OFFENSIVE NTENT, SAYG, "I HAVE NOTHG AGAST NO ONE. I RPECT EACH AND EVERY HUMAN BEG, REGARDLS OF WHICH RACE OR CREED, REGARDLS OF WHICH RELIG BELIEF YOU BELIEVE , AND REGARDLS OF WHICH SEXUAL PREFERENCE YOU ARE, CLUDG GAYS AND LBIAN PEOPLE."BEANIE SIGEL STT GRI/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: STT GRI/GETTY IMAG)BEANIE SIGEL SHOWED HIS TE LORS DURG AN TERVIEW ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB 2016 WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS DISGT FOR HOMOSEXUALY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY. "THGS ARE GOG TOO FAR," HE SAID. "EVEN THE MEDIA AND TELEVISN, THIS HOMOSEXUALY S**T IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH... AND 'S SICKENG TO ME. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXPLA TO MY SON WHY TWO MEN IS [SIC] ON PRIMETIME TELEVISN KISSG. NOTHG POSIVE OR GOOD OUT OF THAT." NEEDLS TO SAY, HE WAS DRAGGED, LATER ON, FOR HIS WORDS ON SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CELEBRY {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
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16 CELEBRI WHO HAVE MA HORRIBLY HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTSKIM BURRELL, EMEM, BEANIE SIGEL AND {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;}CELEBRYBY MORIBA CUMMGSJANUARY 5, 2017/1:21 {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:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}(PHOTO OM LEFT: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG, JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG, JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG)BY MORIBA CUMMGSJANUARY 5, 2017 / 1:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"16 CELEBRI WHO HAVE MA HORRIBLY HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS","SCRIPTN":"KIM BURRELL, EMEM, BEANIE SIGEL AND MORE.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-01-05T18:21:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-01-05T18:21:00.000+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":"MORIBA CUMMGS","KEYWORDS":"CELEBRY NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{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;}CELEBRY CULTURE IS OFTEN RIDDLED WH POLIL RRECTNS, BUT OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL FAMO FAC HAVE SHOWN THEIR TE LORS, SPECIFILLY WHEN ME TO SPEAKG ON THE LGBT MUNY. FROM GOSPEL SGERS KIM BURRELL AND DONNIE MCCLURK TO RAPPERS EMEM AND BEANIE SIGEL, HERE ARE SOME CELEBRI WHO HAVE MA SOME DISAPPOTG MENTS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS AND THE LGBT {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}KIM BURRELL ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG){MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH: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;}GOSPEL SGER KIM BURRELL RECENTLY ME UNR FIRE WHEN VIO FOOTAGE LEAKED OF HER GOG OFF ON A HOMOPHOBIC RANT DURG A SERMON SHE WAS LIVERG AT HER CHURCH. IN , SHE LLED HOMOSEXUALY A "SPIR OF LN AND NFN" THAT "HAS CEIVED MANY MEN AND WOMEN." AFTER THE VIO WENT VIRAL, SHE RECEIVED A TON OF BACKLASH AND WAS EVEN BOOTED OM APPEARG ON THE ELLEN DEGENER SHOW BY ELLEN HERSELF, AN OPENLY LBIAN WOMAN. SHE WAS SCHLED TO PERFORM WH PHARRELL DURG THE EPISO.EDDIE LONG JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG)BISHOP EDDIE LONG'S SUATN IS A LTLE DIFFERENT AS, ADDN TO BEG IALLY KNOWN AS A HOMOPHOBE, HE WAS LATER ACCED OF PARTAKG SEXUAL ACTS WH OTHER MEN WHO ATTEND HIS MISTRY. IN 2010, BISHOP LONG, WHO NOTORLY PREACHED AGAST HOMOSEXUALY AND OFTEN MISTERED "HOMOSEXUAL CUR" TO GAYS AND LBIANS DURG HIS SERVIC, WAS ACCED OF ERCG FOUR YOUNG MEN TO SEX. ONE OF THE MEN CLAIMED THAT LONG TOOK HIM ON OVERNIGHT TRIPS WHERE THEY SHARED A BEDROOM AND KISSED, MASTURBATED AND HAD "ORAL SEXUAL NTACT."TIM HARDAWAY BRIAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR THE MIAMI PROJECT(PHOTO: BRIAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR THE MIAMI PROJECT)RETIRED NBA ATHLETE TIM HARDAWAY MA CLEAR THAT HE WAS A PROUD AND BLATANT HOMOPHOBE 2007 WHEN HE SPOKE RPONSE TO A QUTN ABOUT THE G OUT OF FORMER NBA STAR JOHN AMAECHI. HARDAWAY SAID HE WOULD TRY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF OM A PLAYER WHO INTIFIED AS HOMOSEXUAL, AND WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS AWARE THAT HIS MENTS WERE HOMOPHOBIC, HE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW I HATE GAY PEOPLE, SO I LET BE KNOWN. I DON'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE AND I DON'T LIKE TO BE AROUND GAY PEOPLE. I AM HOMOPHOBIC. I DON'T LIKE . IT SHOULDN'T BE THE WORLD OR THE UNED STAT."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}ISAIAH WASHGTONPHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG)ISAIAH WASHGTON WAS ONCE MANY PEOPLE'S FAVORE STAR ON THE H ABC SERI GREY'S ANATOMY, BUT THAT WAS PROMISED 2006 WHEN HE HURLED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT HIS -STAR T. R. KNIGHT, WHO HAD NOT E OUT OF THE CLOSET YET. SHORTLY AFTER THE SUATN WENT PUBLIC, KNIGHT REVEALED THAT HE WAS GAY. DURG A GOLN GLOB PRS NFERENCE SOON AFTER, WASHGTON ED THE GAY SLUR AGA, FURTHER UPSETTG MANY MORE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS TLY SORRY FOR WHAT OCCURRED. AFTER THE SUATN WAS ALLEGEDLY ROLVED, WASHGTON ISSUED A STATEMENT APOLOGIZG FOR HIS "UNFORTUNATE E OF WORDS DURG THE RECENT CINT ON-SET." THE FOLLOWG YEAR, ABC ANNOUNCED THAT HAD CID NOT TO RENEW WASHGTON'S NTRACT AND HE WAS BOOTED OM THE SHOW.DONNIE MCCLURKPHOTO: EARL GIBSON/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK SAID 2000 THAT GOD "LIVERED HIM" OM "THE CURSE" OF HOMOSEXUALY. SCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS NEGATIVE FEELGS TOWARDS THE LGBT MUNY. IN 2009, THE MISTER ALLEGEDLY WENT AS FAR AS LLG GAY PEOPLE "VAMPIR" A YOUTUBE VIO BEFORE SAYG, "I SEE FEME BOYS, EVERYWHERE I GO... NO, DON'T APPLD, 'E A'T FUNNY. IT'S BEE WE FAILED." IN 2015, HE ME UNR FIRE FOR SPEAKG OUT AGAST THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LG WHICH MA SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL ACROSS THE UNTRY. "WE'VE JT RECEIVED THE ANSWER OM MAN'S SUPREME COURT... WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE ANSWER OM GOD," HE WROTE. "WH NO REGARD TO WHAT THE SUPREME COURT OF MAN CRE... NO MATTER WHAT MY PAST WAS OR FEELGS & STGGL... GOD HAS SET THE ONLY STANDARD FOR MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN."LORD JAMAR BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR WE TV(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR WE TV)A RAPPER AND MEMBER OF THE HIP HOP GROUP BRAND NUBIAN, LORD JAMAR RELEASED A DISS SONG TLED "LIFT UP YOUR SKIRT" 2013 TARGETED TOWARD KANYE WT. IN , HE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO REVEAL HIS OPN ON HOMOSEXUALY, SAYG, "GAY HAS NO PLACE HIP HOP." AFTER RECEIVG SOME BACKLASH, HE TWEETED, "I WENT TO A GAY WEDDING OF A GOOD IEND NOT TOO LONG AGO SO I DOUBT I'M HOMOPHOBIC."EMEM DONNA WARD/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: DONNA WARD/GETTY IMAG)RAPPER EMEM IS KNOWN FOR G HOMOPHOBIC TERMS HIS LYRICS, AND WHEN AN ATRALIAN POLICIAN TRIED TO BAN HIM OM THE UNTRY FOR THIS, THE MC SAID THAT, GROWG UP, WORDS LIKE "F****T" AND "QUEER" WERE SUALLY ED TO SCRIBE HOMOSEXUALS. IN 2010, ANRSON COOPER NONTED EMEM ABOUT THE HARSH TERMS AND ASKED IF HE DIDN'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE. "NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WH NOBODY," HE RPOND. "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JT LIKE WHATEVER."MIKE EPPS JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR BET(PHOTO: JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)MIKE EPPS ME UNR FIRE 2008 WHEN HE REPORTEDLY LLED A MERAMAN A "F*G," LEADG MANY TO ASSUME THAT HE WAS HOMOPHOBIC. THE ACTOR/EDIAN LATER SPOKE OUT RPONSE TO THAT CINT, SAYG, "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ME OM. NOTHG TOWARDS THE MUNY — NONE OF THAT. I MIGHT'VE JT SAID OUT OF ANGER. IT A'T NOTHG PERSONAL [SIC] AGAST THE MUNY."ERICK SERMONPHOTO: BEN GABBE/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: BEN GABBE/GETTY IMAG)RAPPER ERICK SERMON, 2012, SOUND OFF ON HOMOPHOBIA HIP HOP AND REVEALED THAT HE NSIRS TO BE "A CURSE." "WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPORTS PLAYERS, TOO, LIKE WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN, 'E THAT'S LIKE A CURSE TO BE THE SPORTS AND BE GAY AND BE HIP HOP AND BE GAY," HE SAID DURG AN TERVIEW WH VLADTV. "YOU N'T BE ON A BASKETBALL TEAM, FOOTBALL TEAM AND BE A HOMO, AND BE RAPPG... AND BE HOMO. N****S WILL KILL YOU."BOW WOWPHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG)BOW WOW UPSET A LOT OF HIS FANS 2009 WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT REFG TO LET A BARBER CUT HIS HAIR BEE HE WAS GAY. WHEN HE WAS SLAMMED FOR THE RIDICULO REASONG, HE TRIED TO CLEAR THE AIR, ONLY MAKG THGS WORSE THE PROCS. "I WANTED MY HAIRCUT AND I ASKED SOMEBODY OM THE LABEL TO GET ME A BARBER AND THE DU WAS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW... AND AS A MAN, I'M A MAN. YOU FEEL ME? I'M A MAN. LIKE, I'M A MAN, SO 'S KDA LIKE... I LOVE WOMEN TO ATH... I DON'T DISLIKE GAY PEOPLE... I JT DON'T WANT NO OTHER MAN TOUCHG ME."LA'PORSHA RENAEPHOTO: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAG FOR IHEARTMEDIA(PHOTO: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAG FOR IHEARTMEDIA)AMERIN IDOL SEASON 15 NNER-UP LA'PORSHA RENAE ME UNR FIRE 2016 AFTER SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T "AGREE" WH THE "LGBT LIFTYLE" WHILE SHARG HER OPN ON MISSISSIPPI'S ANTI-LGBT BILL. "I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY AGREE WH THAT LIFTYLE," SHE SAID. "I WASN'T BROUGHT UP THAT WAY. IT WASN'T HOW I WAS RAISED." SHE LATER APOLOGIZED, SAYG SHE "DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT ANYONE" AND WAS "JT TRYG TO HONTLY ANSWER A QUTN THAT UGHT ME OFF GUARD."BLAKE SHELTONPHOTO: JASON BAHR/GETTY IMAG FOR PERNOD RIRD(PHOTO: JASON BAHR/GETTY IMAG FOR PERNOD RIRD)MANY HAVE GROWN TO NSIR UNTRY SGER BLAKE SHELTON THE FUN-LOVG JUDGE ON THE VOICE, BUT THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME TAILS OM THE SGER'S PAST HAVE E BACK TO HNT HIM, REVEALG THAT HE MAY BE A HOMOPHOBE. TWTER ACUNT @MICFACTSTEA DUG UP SOME OLD HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS OM SHELTON DATG BACK TO 2010. "GROWN MEN WHO WEAR CHUCK TAYLOR'S MAY AS WELL WRE ON THEIR FORE HEAD 'CUCUMBERS TURN ME ON!!!'" HE ALLEGEDLY WROTE ONE TWEET, WHILE, ANOTHER, HE WROTE, "STANDG LE AT A FFEE SHOP LA TALKG WH THE MA ONT OF ME. HE ORRS A SKNY RAMEL LATTE. I ULDN'T TELL HE WAS GAY!!!" IN 2016, HE ADDRSED THE TWEETS, APOLOGIZG FOR HIS BRAND OF "EDY."AZEALIA BANKSPHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NASTY GAL(PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NASTY GAL)AZEALIA BANKS, WHO ONCE NSIRED HERSELF BISEXUAL, WENT ON A HOMOPHOBIC TIRA 2015 AGAST GAY BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON, WHERE SHE ED A GAY SLUR THAT UPSET MANY OF HER FANS. "DO YOU GUYS THK I'M A PETTY F****T LMFAO," SHE TWEETED. WHEN LLED OUT BY HILTON FOR THE HURTFUL WORDS, SHE ONLY DUG A EPER GRAVE, SAYG, "A F****T IS NOT A HOMOSEXUAL MALE. A F****T IS ANY MALE WHO ACTS LIKE A FEMALE. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE." WHEN ONE FAN LLED HER OUT FOR BEG HOMOPHOBIC, SHE OFFENSIVELY RPOND, ".. EVEN IF I AM A HOMOPHOBE... SO WAT? I STILL MAKE MORE $ THAN YOU... STILL HAVE AN EXTRA HOLE... AND STILL OWN EVERYTHG."BUJU BANTON WILLIAM D. BIRD/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: WILLIAM D. BIRD/GETTY IMAG)JAMAIN ARTIST BUJU BANTON HAS EXPRSED AN ANTI-GAY STANCE HIS MIC SCE THE '90S. IN 1992, HIS H "BOOM BYE BYE," WHICH HE WROTE WHEN HE WAS 15, WAS KNOWN FOR S ANTI-GAY LYRICS WHICH SUPPORTED THE MURR OF GAY MEN. MANY THOUGHT HE HAD TURNED A NEW LEAF 2007 WHEN WAS MORED THAT HE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER REGGAE ARTISTS SIGNED A PLEDGE, THE REGGAE COMPASSNATE ACT, CREATED BY THE STOP MURR MIC MPAIGN, WHICH AIMED TO STOP THE PERFORMANCE OF HOMOPHOBIC SONGS AND STATEMENTS. HE, HOWEVER, LATER NIED BEG A PART OF THAT.BEENIE MANPHOTO: JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG)ANOTHER POPULAR REGGAE ARTIST AND JAMAI NATIVE, BEENIE MAN, IS KNOWN FOR HIS HOMOPHOBIC MIL NTENT. IN 2004, HE WAS EVEN REMOVED OM THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS AFTER PROTTS BY GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVSTS. LIKE BUJU BANTON, HE WAS ALSO MORED TO HAVE SIGNED THE REGGAE COMPASSNATE ACT, BUT LATER NIED THAT HE WAS EVER A PART OF . SCE THEN, HE NTUED TO CLU HOMOPHOBIC LYRICS HIS MIC, RULTG SEVERAL OF HIS SHOWS AROUND THE WORLD BEG NCELED. IN 2012, HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE OFFENSIVE NTENT, SAYG, "I HAVE NOTHG AGAST NO ONE. I RPECT EACH AND EVERY HUMAN BEG, REGARDLS OF WHICH RACE OR CREED, REGARDLS OF WHICH RELIG BELIEF YOU BELIEVE , AND REGARDLS OF WHICH SEXUAL PREFERENCE YOU ARE, CLUDG GAYS AND LBIAN PEOPLE."BEANIE SIGEL STT GRI/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: STT GRI/GETTY IMAG)BEANIE SIGEL SHOWED HIS TE LORS DURG AN TERVIEW ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB 2016 WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS DISGT FOR HOMOSEXUALY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY. "THGS ARE GOG TOO FAR," HE SAID. "EVEN THE MEDIA AND TELEVISN, THIS HOMOSEXUALY S**T IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH... AND 'S SICKENG TO ME. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXPLA TO MY SON WHY TWO MEN IS [SIC] ON PRIMETIME TELEVISN KISSG. NOTHG POSIVE OR GOOD OUT OF THAT." NEEDLS TO SAY, HE WAS DRAGGED, LATER ON, FOR HIS WORDS ON SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CELEBRY {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

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14 CELEBRI WHO DON'T REALLY LIKE GAY PEOPLE

Self-scribed as a tradnal nservative, this mayor of Mississippi town Southaven got exposed as gay durg his fourth term office after state dors revealed he purchased $67 worth of toys om a gay sex shop Toronto and billed to the taxpayers.