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She started by thankg her “sisters the name of rap”: Lil’ Kim, MC Lyte, Monie Love, and Rhapsody, who performed a tribute number to Latifah, cludg her hs “Ladi First” and “U.N.I.T.Y.”</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ gwYBCr"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="e9nok"></div></div><p>Holdg up a photo of her mother and tearg up, Latifah then thanked her fay and iends and the women who have spired her as an artist. “I wanted to celebrate , bee I know together we stand stronger than when we tear each other apart, and I’ve seen enough of that. So rpect to all the female MCs on the stage tonight,” she said, gturg to her fellow women rappers.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>She end her speech by shoutg out Pri Month: “Eboni, my love. Rebel, my love. Peace. Happy Pri!”</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Eboni Nichols and Rebel are long mored to be Latifah’s longtime partner and their son, makg last night the first time that the artist has nfirmed her relatnship public.</p><p>Latifah’s sexualy has been a pot of gossip for years, and the artist is notorly reluctant to discs her personal life the prs. In a 2008 terview wh <a href="><em>New York Tim</em></a><em>,</em> Latifah wouldn’t ment on her sexualy: “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life,” she said. “You don’t get that part of me. Sorry. We’re not discsg our meetgs. I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do anyway.”</p><p>Still, acrdg to <a href="><em>The Cut</em>,</a> this is the first time Latifah has publicly mentned Eboni or Rebel.</p><p>It’s not at all our bs to further speculate on Latifah’s sexualy, but what we n do is thank Latifah for all she’s done for queer people.</p><p><em>Chigo, Hairspray,</em> <a href="><em>Set It Off</em></a> and <em>Bsie</em> are nonilly classic queer films, not to mentn her work on the TV show <em>Livg Sgle</em>, movie <em>Girls Trip</em>, and the classic hip-hop albums “All Hail the Queen” and “Nature of a Sista’.” Wh that, we say: thank you, Queen, and happy Pri.</p><p><em><strong>Get the bt of what’s queer.</strong></em> <a href=">Sign up for <em>them</em>.'s weekly newsletter here.</a></p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div 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There's no five answer for whether Queen Latifah is gay or not. The fact that she's never publicly e out as gay certaly don't prove that she isn't. It uld also simply mean that she prefers to keep her personal life private.

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IS QUEEN LATIFAH GAY OR LBIAN AND DO SHE HAVE A GIRLIEND, HBAND, WIFE?

* is queen latifah is gay *

Throughout the years, the New Jersey-born mician-turned-Goln Globe wner has refed to nfirm or ny spicns of her homosexualy. “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life, ” Latifah sisted durg an terview wh The New York Tim 2008. “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not.

My heart melted when queen latifah mentned her son and partner ? what a day to be gay. Queen Latifah has never openly scribed herself as a lbian or gay, but she once lled the LGBT people her ‘peeps’ durg a show 2012.

Is Queen Latifah gay?

IS QUEEN LATIFAH GAY? KNOW HER EARLY LIFE, RELATNSHIPS AND MORE

Queen Latifah - Rumors that the entreprenr is gay have been swirlg for years, but while the "U.N.I.T.Y." emcee don't md talkg about sexualy, she has always refed to discs her personal life publicly. She did, however, adm 2009 that the nstant speculatn annoys her om time to time. "They want to make up stori and make me gay all the time and 's like, 'Keep nng wh ,'" she told Accs Hollywood. "I've fely been annoyed by , but I learned a long time ago that was potls to say anythg." Latifah played legendary blu sger Bsie Smh, who was bisexual, the HBO bpic Bsie. (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Imag for Variety) - Shemar Moore, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan and more. * is queen latifah is gay *

Is Queen Latifah Gay or Lbian? There have been a lot of speculatns ncerng the sexualy of Queen Latifah…Is she really gay like all the mors surroundg her dite?

Well, all the mors about this legendary rapper beg gay are not new to those who have e to love her mic.

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IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{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;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)

Many have qutned the multi-hyphenate performers sexualy over the years. While she never has answered those qutns, never g labels like gay, lbian, or bisexual, she has been spotted wh and acknowledged her female romantic partners. * is queen latifah is gay *

Sce then, no one has yet to nfirm whether this rapper, cum sger, and actrs, is actually gay or not.

That clus all the mors that have been makg rounds all over the ter claimg how she publicly admted to beg gay. Also, while performg at the Beach Lbian and Gay Pri event, she took the stage and announced how she’s been wag for such an opportuny for a very long time… and to what might seem like a nfsn, she even went ahead and poted out how the gay muny was actually her fay but whheld herself om publicly admtg that she was ed gay. But our grapeve has that the talk-show host was actually spired by the recent event, where Madonna and Macklemore’s Grammy performance saw to that dozens of Gays were actually given an opportuny to tie the note.

QUEEN LATIFAH ON HOMOSEXUALY: ''I DON'T FD BEG GAY OR LBIAN TO BE A CHARACTER FLAW''

Queen Latifah Sounds Off On The Gay Communy * is queen latifah is gay *

Is Queen Latifah Gay?

“I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life, ” Latifah sisted durg an terview wh the New York Tim 2008. At the 2012 Long Beach Pri event California last weekend, the 42-year-old award-wng sger, rapper and actrs officially me out as gay.

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EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. LATIFAH HAS ALSO GARNERED ACCLAIM FOR ACTG, EARNG HER FIRST OSR NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE THE 2002 BLOCKBTER MIL CHIGO, AND AN EMMY NOD FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF BLU SGER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BSIE SMH THE 2015 FILM BSIE.EARLY LIFEQUEEN LATIFAH WAS BORN DANA ELAE OWENS ON MARCH 18, 1970, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE SEND CHILD OF LANCE AND RA OWENS, LATIFAH IS BT KNOWN FOR HER SOCIAL POLICS, ACTG SKILLS AND GIFT FOR RHYME. WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD, A MLIM GAVE HER THE NICKNAME LATIFAH, MEANG "LITE AND SENSIVE" ARABIC. LATIFAH BEGAN SGG THE CHOIR OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND HAD HER FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WHEN SHE SANG A VERSN OF "HOME" AS ONE OF THE TWO DOROTHYS A PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ AT ST. ANNE'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.IN HER FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, LATIFAH BEGAN RMAL SGG AND RAPPG THE RTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. IN HER JUNR YEAR, SHE FORMED A RAP GROUP, LADI FRH, WH HER IENDS TANGY B AND LANDY D RPONSE TO THE FORMATN OF ANOTHER YOUNG WOMEN'S GROUP. SOON THE GROUP WAS MAKG APPEARANC WHEREVER THEY ULD. LATIFAH'S MOTHER WAS A TALYST; SHE WAS TOUCH WH THE STUNTS AND THE MIC. SHE VED MARK JAM, A LOL DISC JOCKEY KNOWN AS D.J. MARK THE 45 KG, TO APPEAR AT A SCHOOL DANCE. THE BASEMENT OF JAM'S PARENTS' HOE EAST ORANGE, EQUIPPED WH ELECTRONIC AND RERDG EQUIPMENT, BEME THE HANGOUT OF LATIFAH AND HER IENDS, WHO LLED THEMSELV THE "FLAVOR UN."ALBUMS AND SONGS'WRATH OF MY MADNS,' 'ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN'JAM, WHO WAS BEGNG A REER AS A PRODUCER, GAVE A MO RERD OF QUEEN LATIFAH'S RAP PRCS OF THE POSSE TO THE HOST OF YO! MTV RAPS, FRED BRAHWAE (PROFSNALLY KNOWN AS "FAB 5 FREDDY"). THE RERDG PTURED THE ATTENTN OF TOMMY BOY MIC EMPLOYEE DANTE ROSS, AND 1988 THE LABEL ISSUED HER FIRST SGLE, "WRATH OF MY MADNS." THE TRACK MET WH A POSIVE RPONSE, AFFORDG LATIFAH THE OPPORTUNY TO LNCH A EUROPEAN TOUR AND TO PERFORM AT HARLEM'S FAMED APOLLO THEATER. THE NEXT YEAR, LATIFAH RELEASED HER FIRST ALBUM, ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL MORE THAN 1 LN PI.'NATURE OF A SISTA'' AND MANAGEMENTTHE ARTIST FOLLOWED 1991 WH NATURE OF A SISTA', FEATURG THE SGL "FLY GIRL," "HOW DO I LOVE THEE" AND "LATIFAH'S HAD IT UP 2 HERE." MEANWHILE, SHE DISPLAYED AN TERT VTMENT, PUTTG MONEY TO A LITSEN AND A VIO STORE. REALIZG THAT THERE WAS AN OPENG FOR HER RERD PRODUCTN, LATIFAH ANIZED AND BEME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE FLAVOR UN RERDS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED JERSEY CY, NEW JERSEY. BY LATE 1993, THE PANY HAD SIGNED 17 RAP GROUPS, CLUDG THE VERY SUCCSFUL NGHTY BY NATURE.'BLACK REIGN,' GRAMMY FOR 'U.N.I.T.Y.,' 'ORR THE COURT'IN 1993, LATIFAH RERD A JAZZ- AND REGGAE-FLUENCED ALBUM TLED BLACK REIGN. IT SOLD MORE THAN 500,000 PI, WHILE THE TCHY SGLE "U.N.I.T.Y." EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. SHE FOLLOWED 1998 WH HER FOURTH STUD EFFORT, ORR THE COURT, WHICH WAS NOTABLE FOR BEG HER FIRST ALBUM TO SPORT A PARENTAL ADVISORY WARNG FOR EXPLIC LYRICS.'THE DANA OWENS ALBUM,' 'TRAV'L' LIGHT,' 'PERSONA'LATIFAH BRANCHED OUT OM HIP HOP TO SHOW HER RANGE AS A SGER WH THE DANA OWENS ALBUM (2004), WHICH CLIMBED TO NO. 16 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AND EARNED A GRAMMY NOMATN FOR BT JAZZ VOL ALBUM. TRAV'L LIGHT (2007) FARED EVEN BETTER ON THE POP CHARTS AND EARNED A GRAMMY FOR STMENTAL ARRANGEMENT. LATIFAH THEN RETURNED TO HER RAP ROOTS WH PERSONA (2009), THOUGH THE ALBUM DREW A MIXED RPONSE OM CRICS. FILM, TV & STAGE'JUNGLE FEVER,' 'JUICE,' 'LIVG SGLE'TURNG TO ACTG, LATIFAH MA HER BIG-SCREEN BUT SPIKE LEE'S TERRACIAL ROMANCE DRAMA JUNGLE FEVER (1991). THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE APPEARED THE CRIME THRILLER JUICE, WH OMAR EPPS AND TUPAC SHAKUR. LATIFAH SOON LAND A LEADG ROLE ON THE SMALL SCREEN, APPEARG THE S LIVG SGLE OM 1993 TO '98. THE EDY, WHICH ALSO STARRED KIM COL, KIM FIELDS AND ERIKA ALEXANR, PROVED TO BE A GROUNDBREAKG SHOW. IT REMAS ONE OF THE FEW SS TO FOC ON A GROUP OF AIN-AMERIN WOMEN.'SET IT OFF,' 'LIVG OUT LOUD,' 'THE BONE COLLECTOR' A TALENTED PERFORMER, LATIFAH NTUED TO TACKLE BOTH EDIC AND DRAMATIC PARTS. SHE -STARRED 1996'S SET IT OFF, WH JADA PKETT SMH AND VIVI A. FOX, PLAYG A LBIAN BANK ROBBER. TWO YEARS LATER, LATIFAH TEAMED UP WH HOLLY HUNTER AND DANNY DEVO FOR THE EDY LIVG OUT LOUD. SHE ALSO APPEARED WH DENZEL WASHGTON AND ANGELA JOLIE THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999).OSR NOMATN FOR 'CHIGO' PERHAPS LATIFAH'S MOST ACCLAIMED FILM ROLE TO DATE ME THE 2002 H MIL CHIGO, STARRG RICHARD GERE, CATHERE ZETA-JON AND RENEE ZELLWEGER. HER PORTRAYAL OF PRISON MATRON MAMA MORTON GAVE HER A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF BOTH HER SGG TALENTS AND ACTG SKILLS. FOR HER WORK THE FILM, LATIFAH EARNED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTRS.'BRGG DOWN THE HOE,' 'BETY SHOP,' 'ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN' LATIFAH WENT ON TO RECEIVE STRONG REVIEWS FOR 2003'S ROMANTIC EDY BRGG DOWN THE HOE, ALONGSI STEVE MART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE EXPERIENCED SOME DISAPPOTMENT WH TAXI, WHICH -STARRED JIMMY FALLON. BUT SHE FARED BETTER WH BETY SHOP (2005) AND HER VOICEOVER WORK THE H ANIMATED FILM ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (2006).'HAIRSPRAY,' 'THE SECRET LIFE OF BE,' 'STEEL MAGNOLIAS' IN 2007, QUEEN LATIFAH AGA LIGHTED MOVIE-GOERS WH HER MIL TALENTS BY APPEARG AS MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE HAIRSPRAY, WH JOHN TRAVOLTA. HER CRIME PER MAD MONEY (2008), WH DIANE KEATON AND KATIE HOLM, RECEIVED A LR RECEPTN. RETURNG TO DRAMA, LATIFAH GAVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE THE SECRET LIFE OF BE (2008). SHE ALSO APPEARED ON SHOWS LIKE 30 ROCK AND SGLE LADI AROUND THIS TIME, AND WENT ON TO -STAR THE 2012 TV REMAKE OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS, WH ALE WOODARD, PHYLICIA RASHAD AND JILL STT.TALK SHOW, 'BSIE,' 'THE WIZ LIVE!'HAVG HOSTED A DAYTIME TALK SHOW OM 1999 TO 2001, THE ENTERTAER SOUGHT TO TABLISH ANOTHER VERSN OF THE QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW THE FALL OF 2013. ALTHOUGH THE SHOW WAS NCELED EARLY 2015, LATIFAH BOUNCED BACK WH A WILY PRAISED PORTRAYAL OF LEGENDARY SGER BSIE SMH HBO'S BSIE, GARNERG EMMY AND GOLN GLOBE NOMATNS FOR HER WORK. LATE THAT YEAR, SHE PLAYED THE WIZ THE NBC PRODUCTN OF THE MIL THE WIZ LIVE!'STAR,' 'GIRLS TRIP,' 'FLT'AFTER -STARRG WH JENNIFER GARNER THE 2016 FAY DRAMA MIRACL OM HEAVEN, LATIFAH TOOK ON A LEADG ROLE THE FOX MIL DRAMA STAR, WHICH AIRED FOR THREE SEASONS. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, LATIFAH JOED THE ENSEMBLE ST OF THE RNCHY EDY GIRLS TRIP, WHICH PROVED A H WH FANS. SHE ALSO TOOK ON A WEIGHTIER ROLE THE LIFETIME DRAMA FLT, ABOUT THE WATER CRISIS THE MICHIGAN CY, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG ACTRS. IN NOVEMBER 2019, LATIFAH RURFACED ABC'S THE LTLE MERMAID LIVE!, HER PERFORMANCE AS URSULA DRAWG PRAISE AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRODUCTN.SPOKPERSON AND PERSONAL LIFE IN ADDN TO ACTG, QUEEN LATIFAH HAS SERVED AS A SPOKPERSON FOR COVERGIRL SMETICS. SHE EVEN HAS HER OWN LE WH THE PANY: THE QUEEN COLLECTN.LATIFAH'S SEXUALY HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MORS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE QUEEN REF TO LVE TO SUCH PRIVATE MATTERS. "I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG THE TOPIC OF SOMEBODY BEG GAY, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG MY PERSONAL LIFE," SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2008. "I DON’T RE IF PEOPLE THK I’M GAY OR NOT. ASSUME WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU DO ANYWAY."IN MARCH 2018, LATIFAH NFIRMED THE ATH OF HER MOTHER, FOLLOWG A LONG BATTLE WH A HEART {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Gheys and lbians are celebratg the biggt news sce the passage of the gay marriage law New York 2011. Hollywood's most well-known lbian, Queen Latifah, has fally e out of the closet. The rapper-turned-actrs ma the transn quietly, a prs release announcg her mment to headle this year's annual Long Beach Lbian * is queen latifah is gay *

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“I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life, ” she told the outlet. We’re not discsg our meetgs, I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not. & Jamai are fightg over gay rights.

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In 2016, fans began circulatg vios onle where Queen Latifah supposedly me out as gay durg an terview wh Vibe magaze. There’s no five answer for whether Queen Latifah is gay or not. The fact that she’s never publicly e out as gay certaly don’t prove that she isn’t.

Is Queen Latifah gay or straight? ” While speculatn about her beg gay has followed her reer, Latifah told The New York Tim 2008, “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life. ” She add, “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not.

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In a 2008 terview wh New York Tim, Latifah wouldn’t ment on her sexualy: “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life, ” she said. I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not. Speakg to The New York Tim  2008, the rap superstar – who's had a stunng weight-loss transformatn — said, "I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't re if people thk I'm gay or not.

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(Photo: Vtor Zuno Celotto/Getty Imag)5 / 17John Legend - The "Ma to Love" sger has been alg wh gay mors, which he blam the blogs for creatg, sce the begng of his reer. Apparently not, as Oprah Wey has been mored to be romantilly lked to her BFF Gayle Kg for years. In a personal s-down terview wh Barbara Walters, the queen of all media said, "I have said we are not gay enough tim.

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EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. LATIFAH HAS ALSO GARNERED ACCLAIM FOR ACTG, EARNG HER FIRST OSR NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE THE 2002 BLOCKBTER MIL CHIGO, AND AN EMMY NOD FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF BLU SGER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BSIE SMH THE 2015 FILM BSIE.EARLY LIFEQUEEN LATIFAH WAS BORN DANA ELAE OWENS ON MARCH 18, 1970, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE SEND CHILD OF LANCE AND RA OWENS, LATIFAH IS BT KNOWN FOR HER SOCIAL POLICS, ACTG SKILLS AND GIFT FOR RHYME. WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD, A MLIM GAVE HER THE NICKNAME LATIFAH, MEANG "LITE AND SENSIVE" ARABIC. LATIFAH BEGAN SGG THE CHOIR OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND HAD HER FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WHEN SHE SANG A VERSN OF "HOME" AS ONE OF THE TWO DOROTHYS A PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ AT ST. ANNE'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.IN HER FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, LATIFAH BEGAN RMAL SGG AND RAPPG THE RTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. IN HER JUNR YEAR, SHE FORMED A RAP GROUP, LADI FRH, WH HER IENDS TANGY B AND LANDY D RPONSE TO THE FORMATN OF ANOTHER YOUNG WOMEN'S GROUP. SOON THE GROUP WAS MAKG APPEARANC WHEREVER THEY ULD. LATIFAH'S MOTHER WAS A TALYST; SHE WAS TOUCH WH THE STUNTS AND THE MIC. SHE VED MARK JAM, A LOL DISC JOCKEY KNOWN AS D.J. MARK THE 45 KG, TO APPEAR AT A SCHOOL DANCE. THE BASEMENT OF JAM'S PARENTS' HOE EAST ORANGE, EQUIPPED WH ELECTRONIC AND RERDG EQUIPMENT, BEME THE HANGOUT OF LATIFAH AND HER IENDS, WHO LLED THEMSELV THE "FLAVOR UN."ALBUMS AND SONGS'WRATH OF MY MADNS,' 'ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN'JAM, WHO WAS BEGNG A REER AS A PRODUCER, GAVE A MO RERD OF QUEEN LATIFAH'S RAP PRCS OF THE POSSE TO THE HOST OF YO! MTV RAPS, FRED BRAHWAE (PROFSNALLY KNOWN AS "FAB 5 FREDDY"). THE RERDG PTURED THE ATTENTN OF TOMMY BOY MIC EMPLOYEE DANTE ROSS, AND 1988 THE LABEL ISSUED HER FIRST SGLE, "WRATH OF MY MADNS." THE TRACK MET WH A POSIVE RPONSE, AFFORDG LATIFAH THE OPPORTUNY TO LNCH A EUROPEAN TOUR AND TO PERFORM AT HARLEM'S FAMED APOLLO THEATER. THE NEXT YEAR, LATIFAH RELEASED HER FIRST ALBUM, ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL MORE THAN 1 LN PI.'NATURE OF A SISTA'' AND MANAGEMENTTHE ARTIST FOLLOWED 1991 WH NATURE OF A SISTA', FEATURG THE SGL "FLY GIRL," "HOW DO I LOVE THEE" AND "LATIFAH'S HAD IT UP 2 HERE." MEANWHILE, SHE DISPLAYED AN TERT VTMENT, PUTTG MONEY TO A LITSEN AND A VIO STORE. REALIZG THAT THERE WAS AN OPENG FOR HER RERD PRODUCTN, LATIFAH ANIZED AND BEME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE FLAVOR UN RERDS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED JERSEY CY, NEW JERSEY. BY LATE 1993, THE PANY HAD SIGNED 17 RAP GROUPS, CLUDG THE VERY SUCCSFUL NGHTY BY NATURE.'BLACK REIGN,' GRAMMY FOR 'U.N.I.T.Y.,' 'ORR THE COURT'IN 1993, LATIFAH RERD A JAZZ- AND REGGAE-FLUENCED ALBUM TLED BLACK REIGN. IT SOLD MORE THAN 500,000 PI, WHILE THE TCHY SGLE "U.N.I.T.Y." EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. SHE FOLLOWED 1998 WH HER FOURTH STUD EFFORT, ORR THE COURT, WHICH WAS NOTABLE FOR BEG HER FIRST ALBUM TO SPORT A PARENTAL ADVISORY WARNG FOR EXPLIC LYRICS.'THE DANA OWENS ALBUM,' 'TRAV'L' LIGHT,' 'PERSONA'LATIFAH BRANCHED OUT OM HIP HOP TO SHOW HER RANGE AS A SGER WH THE DANA OWENS ALBUM (2004), WHICH CLIMBED TO NO. 16 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AND EARNED A GRAMMY NOMATN FOR BT JAZZ VOL ALBUM. TRAV'L LIGHT (2007) FARED EVEN BETTER ON THE POP CHARTS AND EARNED A GRAMMY FOR STMENTAL ARRANGEMENT. LATIFAH THEN RETURNED TO HER RAP ROOTS WH PERSONA (2009), THOUGH THE ALBUM DREW A MIXED RPONSE OM CRICS. FILM, TV & STAGE'JUNGLE FEVER,' 'JUICE,' 'LIVG SGLE'TURNG TO ACTG, LATIFAH MA HER BIG-SCREEN BUT SPIKE LEE'S TERRACIAL ROMANCE DRAMA JUNGLE FEVER (1991). THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE APPEARED THE CRIME THRILLER JUICE, WH OMAR EPPS AND TUPAC SHAKUR. LATIFAH SOON LAND A LEADG ROLE ON THE SMALL SCREEN, APPEARG THE S LIVG SGLE OM 1993 TO '98. THE EDY, WHICH ALSO STARRED KIM COL, KIM FIELDS AND ERIKA ALEXANR, PROVED TO BE A GROUNDBREAKG SHOW. IT REMAS ONE OF THE FEW SS TO FOC ON A GROUP OF AIN-AMERIN WOMEN.'SET IT OFF,' 'LIVG OUT LOUD,' 'THE BONE COLLECTOR' A TALENTED PERFORMER, LATIFAH NTUED TO TACKLE BOTH EDIC AND DRAMATIC PARTS. SHE -STARRED 1996'S SET IT OFF, WH JADA PKETT SMH AND VIVI A. FOX, PLAYG A LBIAN BANK ROBBER. TWO YEARS LATER, LATIFAH TEAMED UP WH HOLLY HUNTER AND DANNY DEVO FOR THE EDY LIVG OUT LOUD. SHE ALSO APPEARED WH DENZEL WASHGTON AND ANGELA JOLIE THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999).OSR NOMATN FOR 'CHIGO' PERHAPS LATIFAH'S MOST ACCLAIMED FILM ROLE TO DATE ME THE 2002 H MIL CHIGO, STARRG RICHARD GERE, CATHERE ZETA-JON AND RENEE ZELLWEGER. HER PORTRAYAL OF PRISON MATRON MAMA MORTON GAVE HER A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF BOTH HER SGG TALENTS AND ACTG SKILLS. FOR HER WORK THE FILM, LATIFAH EARNED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTRS.'BRGG DOWN THE HOE,' 'BETY SHOP,' 'ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN' LATIFAH WENT ON TO RECEIVE STRONG REVIEWS FOR 2003'S ROMANTIC EDY BRGG DOWN THE HOE, ALONGSI STEVE MART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE EXPERIENCED SOME DISAPPOTMENT WH TAXI, WHICH -STARRED JIMMY FALLON. BUT SHE FARED BETTER WH BETY SHOP (2005) AND HER VOICEOVER WORK THE H ANIMATED FILM ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (2006).'HAIRSPRAY,' 'THE SECRET LIFE OF BE,' 'STEEL MAGNOLIAS' IN 2007, QUEEN LATIFAH AGA LIGHTED MOVIE-GOERS WH HER MIL TALENTS BY APPEARG AS MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE HAIRSPRAY, WH JOHN TRAVOLTA. HER CRIME PER MAD MONEY (2008), WH DIANE KEATON AND KATIE HOLM, RECEIVED A LR RECEPTN. RETURNG TO DRAMA, LATIFAH GAVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE THE SECRET LIFE OF BE (2008). SHE ALSO APPEARED ON SHOWS LIKE 30 ROCK AND SGLE LADI AROUND THIS TIME, AND WENT ON TO -STAR THE 2012 TV REMAKE OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS, WH ALE WOODARD, PHYLICIA RASHAD AND JILL STT.TALK SHOW, 'BSIE,' 'THE WIZ LIVE!'HAVG HOSTED A DAYTIME TALK SHOW OM 1999 TO 2001, THE ENTERTAER SOUGHT TO TABLISH ANOTHER VERSN OF THE QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW THE FALL OF 2013. ALTHOUGH THE SHOW WAS NCELED EARLY 2015, LATIFAH BOUNCED BACK WH A WILY PRAISED PORTRAYAL OF LEGENDARY SGER BSIE SMH HBO'S BSIE, GARNERG EMMY AND GOLN GLOBE NOMATNS FOR HER WORK. LATE THAT YEAR, SHE PLAYED THE WIZ THE NBC PRODUCTN OF THE MIL THE WIZ LIVE!'STAR,' 'GIRLS TRIP,' 'FLT'AFTER -STARRG WH JENNIFER GARNER THE 2016 FAY DRAMA MIRACL OM HEAVEN, LATIFAH TOOK ON A LEADG ROLE THE FOX MIL DRAMA STAR, WHICH AIRED FOR THREE SEASONS. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, LATIFAH JOED THE ENSEMBLE ST OF THE RNCHY EDY GIRLS TRIP, WHICH PROVED A H WH FANS. SHE ALSO TOOK ON A WEIGHTIER ROLE THE LIFETIME DRAMA FLT, ABOUT THE WATER CRISIS THE MICHIGAN CY, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG ACTRS. IN NOVEMBER 2019, LATIFAH RURFACED ABC'S THE LTLE MERMAID LIVE!, HER PERFORMANCE AS URSULA DRAWG PRAISE AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRODUCTN.SPOKPERSON AND PERSONAL LIFE IN ADDN TO ACTG, QUEEN LATIFAH HAS SERVED AS A SPOKPERSON FOR COVERGIRL SMETICS. SHE EVEN HAS HER OWN LE WH THE PANY: THE QUEEN COLLECTN.LATIFAH'S SEXUALY HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MORS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE QUEEN REF TO LVE TO SUCH PRIVATE MATTERS. "I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG THE TOPIC OF SOMEBODY BEG GAY, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG MY PERSONAL LIFE," SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2008. "I DON’T RE IF PEOPLE THK I’M GAY OR NOT. ASSUME WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU DO ANYWAY."IN MARCH 2018, LATIFAH NFIRMED THE ATH OF HER MOTHER, FOLLOWG A LONG BATTLE WH A HEART {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

"(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Imag for A&E Network)13 / 17Tyson Beckford - "He's handsome, he's fashnable and he's rarely seen wh a woman on his arm, so he mt be gay. "I work wh GLAAD, I work wh Gay Men's Health Crisis — I work wh all of that, " he said. "It's jt I'm a straight man who got a ltle b of style so they jt say, 'He's gay.

Back 2005, he blasted homophobia hip-hop, "Not jt hip-hop, but Ameri jt discrimat. The one that get the most hate, and they say gay, but is also the richt the A.

QUEEN LATIFAH RELLS TAKG 2PAC TO A GAY CLUB: ‘THEY WANTED TO TEAR HIM OUT OF HIS CLOTH’

"Everyone Atlanta [knows] me and Young Thug is [sic] not gay, " he said. I know I a't [sic] gay. Everybody know I a't gay.

"(Photo: Earl Gibson III/Getty Imag for BET)17 / 17A$AP Rocky - Gay? Porter, A$AP Rocky addrsed the gay mors that pop up around his name once a while. "People say I'm gay sometim, but I have a lot of b*****s so why would I re?

Even so, A$AP thks that homosexualy hip-hop should not be a hot topic this age. “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life.

QUEEN LATIFAH, MADONNA MARRY GAY COUPL AT THE GRAMMYS

ARI MICHELSONQueen Latifah is speakg out support of the gay muny. And the realy is that there's always been gay people the black muny, so 's not foreign to .

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* IS QUEEN LATIFAH IS GAY

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She started by thankg her “sisters the name of rap”: Lil’ Kim, MC Lyte, Monie Love, and Rhapsody, who performed a tribute number to Latifah, cludg her hs “Ladi First” and “U.N.I.T.Y.”</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ gwYBCr"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="e9nok"></div></div><p>Holdg up a photo of her mother and tearg up, Latifah then thanked her fay and iends and the women who have spired her as an artist. “I wanted to celebrate , bee I know together we stand stronger than when we tear each other apart, and I’ve seen enough of that. So rpect to all the female MCs on the stage tonight,” she said, gturg to her fellow women rappers.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>She end her speech by shoutg out Pri Month: “Eboni, my love. Rebel, my love. Peace. Happy Pri!”</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Eboni Nichols and Rebel are long mored to be Latifah’s longtime partner and their son, makg last night the first time that the artist has nfirmed her relatnship public.</p><p>Latifah’s sexualy has been a pot of gossip for years, and the artist is notorly reluctant to discs her personal life the prs. In a 2008 terview wh <a href="><em>New York Tim</em></a><em>,</em> Latifah wouldn’t ment on her sexualy: “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life,” she said. “You don’t get that part of me. Sorry. We’re not discsg our meetgs. I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do anyway.”</p><p>Still, acrdg to <a href="><em>The Cut</em>,</a> this is the first time Latifah has publicly mentned Eboni or Rebel.</p><p>It’s not at all our bs to further speculate on Latifah’s sexualy, but what we n do is thank Latifah for all she’s done for queer people.</p><p><em>Chigo, Hairspray,</em> <a href="><em>Set It Off</em></a> and <em>Bsie</em> are nonilly classic queer films, not to mentn her work on the TV show <em>Livg Sgle</em>, movie <em>Girls Trip</em>, and the classic hip-hop albums “All Hail the Queen” and “Nature of a Sista’.” Wh that, we say: thank you, Queen, and happy Pri.</p><p><em><strong>Get the bt of what’s queer.</strong></em> <a href=">Sign up for <em>them</em>.'s weekly newsletter here.</a></p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div 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