Among all of these things there is also a sense of betrayal in black people’s reactions to a black queer man coming out. Women who are attracted to the celeb who comes out, voice their annoyance because now their chances of being with him are completely thrown out the window “No! He cant be gay!” and men who admired the man will suddenly distance themselves from him due to a “If I continue liking you people will think I am gay too” mentality. The first thing that comes to black peoples minds when a famous black man gets “outed” or comes out of the closet himself is “Why did he wait this long to say something?” You would think the reason why would be pretty obvious, but the community will genuinely get offended when a famous black man comes out.
