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Rap artist ‘Game’ urges those in the closet to come out

Rap artist ‘Game’ urges those in the closet to come out

In an interview with website VLADTV.com, rap artist Game says he believes there are a number of big-name rap stars who are homosexual and he feels they should be out and proud about their sexuality.

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“I think there are several rappers that are in the closet and gay. They are the only type of gay people that I have a problem with,” he said. “I don’t have a problem with gay people. Gay people are everywhere and rightfully so, it’s a free country.”

“I think there are several rappers that are in the closet and gay. They are the only type of gay people that I have a problem with,” he said.

“I don’t have a problem with gay people. Gay people are everywhere and rightfully so, it’s a free country.

“Game has no problem with gay people, Game has a problem with people who are pretending not to be gay. The number one issue with that is that you can be fooling somebody and you could give them AIDS and they can die. So that in the closet shit is real scary.

Watch the interview here:

Now some folks may get offended by the comment he made about being in the closet and catching AIDS. He does seem to be saying that being gay is the same as having AIDS.

However, I beg to differ. I think he is saying that if you are closeted, you are more likely not to be as careful in regards to sexually transmitted diseases. Just like you are more likely not to be honest with your physician about your sexual history.

And there are studies which bear this out.

I sincerely hope that the comments by rap artist The Game causes a much needed discussion about the need for not just gay rappers but African-American members of the gay community to come out whenever they can. I also hope that this discussion actually includes African-Americans lgbtqs for a change instead of us being conveniently omitted by African-American media voices.

Whenever there is a discussion regarding gay issues in the African-American community, African-American media voices – i.e. Roland Martin, Tavis Smiley – seem to go out of their way to exclude us LGBTQs of color while talking about us like dog dirt.

I have a hard time thinking this is accidental or that they can’t find LGBTQs of color to interview.

But that is a subject for a future post.

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