After backlash to her Legendary casting, Jameela Jamil comes out & announces Twitter break
star laid out that she has long identified privately as queer and didn't feel ready to talk extensively about her sexuality online. "This is why I never officially came out as queer,” she wrote. “I added a rainbow to my name when I felt ready a few years ago, as it’s not easy within the south Asian community to be accepted, and I always answered honestly if ever straight-up asked about it on Twitter.
She continued, saying that she feared talking about her sexuality as an actress "especially when you’re already a brown female in your thirties." She said that she would be leaving Twitter to get away from the negativity. "This is absolutely not how I wanted it to come out. I'm jumping off of this hell app for a while because I don't want to read mean comments dismissing this. You can keep your thoughts.
Actress Trace Lysette, who served as a house mother in the ballroom community for more than a decade, but didn't make the cut. "It’s kind of [mind] blowing when ppl with no connection to our culture gets the gig," she wrote in a tweet. "This is not shade towards Jameela, I love all that she stands for. If anything I question the decision makers." When Jamil
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