Comments on: Why is Raven Symoné’s Sexuality Your Business?

By: DivaD

DivaD — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:12:13 +0000

I agree and cosign with everything you said. i also want to point out to the world that hello, CELEBRITIES BECOME and or CONTINUE on the celeb/fame/entertainment path because they WANT to. Raven could have decided to do like Keisha Knight Pulliam, go to school, get out of the limelight, MAYBE do a few commercials or really small roles (the mag or two) but generally just really live her life, but she chose not to. This issue is NOT whether she is gay or bi or not but that celebs ALWAYS take this approach when they dont mind sharing all other aspects of their lives.

This could hurt her career if she “outs” herself because of the nature of her career. If she chooses a change in career path catering to the more adult audience maybe doing some Tyler Perry movies and using some of that massive cleavage she’s got for some photoshoots (and I AM jealous the girl is gorgeous) it would actually HELP her career; but in light of the fact that she is still in the tween and teen market she can’t come “out” without probably getting dropped by Disney.

If she is gay or bi, that’s her business, but celebs need to stop with the canned PR responses. Instead, be very very selective where and when you are photographed. I remember Alicia keys did an interview saying when you see pics fluttering around TV and the net or hear people talking about who’s been seen with who its because those people WANT to be seen. In NYC for example there are so many hundreds of restaurants, night clubs and hotels, but why do celebs always seem to get “caught” at a few of them with someone they “aren’t supposed to”? BECAUSE IT’s publicity! Maybe Raven does have a career move in the works, and thats why these pics are surfacing. If she didnt really want to be seen or better yet, didnt want to talk about it, she just wouldn’t and thats it.

By: Casey B

Casey B — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:17:20 +0000

@Jalen. Seriously? Pedophilia is not something that both parties involved can consent to. Neither is bestiality. Get a grip.

And it is okay for gay people to be themselves, but not okay for people who have “traditional views on marriage” to espouse those views because usually the espousing involves verbally assaulting an entire group of people. That’s on the occasions that it doesn’t involve bullying a few children at a time until they become suicidal.

And HIV/AIDS affects far more straight people than gay people. And if you are so concerned about the health of gay black men, maybe you could stop shaming people for being gay. (People with low self-esteems or not much education about how to safely have sex with someone of the same sex tend to not use protection as much.) If people could be with who they wanted to without worrying about their actions “destroying our country!”, maybe they wouldn’t be on the down-low and sleep with straight women too.

Seriously? Stop being so scared. Put on your big girl panties and don’t worry so much about who other people take theirs off for.

By: Lakyn

Lakyn — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:18:19 +0000

But why is that okay? Why is it okay to get in someone else’s private business just because they’ve been in a few movies? Why can’t we treat their job as a job and ignore their lives when they’re off the clock?

By: ms_micia

ms_micia — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:08:20 +0000

Like with any celebrity “outing” or sexual controversy the shock normally lies in how the image of that celebrity is portrayed. We’re not talking about Kim Kardashian or Amber Rose we’re talking about Disney kid star turned adult actor who’s whole career and image has been manufactured to make US (the dumb idiot consumers) believe she was a wholesome, heterosexual, “good girl”. That’s not what we expected of her that the image she and her people concocted for herself. I’m irritated with people who somehow feel it’s just her right as a person to simply “live her life”. I say fine, come out and say your a lesbian then. Come out and life openly and honestly instead of having little girls buy your music and play with your dolls and support you financially with an image that has nothing to do with who you really are. Disney has been selling us dreams for decades now, beginning with the Britney, Xtina clan, then her, then Miley and so on. It’s safe to say that most of what an actor or artist “say” they are is totally bs. I feel that alot of these people lead EXTREME double lives and choose to sell the public whatever they feel suits their interest and their pockets. By the way, she’s never transitioned into the adult market. She still corners the tween, young adult Disney market with her movies and merchandise so lets not act as if this revelation wouldn’t hurt her image it would. Let’s sit back and wait for more “bisexual” and homosexual stars to all of a sudden start owning up to it, years after their image has served its purpose. *eyeroll* And to think, I fell for the okey dokey too. I gotta say I am disappointing but I shouldn’t be given that Hollyweird is full of fakes and phonies. *sigh*

By: Chic Noir

Chic Noir — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:35:06 +0000

Miss Information,

I don’t think so. Tommy is trying to get on the “what’s wrong with blk women” money train just like everyone else willing to sell out for few bucks and a bit of attention.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:51:58 +0000

@ Chic Noir

Exactly +1!

Also some of the points in the article are ridiculous because heterosexuals are bombarded with intrusive questions all the time about who they are dating… It’s the main source of income for gossip magazines.

By: For Real

For Real — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:17 +0000

@ Ashley. Agreed. Well said.

By: Mr Jay

Mr Jay — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:13:15 +0000

What an over oversimplification. She gets talked about just like everybody else. Period point blank.

By: ashley

ashley — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:11:30 +0000

The thing is that straight people do announce their heterosexuality- straight celebs (or possibly bisexual celebrities – but most will assume they are straight if they are with an opposite sex partner) show up at events with romantic, opposite sex dates. It’s a big deal when they get married, and when they get divorced. It’s song lyrics and movie scripts. The difference isn’t that LGBTQ people are expected to announce their sexuality when others aren’t – it’s that no one recognizes the way that sexuality is being announced all the time, and that LGBTQ people are the ones who get othered because of it.

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:50:07 +0000

What an oversimplification. No one is saying that people can’t speculate about her sex life, but there are some people who behave as if gay and even straight celebrities owe the world a window into their personal lives. She doesn’t owe anyone any explanation except for the person she is dating. Point. Blank. Period.