In a recent conversation with The Observer, Chaka Khan responded to being described as a “straight icon for queer visibility.”
“A straight icon? What’s the straight part? What do you mean, straight in what way?” she asked.
When the interviewer clarified the term as “heterosexual,” Khan replied: “Am I? How do you know what the f**k I am? I don’t ever share that part of my life. That’s nobody’s business but mine.”
She later stated that she is “for everybody,” adding: “I don’t care what you sleep with at night. If your heart is in the right place, that’s all I care about.”
There was a short period(2016-2021) where BET was taking chances by giving us new shows with diverse storylines like The Quad, American Soul, and Twenties. Then it just became the Tyler Perry Boomer network and hasnt fought its way back since.
A lot of them gave up their childhood while making our childhood so memorable and it’s crazy how unhappy and unprotected some of them were while doing so.
i’m not even into conspiracy theories but i think it’s very unsettling how every time a celebrity speaks out against powerful figures in Hollywood they get labelled as “crazy,” get blacklisted, or end up passing away in mysterious ways not so long after..