{"id":1860,"date":"2020-02-07T02:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=167783"},"modified":"2020-12-29T18:28:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:28:08","slug":"jameela-jamil-comes-out-queer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jameela-jamil-comes-out-queer\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Jameela Jamil Is Queer. No, She Doesn&#8217;t Want To Talk About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_167787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167787\" style=\"width: 5472px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-167787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1176428996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 22: Jameela Jamil walks the red carpet during the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Polk\/Getty Images for IMDb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to the backlash over her being cast as a judge on HBO Max\u2019s new ballroom voguing competition show,<em> Legendary<\/em>, British actress and activist, Jameela Jamil, has come out as queer.<\/p>\n<p>Given that ballroom is an underground LGBTQI+ subculture, where predominantly black and Latino members of the LGBTQI+ community can participate in drag competitions in a safe space, many were questioning Jamil&#8217;s qualifications for the role, given she was not known to be a member of the LGBTQI+ community.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Good Place<\/em> star began her post by writing, \u201cTwitter is brutal. This is why I never officially came out as queer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI added a rainbow to my name when I felt ready a few years ago, as it\u2019s not easy within the south Asian community to be accepted, and I always answered honestly if ever straight-up asked about it on Twitter,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But I kept it low because I was scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon-jumping, over something that caused me a lot of confusion, fear and turmoil when I was a kid. I didn\u2019t come from a family with *anyone* openly out. It\u2019s also scary as an actor to openly admit your sexuality, especially when you\u2019re already a brown female in your thirties.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270c\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YcB6H7YCT0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/YcB6H7YCT0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jameela Jamil \ud83c\udf08 (@jameelajamil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jameelajamil\/status\/1225165342965669888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jamil then addressed the specific backlash surrounding the show. \u201cI know that my being queer doesn\u2019t qualify me as ballroom. But I have privilege and power and a large following to bring to this show \u2026 Sometimes it takes those with more power to help a show get off the ground so we can elevate marginalized stars that deserve the limelight and give them a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cMy 11 years of hosting experience, being fully impartial \u2026 and being a longtime ally of the LGBTQ community\u201d as her qualifications for her inclusion in the show, adding that she is \u201ca newcomer to ballroom (like much of the audience will be) and therefore a window in for people who are just discovering it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t want to talk about [coming out]. Let\u2019s just focus on the contestants of the show until it\u2019s out,\u201d she concluded, noting that she would be taking a break from Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Following her statement, Jamil quickly began trending on Twitter, but not because the harassment or backlash was over. Rather, people flocked to invalidate her\u00a0identity as a queer woman, saying that she couldn&#8217;t possibly be queer given she&#8217;s been in a relationship with a man &#8211; musician James Blake &#8211; for five years. Jamil was right: Twitter is brutal. But thankfully, some people can see her statement for exactly what it is: someone being real and vulnerable online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve never felt more seen than in this moment &#8211; you\u2019re exactly right re: how scary and common it is to come from our diverse yet unaccepting background. I love you and I support you so much &#8211; it gets easier, but drown it out.. social media can be a cruel place. Here with you \ud83c\udf08\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zainub Amir (@zainubamir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zainubamir\/status\/1225193129344716801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":1861,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jameela Jamil Comes Out As Queer In LGBTQI Statement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jameela-jamil-comes-out-queer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yes, Jameela Jamil Is Queer. 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