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Rapper Yung Miami defends saying she would ‘beat’ her son if he was gay
The 24-year-old doesn’t believe the statement was homophobic
Yung Miami on ‘Breakfast Club’ (Screenshot via YouTube)
Rapper Yung Miami of the group City Girls doesn’t think saying she would get violent with her son for being gay is homophobic.
In 2013, the rapper sparked controversy for tweeting she would beat her son if he was gay. Yung Miami apologized for the tweet in August in an Instagram post.
āI understand how it can be seen as offensive to the LGBTQ community. I also realize how insensitive my comments were to my fans and followers ā¦ my deepest apologies and heart goes out to those who have seen that tweet and were offended,ā she wrote.
Speaking on Power 105.1ās “Breakfast Club” on Tuesday, Yung Miami defended her tweet saying she has nothing against gay people.
“I didnāt tweet nothing about [the LGBTQ community]. I was just talking about my son. I just said that if I saw anything gay in my son, that I would beat him,” she says. “But thatās just like when your mama tells you, ‘If you break my table Iām gonna beat the shit out of you.’ That donāt mean sheās gonna beat the shit out of you, sheās just saying it.”
“I have absolutely nothing against gay people, but I wouldnāt want my son to be gay. Iām around a lot of gay people all of the time; my stylist is gay, my cousin is gay,” she continued.
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More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s HonĆ³rio Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman MĆ“nica BenĆcio, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” saidĀ AssociaƧao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association ofĀ TravestisĀ and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on itsĀ X account.Ā “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Gay Day at the Zoo for @WashBlade . Here at @NationalZooDC pic.twitter.com/LqgGNOOAiM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) May 5, 2024
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