Black LGBTQ+ Celebrities | 2020
Young, Gifted, Black, and Queer: 10 LGBTQ+ Celebs Paving the Way
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Kiersey Clemons is dope — and not just because of her role as Diggy in the urban dramatic comedy Dope. The former Disney star told Out Magazine that she's been lucky to be a queer person and have the opportunity to take roles that match her sexual identity, something that tends to be rare in the industry.
"I got a tweet, and someone said, like, 'This person only plays queer people.' We never say anything to white men about just playing straight white men who drink whiskey — and they do it all the time!"
Kiersey has been extremely outspoken when people comment on how great these roles are at normalizing queer relationships. Her responses always emphasise that it's need to normalize what is already normal and that love is universal just as heartbreaks are universal. "It doesn't matter who the fuck you love, what the fuck you look like," she told Into. "This shit sucks."