Jameela Jamil comes out publicly as queer after keeping it quiet for years

Actress Rosario Dawson has officially come out as a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. During a recent interview, the 40-year-old actress candidly spoke about her sexuality and also opened up about not talking about her identity sooner.

Update: An Irish gay rights campaigner claims it is not at all rare for people to come out after being married for many years.

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The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil “officially” came out as queer on Twitter after receiving criticism for being the head judge of a new voguing competition show.

Jameela Jamil came out as queer on Twitter yesterday, following backlash over her part in HBO's Legendary, a new ballroom competition show in which Jamil was picked as one of the voguing judges.Critics argued that a show focusing on an already-underrepresented subculture of the LGBTQ+ community (and one largely pioneered by black people) should involve only those from that community.

Jameela Jamil has come out as a member of the LGBT+ community in response to criticism over her upcoming role in a new HBO voguing series.

Jameela Jamil has caused quite a stir on the internet after she came out as queer, just hours after facing backlash for being cast in HBO Max's new voguing competition series. Shortly after it was announced that Jameela will feature in the show, people criticised the choice and stated that the gig belonged to a queer, which Jameela was not. Responding to the controversy, Jamil posted a lengthy post on Twitter, in which she officially came out as queer. She later quit the social media platform.

The Good Place star Jameela Jamil has publicly come out as queer following a backlash over her new role as a judge on HBO Max voguing competition Legendary.

Jameela Jamil has come out as queer following a backlash to her casting in a voguing competition show.

Actress Jameela Jamil took to Twitter on Wednesday (Feb. 5) to tell her fans that she is queer and would be taking a break from the social media service following backlash from some in the LGBTQ community over her role as a judge on HBO Max's upcoming unscripted vogue competition series Legendary. In a note titled "Twitter is Brutal," the Good Place

The Good Place actress and frequent Kardashian critic Jameela Jamil has come out as queer, and she did so via a long Twitter announcement on Feb. 5. She said that the controversy around her being named lead judge HBO Max’s voguing competition show Legendary led her to make the decision. After the announcement, she was slammed for heading a show that is based on LGBTQ culture, but not being gay herself. Now Jameela, 33, has decided to come out.

Jameela Jamil has officially come out as queer, following a backlash from the LGBTQ+ community over her involvement in an HBO Max competition series about voguing.