Is frank ocean gay or bi
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean is a singer, songwriter, and rapper.
Ocean released his debut mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra in 2011. His single "Novacane" was eventually certified platinum. His first studio album, Channel Orange , was released in 2012, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 before being certified platinum as well. The album was widely praised by critics and won Ocean his first Grammy Award for Leading Urban Contemporary Album. His music has gone on to earn an additional Grammy Award and another half dozen nominations.
In 2016, Ocean came out as bi with an open letter on Tumblr sharing that his first treasure was a man.
4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. Most of the days I’d see him, and his smile. I’d hear his conversation and his silence... until it was time to repose . Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant, It was hopeless, There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling, no decision. It was my first love, it changed my life.
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Frank Ocean helped me understand my bisexuality
I am 20 years mature . Since puberty I have consistently had sexual fantasies about both men and women. I had a special kind of short sexual confidence — I was utterly disgusted by my want for men, because I saw sex between men as inherently less than sex between men and women. I was ashamed of my desires for women, because I believed I was worthless and no woman would ever want me; I could never prove myself as a true man, i.e. someone who fucks women and is great at it. I’m still utterly petrified of sex with women, and embarrassed of my desires for men, but I don’t have any hangups about the concept of having sex with them.
I’d been having conversations about whether Frank Ocean would discharge a new album for at least a year, but I never thought it would own real significance for me. Somehow, I knew I had desires for men, but I had never had that moment where I said: yes, I’m bi. It’s surprising how (relatively) happily you can live a recline. I had mental health issues, but my sexuality wasn’t making my life a living hell, it was tucked away behind a door in my thinker. I think I could own been fairly happy staying with the belief th
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There’s something both joyous and tragic about RnB singer and hip-hop associate Frank Ocean’s decision to show up out as bisexual. In 2012, this shouldn’t be as ‘heroic’ or ‘brave’ as people are making out.
Personally I’m thrilled, as Frank Ocean’s rising chart stature in a melody genre that’s still so closeted about its same-sex attracted and bi community can only help beat a path to the overdue acceptance of people’s sexuality.
In an eye-wateringly beautiful letter that sums up the bewildering excitement of love’s first pang, Frank wrote:
“4 summers ago I met someone. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer. And the summer after. Together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, day would glide…by the period I realised I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless.”
The internet is awash with commentators congratulating his fearless and bold move, however his move is also marred with people commenting that they will ‘still love him the same’ as if he’s just announced he’s had his arms amputated and needs some pity.
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The Repercussions of Frank Ocean’s Coming Out
Frank Ocean, one of hiphop and R&B’s biggest breakout successes of the year, came out as queer – not on national television, but in a shyly poetic, sideways send on his Tumblr. ‘Four summers ago, I met somebody,’ Ocean wrote. ‘I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. Most of the day I’d see him, and his smile. I’d hear his conversation and his silence [...] until it was time to sleep. Sleep I would often give with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling. No choice. It was my first cherish, it changed my life.’
Ocean is a fan – and in some ways, an inheritor – of Prince’s gender-bending approach to songwriting. But he is the first mainstream R&B star to come out of the closet instead of remaining a question mark, continually playing with an ‘is he or isn’t he’ edifice.
The choice to construct his grand coming-out statement via Tumblr made cosmic feeling somehow; many of music’s biggest stories