Donald Glover Refuses To Label His Sexuality
Donald Glover has opened up about his feelings on sexuality and labels. The actor and singer, who performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino, discussed feeling confused about his sexuality during his university years, as ‘Attitude’ reports.
In a recent interview he stated: “Most of my college years were me being like, 'I don’t know what I like.' I had friends who asked, 'Are you gay?' And I’d be like, 'I sort of feel like I am because I love this community.' You know? But maybe I’m not? And I always was trying to figure out 'Am I weird for not wanting to label it?’
“Yet, also, I never felt completely safe in just one place.”
Glover has two sons with wife Michelle White.
Asked “In what ways did you not feel safe?”, he replied: “One time I was really close with this guy – a white guy. I was like, 'Oh, man, this guy’s my friend.' And then one day we went to the mall and some black kids ragged on his shorts. He turned to me and said, 'There are black people and then there are n****s.’
“My brain, my heart... It was really intense, so I go home and I tell my dad. To his credit, he sat there for a minute and just thought about it and then he said, “What do you feel? That’s the most valuable thing right now.’”
He continued: “I think I said, 'I think I understand what he meant. And that really hurts me.' But I was in high school, so I didn’t really have the emotional tools to really be like, 'Oh, I understand,' because I had no experience. We just never talked again.”
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