Justice Smith Comes Out As Queer While Calling Out For More LGBT+ Inclusion In Black Lives Matter Movement
Justice Smith has come out as queer while sending a powerful message in support for queer and trans lives within the Black Lives Matter movement context.
The actor, 24, posted a video from a protest he attended with his partner Nicholas Ashe to protest against police brutality and racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd while in police custody.
“@nckash and I protested today in New Orleans,” he wrote on an Instagram post. “We chanted ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ ‘Black Queer Lives Matter’ ‘All Black Lives Matter’. As a black queer man myself, I was disappointed to see certain people eager to say Black Lives Matter, but hold their tongue when Trans/Queer was added.”
“I want to reiterate this sentiment: if your revolution does not include Black Queer voices, it is anti-black. If your revolution is okay with letting black trans people like #TonyMcDade slip through the cracks in order to solely liberate black cishet men, it is anti-black,” he added, referencing Tony McDade, a black trans man who was killed by a Tallahassee Police Officer on May 27.
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