Queen Latifah Set To Headline Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival

Grammy Award-winning rapper and Academy Award-nominee Queen Latifah is set to headline this year’s annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival on May 19.

According to the event’s official website, Latifah’s performance will mark her first ever engagement at a Pride celebration.

“From hip to R&B, pop to standards, Queen Latifah is the voice of our generation, and her concert here will be phenomenal,” Long Beach Pride Co-President Pat Crosby said in a statement. “For her to make her worldwide Pride debut here in Long Beach is a tremendous testament to the popularity of our celebration and to the strength of our community.”

In previous years the two day festival, which is considered as one of the nation’s premiere pride events, has also featured musical performances from the likes of Jennifer Hudson, Maya, and India.Arie.

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Comments

[JonB2057]

06:02 PM on 06/02/2012

"Queen Latifah wants to be clear: Despite speculation online, her performance at Long Beach’s Lesbian & Gay Pride event on May 19 was not a signal that she was coming out as a lesbian. “That definitely wasn’t the case,” she tells EW. “I’ve never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It’s just not gonna happen.”"

I am so happy that she (unlike many others) GETS IT!!!!! A Person's private life is just that!!!!! The way I see HuffPo now, is no different than the magazines/newspapers you see as you check out of most supermarkets. I was sure that this was a place for the "progressive" thinkers.

[lil tomboi]

02:02 AM on 05/20/2012

Shbkyn@ Now how do u know that for sure, were u there? lol

[shbkyn]

01:30 PM on 05/13/2012

She need to change her name. She is betraying our African queens, non were lesbians. Not hating, just facts.

[Lestine Rolle]

05:40 PM on 05/17/2012

True that!

[lil tomboi]

02:07 AM on 05/20/2012

And u know that because?

[Awura Adjoa]

04:09 PM on 05/05/2012

So are Jennifer Hudson, Maya and Inia Irie also gay??? cause they headlined the festival just like Queen Latifah.

[Aristarchy]

06:31 PM on 05/02/2012

I still love Latifah, being a male lesbian myself.
Oh-oooooooo-Ladies first. Saeng it Y,all

[mon chichi]

01:41 AM on 05/03/2012

male lesbian, eh?

[makemesmile]

11:22 PM on 05/03/2012

She always behaved like a dude on her show. She wasn't convincing when she tried to portray a female who liked males.

[tiwiibaby]

05:21 PM on 05/02/2012

When she played that role in Set it Off, thats when I knew....I aint seen her tongue nobody down like that in a movie since...LOL....and she been in quite a few movies.

[SOHOROCKS66]

08:35 AM on 05/04/2012

tiwibably, when it came to talkin sports and being a good listner she had immense chemistry with Common but as soon as the forced romantic role came into play Queen Latifah looked uncomfortable and awkward as hell...I mean it was painfully laughable!

[manba1]

04:29 PM on 05/02/2012

It's about time! Everybody already knew her preference and though its is her business, when she chose to be a rapper and actor she put herself into the arena of public domain.Now come hell or high water she's out of the closet and can live her life now without having to sneak around hoping to not get caught with her girlfriend in a position that she can't explain and be in the news paper the next day

[Rhonnybay]

03:28 PM on 05/02/2012

Can't wait until she just fully jumps on out.

[Ihatemyjob83]

03:10 PM on 05/02/2012

Good for her. It's about time she just told the world! We all already knew anyway lol. :-)

[polititee]

01:53 PM on 05/02/2012

Good for her.

[TXanimal]

11:56 AM on 05/02/2012

I've always wanted to go to Long Beach Pride...I've heard it's one of the best!

[makemesmile]

11:24 PM on 05/03/2012

My oldest daughter lives on the beach near where this event is held each year. She said that they play the best party music and she can hear it from her apartment.

[lil tomboi]

02:08 AM on 05/20/2012

Yeah, it's pretty cool, and the people r very nice! :)

[alexxjordan36]

05:10 PM on 05/02/2012

And what do you do?

[saganz999]

05:45 PM on 05/02/2012

Try not to pretend that I have talent.

[Holly H]

09:24 AM on 05/02/2012

Bravo to her pending coming out party. Shout out to the Queen!

[haganj3]

08:42 AM on 05/02/2012

Glad to see Queen finally inching out of the closet- publicly. With this big Long Beach event, may just be her coming out party.

[Mailman]

08:22 AM on 05/02/2012

Worse kept secret out there. Who didn't know?

[Aristarchy]

06:27 PM on 05/02/2012

Exactly

[asantewa3]

10:09 AM on 05/03/2012

I'm sure you realize that headlining the parade does not make one gay. This may be a step toward her making a public announcement but it doesn't confirm her sexuality one way or the other.

[Mailman]

10:06 PM on 05/03/2012

Yeah right, whatever you say!