Diana King confirms that she is LESBIAN

My name is DIANA EUGENA KING, known to most as DIANA KING my fans call me KingSinga.
I
AM ... WOMAN ... MOTHER ... AUNT ... JAMAICAN ... AMERICAN ...
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST ... SINGER ... SONGWRITER ... BAND LEADER ...
FRIEND ... LOVER ... ENTREPRENEUR ... GODDESS! among other things AND
YES!!!...
I AM A LESBIAN ... the answer to my most asked INDIRECT question.
I welcome the "WHO CARES" right now LOL.
I
answer now, not because it's anyone's business BUT because IT FEELS
RIGHT WITH my SOUL and I believe by not answering or hiding it all these
years somehow makes it appear as if I AM ASHAMED OF IT or THAT I
BELIEVE IT IS WRONG. I FEEL NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS ... or I would have
grown my hair. But all kidding aside, I AM a private person, but
sometimes, one has to step outside of their comfort zone to GROW. This
here, that I'm doing, is my road. Not everyone will OR is required to
travel this way. Some people will carry this fact about themselves to
the grave and that's their prerogative but, a "GOOD" reputation can be a
GIGANTIC LOAD in a girls backpack. I KNOW now that it's time I fully
practice the meaning of my face tattoo, which is LOVE YOURSELF LIVE
YOURSELF. I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT REAL.
HONESTLY SPEAKING, I have always been AFRAID to admit it openly, because of the UNKNOWN of what it may cause negatively, to me my career my family and loved ones. But I realized that it is not my job to make others COMFORTABLE, I AM ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE, the stuff U think about on your deathbed and at this point in my life I DO NOT CARE about the things that FRIGHTEN me anymore. My biggest regret is that I didn't COME OUT earlier because being silent has held me back from being ALL that I was born to be. The DEEP FEAR that I've had, especially that my own JAMAICAN PEOPLE will judge me and not accept me because of their homophobia has been a heavy burden. I fly my country's flag HIGH. Always with respect and honor everywhere I go, there is no doubt where I AM from, especially in my music. And I am nothing but PROUD of myself and my accomplishments, no one can take that away from me, IT IS already written in the History Books. But I often wonder, if JAMROCK would have STILL been proud of me if they knew the truth from the days of SHY GUY. So even though I'm a woman of the world, living out of my massive duffle bags in different countries, week after week month after month , JAMAICA has been in my head with great LOVE and absolute FEAR. The harsh reality that people like ME are persecuted, beaten, jailed, raped and murdered everyday JUST for being who they are or JUST EVEN BEING SUSPECTED OF IT. It's what I saw too many times growing up in SPANISH TOWN and living in KINGSTON and it scared me to death. I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THERE. It is hard to imagine the anguish inside if you are not considered an ABOMINATION I and cannot relate personally. BUT GO AHEAD ... IMAGINE IT for a minute.
And I can
only image what it is like, living there and enduring that reality
everyday 24/7 365 days of the year. I WILL NOT carry this baggage
ANYMORE. In about 10 years I will B older than both my parents before
they died. MY PERSONAL NEED to be 100% authentic and TRUE to myself and
to make sure my children learn, especially from me, not to EVER be
afraid to be WHO THEY ARE is stronger than any insecurities I may have
had over the years. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WHO I AM from the moment I could
think and had even tried to be THE OPPOSITE because of society's
pressures. Trying to LIVE A LIE is horrible, whether GAY or STRAIGHT and
for me, was the saddest part of it all because it only caused immense
pain to everyone involved. I have been myself to the fullest ALL EXCEPT
for when I came to my sexuality. And it is particularly tormenting U R a
FREE SPIRIT. Only people who were very close knew because I told them.
I've never felt comfortable being around or working with people who were
UNCOMFORTABLE with that fact ... and I thought for a long while that
that would be enough. But it wasn't and it is not. NOT FOR ME ... it
feels like living INCOMPLETE. I have MUCH RESPECT and deep ADMIRATION
for all those who have COME OUT before me, Dead or Alive. I have stood
on the sidelines COVETING your bravery. YOU and LOVE have given me the
COURAGE.
I could have STAYED SAFE AND HIDDEN
but for me, IT WOULD MEAN THAT ALL THOSE WHO HAVE DIED for BEING LIKE ME
... ALL DIED IN VAIN. JUST LIKE BLACK PEOPLE WHO DIED FOR ME SO THAT I
COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND RIGHTS I NOW HAVE ... WOULD HAVE ALL
DIED IN VAIN (and if U think some of them weren't gay and lesbian as
well U R sadly mistaken) ... BUT IF I DID NOT or DO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE FREEDOMS THEY GIVE ME AND CARRY THAT TORCH and KNOWLEDGE with
DIGNITY and SHOW MY GRATITUDE and RESPECT and DO MY PART BY LIVING A
LIFE THAT WOULD MAKE THEM PROUD, it would B like spitting in they faces.
NOT TOO LONG AGO, I would NOT have been able to go to school much less
college. Maybe I would have been ALLOWED to sing for them but NOT touch
them. The mic I used would B thrown out AND I would probably have to
open my legs REAL WIDE before I got paid a SMALL FRACTION of what I
deserved if any at all. I would have had to use the NIGGA back door and
stay in a THE NIGGA HOTEL. I couldn't fly 1st class, PLEEEEASE try
NO-CLASS, a girl like me would have to take a boat and keep out of sight
at the very bottom. I COULDN'T B in the presence of white people if I
wasn't the maid. And if they felt HAPPY they might just celebrate by
RAPING or LYNCHING ME. All because their interpretation of the BIBLE
said, WE WERE LESS THAN HUMAN. I haven't forgetten the PAST, the
INSANITY but it is HISTORY and not meant to be a disrespect to my
caucasian family. MY fans come in every shape, age, color, class and
creed and I LOVE and APPRECIATED ALL of them. Weve come a far way and
have a ways to go, but we HAVE GORWN. I'm not here to compare to fight
or defend myself or to debate wrong or right. BUT KNOW THIS!
WE ARE everywhere and everyone whether U acknowledge US or not. WE R people U love and cannot live without. WE bring U joy and entertain U. Some of U have even gotten married and made love to our songs, repeated our quotes and have our Art hanging in your homes. WE save your lives in hospitals and in wars, WE defend U in the courts and stand up for your rights WE design the clothes and shoes U just have to have and cannot live without U hand us your money at the banks WE fly U to the beautiful and exciting places U love to travel to WE give U knowledge and inspiration everyday with our words, music and dance. WE hold your hands and pray for U on your deathbeds WE R your NEIGHBORS your FRIENDS and your FAMILY.
I am not seeking anyone's approval.
The
people I love and care about the most, love me no matter what and my
true fans love my music and my positive energy on and off-stage. I have
never been disrespectful to anyone, and have repeatedly shared my
deepest thoughts and feelings with you and have demonstrated my
UNWAVERING LOVE and COMPASSION for humanity, time and time again thanks
to social media. I have been blessed with eyes that only see a person's
HEART, not the labels placed on them, whether obvious or not. And if
there is a GOD .. that trait, my best quality, came straight from the
ALMIGHTY. That is WHO I AM to MY CORE and I cannot B anything else. I
cannot tell where this will lead but I KNOW, I WILL B ALRIGHT and just
like ths status I posted a few day ago, I have two options.
"I
KNOW not just BELIEVE, THAT IF I LEAP OFF THIS LEDGE INTO THE DARKNESS
OF WHAT IS UNCERTAIN ... I WILL EITHER LAND ON MY FEET ON SOMETHING
STRONG or I WILL GROW WINGS AND FLY.
As usual,
MUCH LUV AND GOOD VIBES TO U ALL. AND IF U DECIDE NOW THAT U DO NOT
"LOVE" ME ANYMORE ... KNOW THIS!!! NOTHING WILL EVER MAKE ME STOP LOVING
U.
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