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Frank Ocean writes response to Orlando shooting

By | Published on Wednesday 22 June 2016

Pulse Orlando

Frank Ocean has written a blog post responding to the recent shooting in Orlando, in which a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub, killing 49 people.

“I was six years old when I heard my dad call our transgender waitress a faggot as he dragged me out a neighborhood diner saying we wouldn’t be served because she was dirty”, he writes. “That was the last afternoon I saw my father and the first time I heard that word, I think, although it wouldn’t shock me if it wasn’t”.

He continues: “Many hate us and wish we didn’t exist. Many are annoyed by our wanting to be married like everyone else or use the correct restroom like everyone else. Many don’t see anything wrong with passing down the same old values that send thousands of kids into suicidal depression each year. So we say pride and we express love for who and what we are. Because who else will in earnest?”

Read Ocean’s full blog post here.



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