Empire’s Malik Yoba Comes Out as a Straight Man Who’s Attracted to Trans Women: WATCH
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EMPIRE star Malik Yoba came out in an Instagram post as a straight man who is attracted to women — noting that he doesn’t differentiate between cisgender and transgender women.
“I love ALL women AND count MYSELF among those that find themselves trans attracted and I too have felt the self imposed shame that comes with that truth but it’s time to speak up,” he captioned under a video of men bullying a man who said he has sex with trans women. “It is NOT about GENITALIA OR SEX but about attraction to the soul and humanity of an individual.”
Yoba is referring to Maurice “Reese” Willoughby (seen in the photo below), a 20-year-old who recently killed himself via a drug overdose after his girlfriend left him. Yoba shared his story to begin his IG message.
“ATTENTION BLACK AND ALL MEN!!! THIS IS NOT OK!!!!! This video is another heartbreaking example of the homophobia, transphobia hatred and hypocrisy WE as black folks, BLACK MEN in particular have to NAME , FACE and CALL OUT and do the work to heal!!!”
Fans of Yoba took to Twitter to praise him.
https://twitter.com/TheeGeeMarie/status/1168183434881249286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1168183434881249286&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bet.com%2Fcelebrities%2Fnews%2F2019%2F09%2F01%2F_empire_-star-malik-yoba-reveals-hes-a-man-who-loves-trans-women.html
Shoutout to @MalikYoba for putting it out there that he’s attracted to trans women. Much respect, I know that has to be hard.
He’s not alone tho, trans women are so damn beautiful. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/ZarD9QihUu
— PREORDER HARLEY QUINN EAT BANG KILL TRADE NOW! (@MizTeeFranklin) September 1, 2019
And our personal fave:
https://twitter.com/Shlatz/status/1167632774477635584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1167927027183149056&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bet.com%2Fcelebrities%2Fnews%2F2019%2F09%2F01%2F_empire_-star-malik-yoba-reveals-hes-a-man-who-loves-trans-women.html
PHOTO ABOVE: Malik Yoba arrives to the Empire Los Angeles Premiere on January 6, 2015 in Hollywood, CA – Shutterstock
