Rachel Dolezal (a.k.a. Nkechi Amare Diallo), who made headlines in 2015 when it was discovered she had been masquerading as a Black woman while serving as president of the NAACP’s chapter in Spokane, is back in the news.
On Saturday, Dolezal tweeted: “Just wanted to take a moment to recognize Pride Month. I am in absolutely no rush to explore a new relationship, but it still matters to stay visible. I am bisexual.”
Just wanted to take a moment to recognize Pride Month ? I am in absolutely no rush to explore a new relationship, but it still matters to stay visible. I am bisexual. #pride #bisexual pic.twitter.com/u8nu7FuqYN
— Rachel Anne Doležal (@RachelADolezal) June 16, 2019
She included a lengthy statement she had written in which she described her first kiss, which was with a girl, when she was 18.
“Just because I have been married (briefly) to a man or have had children by male partners does not mean I am not bi,” she added.
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“I’ve always been attracted to a certain vibe and the body parts present matter less to me than the heart, soul, compatibility & chemistry,” she continued, noting that she has been “single & celibate for 4 years” with no plans to change that as her life is “too complicated & stressful” at the moment.
“This is my lil Pride support post to say ‘press on’ and ‘keep being you’ to the bi community,” Dolezal concluded.
Unfortunately, people didn’t seem to be feeling Dolezal’s message of support and solidarity.
Could you not.
— Mark Khristopher (@covimc9) June 16, 2019
I couldn’t invent a worse thing to happen to bisexuals than this post
— Krystal (@krysbeau) June 16, 2019
Therapy is good. pic.twitter.com/fxpqBUAJAo
— badmash (@badmashery) June 16, 2019
the bis don’t claim you ma’am
— haley ? (@halessadlemyer) June 16, 2019
— Jeffrey (@jeffinitelyyy) June 16, 2019
She can be bi and authentic in that, but you can’t say she embraces her true self… she literally lives falsely as another race every day.
— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) June 16, 2019
Im sorry the LGBT community is not accepting applications at this time. Bi status revoked. pic.twitter.com/sXV1b2jc9m
— Myn? (@itsjayjong) June 16, 2019
— Olivia Peace (@oliviajpeace) June 16, 2019
my apologies to the bisexual community pic.twitter.com/TPz616yy1G
— b (@beekimmm) June 16, 2019
Next week she will claim to be Nonbinary. And by the end of the month she will claim to be a double amputee and a Veteran.
— Resident Evil (@TruResidentEvil) June 16, 2019
After several media outlets falsely reported that Dolezal had just come out as bisexual (in fact, she came out publicly as bi years ago when she compared herself to Caitlyn Jenner), the 41-year-old fired off another tweet this morning, clarifying things.
“My post for #pride2019 is not ‘coming out,'” she tweeted. “I’ve been out for a long time & have posted before.”
She also included a plug for her critically-panned, commercially-disastrous memoir In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World.
Clearly a lot of people need to read my book, which I’ll remind you is the ONLY accurate, fact-checked source on my life… In my book, I talk about knowing I was bi since I was 18. My post for #pride2019 is not “coming out,” I’ve been out for a long time & have posted before ?
— Rachel Anne Doležal (@RachelADolezal) June 17, 2019
After being rejected by more than 30 publishing houses, In Full Color purportedly sold less than 500 copies when it was published by BenBella Books in 2017.
Related: Rachel Dolezal Reveals She’s Bisexual, Compares Her Story To Caitlyn Jenner’s
Oranos
Why are people so set against her? Has she done something to harm them?
ShiningSex
Uhhhhhh…..she lied. How can you trust someone who lied as bad as she did. She’s trash.
GentlemanCaller
She not only lied, she lied weirdly and spectacularly, claiming to be Black when both her parents are very surprised white people. Now she’s claiming to be Bi, and I can only assume her bisexuality is just as legitimate as her African DNA.
Dimples girl
I’m Black and bisexual, and at 71 years of age my life hasn’t been a picnic. So if this woman thinks being black and bi is the cool flavor of the month. She need to get help.
Gsmc
Wow. All of us in the gay and bisexual Community should show some compassion to this woman. How many of us had to pretend we were straight for decades. We lied and misrepresented ourselves in order to be able to move forward. I don’t know why she had to pretend, for some reason, she was someone else. Even though it was wrong I can show her compassion. I wish her well and I hope she finds her place to be able to live with the dignity of a human being who recognizes that they made a mistake. I also thank her for speaking out.
curiobi
When exactly did she recognise her mistake? You realise she took on an African name and doubled down on pretending to be black. This person is mentally ill at best and utter trash at worst. Lecturing black women on how to be black when you are a white woman pretending to be black is about as insulting as it gets.
Hdtex
Nope. NEXT!
Brian
Do you not see the picture attached to her tweet? Does that look like a white woman who’s not trying to pass as black anymore?
Oranos
Exactly and precisely the point.
boymikefl
She was Kardashian before the Kardashians. Damn, she played the ultimate blackface. She just kept going darker & darker with her MAC foundation until she hit the FIERCE Grace Jones’ shade.
dean089
Um, sorry, but ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ premiered in 2007. Rachel Dolezal became a news item for a few minutes, and the butt of many jokes for a few days, in 2015.
Brian
A couple of shades darker and Jussie might mistake her for a white assailant.
dean089
Not to be hateful, disrespectful, whatever, but what’s the difference between “identifying as” this or that and “masquerading as a Black woman?” If you’re answer is ‘Well, because she’s not really Black and they’re…’ we’re treading into awkward and potentially troubling territory.
QueerTruth
Ack. No. She not part of our community
Brian
“And by the end of the month she will claim to be a double amputee and a Veteran.”
I’m in love.
inbama
That self-identified bisexuals should deny her the right to determine her own sexual identity is utter hypocrisy.
Cam
Except nobody said that. They just said she’s a douche.
kurt_t
A little OT, but if I ever get on RuPaul’s Drag Race and make it all the way to the Snatch Game episode, I’m going to be Rachel Dolezal.
Cam
Haven’t Bisexuals suffered enough??
paul dorian lord fredine
somebody’s looking for another 15 minutes. she’s just an attention whore.