TV host Wayne Brady came out on Monday. People magazine ran an exclusive interview in which the 51-year-old revealed he’s pansexual.
Brady said, “In doing my research, both with myself and just with the world, I couldn’t say if I was bisexual, because I had to really see what that was, especially because I really have not gotten a chance to act on anything.
“So, I came to pansexual because — and I know that I’m completely messing up the dictionary meaning — but to me, pan means being able to be attracted to anyone who identifies as gay, straight, bi, transsexual or non-binary. Being able to be attracted across the board. And, I think, at least for me for right now, that is the proper place.”
Brady also posted a super cute video on TikTok to confirm he was identifying as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Matt Walsh demands Brady “pick a team”
Brady’s announcement received a flood of supportive messages. However, there was also the usual “Why do you feel the need to come out?” type of reaction. And then there were people confused by the concept of pansexuality.
Leading the charge was Daily Wire podcaster Matt Walsh, the creator of the anti-trans documentary What Is A Woman?
In a segment posted last night, Walsh demanded Brady “pick a team”. Besides not believing in the existence of trans identities, Walsh struggles with the notion it’s possible to be attracted to more than one gender.
“Stop being indecisive,” Walsh implored. “That’s what pansexual really is. Besides being made up, it’s a lack of commitment.
“The other thing is, other people have a right to know if they are potential objects of your sexual fantasies,” he suggested.
“That’s why it’s not fair to walk around and say ‘I’m attracted to anyone. Anyone at all. No one’s safe’.
“Now, if anyone is sitting in a room with Wayne Brady, and it’s a diverse group. You’ve got like an overweight, 65-year-old man, and you’ve got a young woman, and whatever. Everyone’s sitting around and they’re all thinking, ‘He could be attracted to any one of us right now! Any one of us. It could be any of us.’ It’s scary. It’s like some Agatha Christie novel, in a weird way,” Walsh concluded
Bisexuality and pansexuality exist
Where do we even start with such bizarre logic?
For a start, Walsh’s argument that other people have a right to know “what team” you’re on flies in the face of the often-conservative argument that queer people don’t need to come out and should keep their business to themselves.
Secondly, it suggests Walsh has a deep-seated fear of encountering men who may—just may—find him sexually attractive.
Thirdly, it’s worth noting there’s a long conservative and US cultural tradition of expressing fear over Black men and their sexuality. Walsh’s choice of wording—”scary”, “no one’s safe”—plays into this.
Lastly, many people are attracted to more than one gender. That does not make them indecisive, greedy, or confused.
The most recent Gallup poll on the subject found that 7.2% of the US population identified as LGBT. That is double the percentage from 2012 when Gallup first measured it.
Of that 7.2%, the most common identity was bisexual, accounting for 4.2% of all US adults.
Brady grew up in Orlando, Florida. He said he was very shy when younger and encountered bullying. He has struggled with his sexuality for some time.
Brady has been married twice. His first marriage, to Diana Lasso, was from 1993-1995. He married dancer Mandie Taketa in 1999. They divorced in 2007. He and Taketa have a 20-year-old daughter, Maile.
Brady told People he has yet to have dated a man but is now open to the possibility. He’s looking forward to being, “the best Wayne Brady that everybody wants and expects. I can be the best dad that Maile needs. I can be the best friend to Mandie, the best son to my mother, and one day, the best partner to someone, because I’m doing this for me.”
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ScottOnEarth
Why do dim-witted imbeciles like Matt Walsh seem to think that they are the gatekeepers of other people’s lives and someone like Wayne Brady needs to give AF about him?
Bosch
Matt Walsh exposes something about himself by suggesting bisexuals need to “pick sides”. People’s understanding of human sexuality is generally formed by their experience of their own sexuality. It’s likely, as with many of these frustrated conservative men, that Walsh is a bisexual who “picks” women, and he thinks that makes him straight.
DBMC
There are a few dim-witted imbeciles posting on this story who seem think they’re gatekeepers too.
decrans
He’s bisexual. Pansexual is a made-up word from the liberal QAnon crowd.
missvamp
go away troll. we exist & we’re not going anywhere.
Bosch
All words are made up.
decrans
Yeah, all words are made up. Funny thing: the majority doesn’t have to adopt your latest jargon. Spoiler alert: they don’t. Same with your brethren injecting themselves with horse tranquilizers on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
decrans
And also: Why not just get rid of the term, bisexual? That term denotes gender is fixed (which it is).
decrans
And according to a Gallup poll from March, the LGBTQ+ community uses bisexual as the preferred word 34-to-one over pansexual. So clearly, y’all need to educate your own people on this. Pansexual is another way for the QAnon liberals to feel special about themselves. Another cause-and-effect of the navel-gazing social media narcissism crowd.
decrans
This is just like my Hispanic neighbors. They still use the masculine and feminine. This Latinx horse–it ain’t catching on, gang! But by all means, continue to use these terms to feel more queer and special. You’re like overgrown pre-schoolers. It’s rather sad.
Bosch
Wow so much stupid.
Bisexual means you’re attracted to both sexes.
Pansexual means you’re attracted to all genders.
Different concepts.
1898
please consider combining all your thoughts into a single post, instead of making a post and then replying to yourself five times. thanks
mailliw110
Your screen name is a made up word.
quantum
You know, you’d do a lot better trolling a blog with a more comprehehsive comment system. Like Disqus. Right now, you’re basically spewing diahrhea into a void.
LumpyPillows
Yeah, it is nonsense. The entire gender mythology in an undergrad psychology fantasy promoted by parents who never said no and universities run by lunatics. In the end, you’re in bed with a penis or a vagina – everything else is in your head. You can say whatever you want – I don’t care, but it is a delusion to make you feel important or smart – a delusion rational people do not respect. So, there is that.
decrans
Wow. What a weak reply from Bosch. I expect nothing less. At the end of the day, it’s just penises and boobs/vagina. (Men only have the penis, bless their hearts.) Now, you can put makeup on the penis and decorate it and call yourself zir from the Planet Saqusatch. It’s still a penis. And most normal people (including the vast majority of LGBTQ-ers in that Gallup poll) will say, “A penis is a penis.” Hell, most of the commenters here would disagree with Rachel Dolezal. Same concept. You can put tanning oil all over your body, Bosch. At the end of the day, your gene line reads white. Same concept.
Mack
As usual you’re just trolling with your stupidity.
exprovietnam2024
He’s bisexual. Pansexual is a made-up word from the liberal QAnon crowd.
Brian
Bisexual is a made-up word.
Homosexual is a made-up word.
Gay is a made-up word, and it’s really just slang about being happy/carefree. (It was originally a way to insult men who aren’t “serious” about settling down with a wife.)
Where do you think words come from?
mailliw110
All your screen names you use on this site are made up words.
ZzBomb
liberal Qanon crowd????
If projection were a mack truck you’d be dead from how hard it would hit you.
Mack
Okay Decrans, your multiple monikers are showing. Guess you have to have some support for your stupidity, you’re not getting it from the normal folks.
PubisHairus
Google “exprovietnam2024″…
Interesting results. Very interesting results.
decrans
Why would I literally post the same comment? Idiots.
Bosch
The logic of a troll:
Let’s get rid of the word square, squares are just rectangles.
Let’s get rid of the word rectangle, rectangles are just parallellograms.
Let’s get rid of the word parallellogram, parallellograms are just quadrangles.
Let’s get rid of the word quadrangle, quadrangles are just polygons.
Let’s get rid of the word polygon, polygons are just polytypes.
Take that, shapes!
decrans
Wow. When he starts blathering on about random bulls-it, you know he’s lost the argument. Another win for me. It was a nice effort, buddy.
PubisHairus
It truly matters to Decrans, The Transformer. Please clap.
Mister P
Liberal Qanon is made up. Pansexual is a thing.
LumpyPillows
So are onesies for men, doesn’t mean I have to like them.
decrans
Actually, Liberal Qanon exists. RFK Jr. And the vast majority of normal Americans who aren’t buying into your vocab that you invented two minutes ago and want everybody to adopt at the drop of a hat lickety-split unless you whine ‘DISCRIMINATION’ at the top of your lungs like an overgrown toddler. So yeah, liberal QAnon is a thing.
RIGay
Meanwhile, I can’t say the word f**k without Queerty deleting my comment…
A$$hole blog.
mailliw110
My heart bleeds for you. Maybe you should start your own site?
RKP
Hey Matt — you have nothing to worry about so please stop flattering yourself – you are not an object of anyone’s sexual fantasies
LumpyPillows
Matt is sometimes right, but he does think he is always right, which leads to big errors. He really should have steered clear of this one. If Wayne Brady says he is pansexual, so what? His life. The fact we all know pansexual is all just oversharing, trendy mumbo jumbo really isn’t the point. Well, unless it means he’s into screwing toasters or jelly fish, or some other weird thing people should not sex – then I get the distinction.
ZzBomb
He’s been right sometimes? Do tell, on what exactly? B/c I have yet to see anything intelligent come from him.
ZzBomb
“Now, if anyone is sitting in a room with Wayne Brady, and it’s a diverse group. You’ve got like an overweight, 65-year-old man, and you’ve got a young woman, and whatever. Everyone’s sitting around and they’re all thinking, ‘He could be attracted to any one of us right now! Any one of us.”
Yes, b/c that exactly what every group of friends, from varying backgrounds think when they get together!? This is what people w/ little intellect, and too much time on their hands, worry about.
still_onthemark
The young woman is already aware that the overweight 65-year-old man is probably attracted to her. And she thinks ‘eww, gross.’
decrans
Queerty, of course, plays the race card. Did y’all have that same kind of energy when Miley Cyrus announced herself pansexual and the commentriat reacted with pearl-clutching and accusations of predatory behavior?
still_onthemark
They did?
Are you upset about the pearl-clutchers or are you upset that Queerty didn’t join in with the pearl-clutching?
still_onthemark
Wayne specifically says he can imagine being attracted to a transexual or non-binary person. That by itself puts him in territory that’s not covered by ‘bisexual.’ I guess pansexual is a word that fits.
But I have a question about that video. Why is Wayne washing a paper plate?
Gabby
Pansexual today. Fried Fish tomorrow? Sure Jan.
DBMC
I doubt he would be attracted to Matt Walsh.
It’s amazing how freaked out all the conservative trolls are about this. Who cares whether he says he’s bisexual or pansexual? It doesn’t affect you in any way.
still_onthemark
Let’s Make a Deal is extremely popular with women so they’re afraid he’s going to brainwash them or something.
dbmcvey
As usual. Conservatives are triggered.
decrans
As usual, you want to paint everyone who disagrees with your lunacy as conservative. Spoiler alert: As evidenced by my previous Gallup poll comment, the LGBTQ uses bisexual over pansexual 34 to one. And there’s a sizable progressive contingent who disagrees with the transgender agenda. Similar to Matt Walsh, Davey Matthews wants to paint everyone with a broad brush. There’s this thing called nuance, Davey. Google it.