“If Your Revolution Does Not Include Black Queer Voices, It Is Anti-Black” Justice Smith Confirms Relationship With THIS Fellow Actor

Justice Smith has a message…ALL Black Lives Matter! He proudly confirmed that he is queer and dating a fellow Black actor at a Black Lives Matter protest over the weekend.

“I want to reiterate this sentiment: if your revolution does not include Black queer voices, it is anti-Black.”

 

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@nckash and I protested today in New Orleans. We chanted ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ ‘Black Queer Lives Matter’ ‘All Black Lives Matter’. As a black queer man myself, I was disappointed to see certain people eager to say Black Lives Matter, but hold their tongue when Trans/Queer was added. I want to reiterate this sentiment: if your revolution does not include Black Queer voices, it is anti-black. If your revolution is okay with letting black trans people like #TonyMcDade slip through the cracks in order to solely liberate black cishet men, it is anti-black. You are trying to push yourself through the door of a system designed against you, and then shut the door behind you. It is in our conditioning to get as close to whiteness, straightness, maleness as we can because that’s where the power is. And if we appeal to it, maybe it’ll give us a slice. But the revolution is not about appeal. It is about demanding what should have been given to us from the beginning. What should have been given to black, queer, and trans individuals from the beginning. Which is the right to exist. To live and prosper in public. Without fear of persecution or threat of violence. There is so much tragedy on the timeline these last couple of days so I added some photos of me and Nic to show some #blackboyjoy #blacklove #blackqueerlove ❤️????? You’ve been my rock and guiding light through all of this and I love you so much. I know that on the other side of this Is change, though the fight is far from over. #justicefortonymcdade #justiceforninapop #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforahmaud #justiceforbreonna #sayhername #defundthepolice #endwhitesupremacy

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“The Jurassic Park” actor shared his thoughts on the protests that continue in the wake of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality.

“[Nicholas Ashe] and I protested today in New Orleans,” he wrote. “We chanted ‘Black Trans Lives Matter,’ ‘Black Queer Lives Matter,’ and ‘All Black Lives Matter’. As a Black queer man myself, I was disappointed to see certain people eager to say ‘Black Lives Matter,’ but hold their tongue when trans/queer was added.”

Not only did the 24-year-old open up about the movement, but he also confirmed his relationship with fellow Queen Sugar actor, Nicholas Ashe.

“There is so much tragedy on the timeline these last couple of days so I added some photos of me and Nic to show some #blackboyjoy.”

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