Mexico City.- Marlon Wayans stands strong after sharing his support for the LGBTQ+ community during the Pride Month.
And since he is the father of a trans child, the In Dwelling Shade alum’s support for the community comes from a place close to his heart and home.
So it makes perfect sense that she would stand up and defend herself against online attackers following her initial post on Friday, where she shared photos from her recent Pride-themed photo shoot she did with photographer Parrish Lewis.
“ Happy PRIDE to all my LGBTQ+ people. “I did a photo shoot with the great photographer @parrish_lewis,” he captioned the first image, which shows him sitting with a rainbow flag draped over his shoulder. ‘PS: I’m STRAIGHT… well, according to my CISGENDER male son. I simply love and support my people,’ he clarified before promoting that his comedy special Good Grief is now available on Prime Video.
Unfortunately, His initial post prompted dozens of people to post hateful comments. and bigots, but let it be known that there seemed to be even more people who showed their support for Wayans, his son, and the LGBTQ+ community as a whole.
Marlon Wayans, 51, father of trans boy Kai, 24responded to social media haters who criticized him for showing his support for Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community.
There were several people who They used religion as reasoning to criticize the Wayans.
“ Just because society is in favor of this doesn’t mean it’s right,” another religious person argued. ‘The Bible talks about this in recent times. You can still love your child and not be in favor of this movement.’
Another user responded: ‘You can love the child but not SUPPORT a child’s behavior…just my belief Queen.’
As part of the conversation, an apparent supporter of the LGBTQ+ community argued, “It’s not behavior.” They are who they are. So you know more than them?
The hateful responses did not deter Wayans. In fact, they only inspired him to share more photos from the shoot.
“Yes, and only for the HATE WORKERS… I’m posting ANOTHER one,” he captioned a second image showing him wrapped in the flag while sitting among a bunch of colorful balls.
