Cardi B has been an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community over the years and 2022 isn’t looking any different. On Tuesday (January 4), the Grammy Award-winning rapper shared a tweet that read, “Every bad bitch have a gay best friend cousin…if you homophobic you just ugly.”
The post elicited over a thousand comments ranging from, “When you’re right you’re right” and “I guess I’m ugly then.” One commenter applauded Cardi for her continuing to champion the cause with, “Thank you for this message – the LGBTIQ+ community appreciates your support!”
Cardi B has made her love for the LGBTQ+ community clear in recent months. In October 2021, a noticeably pregnant Cardi officiated a same-sex wedding for her Facebook Messenger series Cardi Tries with the assistance of former Cosby kid, Raven-Symoné.
“You are probably wondering why I’m here,” Cardi B said in a clip of the show. “I’m going to get these two beautiful ladies married. Not only is it a special day for you guys, but it’s a special day for me. I want to thank you guys for making me a part of your beautiful journey.”
As the ceremony came to a close, Cardi said the magic words every bride wants to hear , “By the power vested in me by the state of California and my online course, I now pronounce you wife and wife.”
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Interestingly enough, Cardi B has had to defend herself against allegations she’s homophobic and transphobic — despite identifying as bisexual. In June 2020, someone on Twitter accused her of being both.
“How the fuck am i homophobic or transphobic?” she snapped back. “have you been to a Caribbean island where you really see homophobia! Have you dealt with a parent that can’t accept you for your sexuality? I said some ignorant things b4 that apologised for & educated myself on it don’t mean I’m homo [sic].”
She added, “And I don’t support the LGBT community because I have “gay fans” I support because of the confused feelings I had growing up on is it normal to like girls? I support because I know how hard it was for my gay cousin to come out to his very strict Dominican family.”
In 2018, Cardi B also came to her husband Offset’s aid when he caught flak for the “I don’t vibe with queers” line on the YFN Lucci single “Boss Life.”
“I’m not gonna let somebody call him homophobic when I know that he’s not,” Cardi said on Instagram Live at the time. “And I’m saying this because I see him around gays. And he treats them with the same respect he treats everybody. He never acts uncomfortable. And he just don’t care.”
Offset later issued an apology for the lyric, saying, “I apologize to anybody I offended by the word ‘queer’ I was not referring to sexuality.”
I playin yall. I jus trynna make dis cash stretch a lil furtha yall.
When my kid is watching YouTube and an add pops up of a man dressed as a woman and singing “It’s OK to be gay!” (< This actually happened) It doesn’t make me a homophobe for not liking that shit! With all due respect, I’ve never told my 8-year-old daughter that she needs to grow up, marry a man, and start a family. You know why we’ve never had that conversation? Because she’s 8! So then why do you need to push homosexuality on my child when I’m just trying to allow her to enjoy her childhood? She doesn’t need to be told to be gay or straight. She just needs to be a kid. Because I don’t agree with some of your methods of trying to push forward acceptance of homosexuality doesn’t make me a homophobe.
just admit who’s paying you to spread this propaganda. Don’t nobody care who’s gay and who isn’t. Use your platform to ask why the southern border is still wide closed open, during a pandemic?
yay for gay.
If being Gay were the true way of being none of us would have never been born ?.
Does anyone care what this former stripper actually thinks? LOL
She’s “hates” a certain group of people? Lol, how dare she have a phobia of people who are just being themselves
Says the mutt who drugged and robbed dudes for a living.
As a member of the Bad Boy entourage I approve this message.
Lmao this dude supports it because it used to have a dick and her husbands technicaly gay.. so a little closer than a best friend or cousin
Homophobia doesn’t exist, no one fears homosexuals. Disagreeing with something is not fear
Pro tip. If you ignore twitter, these people don’t exist.