CIARA A HEARA?

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"Ciara reveals her Goodies
By Nolan Strong, allhiphop.com


"I am gay." These were the words recording artist Ciara spoke Wednesday
night to millions viewers on BET's 106 and Park in a precedent-setting
event for cable television.

Ciara's "coming out" as a lesbian would have been difficult on its own.
But also having to admit that she is really a he on national television
was cause for celebration among the gay and lesbian community. No major
pop singer has ever come out as a transvestite to viewers explicitly after
already releasing an album.

The event brings to the spotlight questions about just how far gays and
lesbians have been accepted into mainstream society, specifically hip hop
culture. People are divided as to what this event means for gay and
lesbian individuals as well as for the community at large.
However, as in any controver! sial! issue, there are differing opinions.
"Tonight it's homosexuality, next its tranvestites, tomorrow it's
something else," said Sean "P-Diddy" Combs, President and CEO of Bad Boy
Worldwide Entertainment, in an interview with allhiphop.com.

The goal for many gays and lesbians is creating awareness about the
reality of their identity and lifestyle.

"As a community, we have to fight against those who attack us," said
former pop star Rupaul, who herself performs in "drag" but concealed her
real gender from the public. "Personally, I have a tendency to react with
anger. At the same time I realize these people have been fed lies about
gay and lesbian people.
"Part of our job is to offer information to those who have been lied to.
The 'Ellen' episode already offered a slice of true information about
lesbian and gay people to a large audience," she added. "But Ciara's
entire appeal was based of this teenie bop heterosexua! l ima! gery and less
of her sheer talent? Will she maintain her celebrity status? Maybe she
will. Will she have as many listeners as before now that she has come
out? I doubt it.
UCLA English Professor Arthur Little, who teaches gay and lesbian
literature, said he approved of the humorous portrayal of the subject
matter on "Ellen." However, he stressed the serious aspects that surround
this particular controversy.
"It allows the American public to see the humor and that gay people laugh
too. We have gay teenagers killing themselves at three times the rate of
their heterosexual counterparts. This is a serious issue," he said.
Despite the raging controversy surrounding this issue, Little said that
"gay people are as much a part of our public culture as straight people."
Ciara was building a strong case for herself as a mainstay in the music
industry. Her debut album "Goodies" was certified platinum by the RIAA,
and she has been ! na! med the recipient of the 2005 Sammy Davis Jr.
Entertainer of the Year Award at this year's Soul Train Awards.

The self-proclaimed 'Crunk n B' artist will release her third single "Oh",
(featuring Ludacris) next week and a video for the song will also be
released at the end of the month.

In addition to being named Entertainer of the Year, Ciara has been
nominated for four Soul Train Music Awards."

WHAT THE FUCK?
 
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MAYBE IM HIGH...BUT DID THE BEGINNING OF THAT ARTICLE SAY THAT CIARA IS A FUCKIN DUDE....?

Ciara's "coming out" as a lesbian would have been difficult on its own.
But also having to admit that she is really a he on national television
was cause for celebration among the gay and lesbian community. No major
pop singer has ever come out as a transvestite to viewers explicitly after
already releasing an album.




HOLD UP....WHAT THE FUUUUUCK...?
 
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I still don't know WTF is going on with this girl's sexual identity and orientation, heard she was a hermaphrodite so.....But some site squashed that rumor soooo....I don't know.
 
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Ciara's denial

Ciara herself issued a denial published in the New York Daily News under the headline "No Gender Gap Here":

R&B sensation Ciara just wants everyone to know: She's all woman. "You know what's funny? The rumor that I used to be a man," she told us at the launch party for Vibe Vixen magazine at Frederick's.
"They said Oprah said that on her show," she laughed. "I've never been on Oprah in my life - we all know I have years before I go on Oprah, so come on!"



SHE'S NOT A MAN YA'LL....WHEW....
 
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Comments: There are so many versions of this rumor flying around it's hard to know which one to address first. I may as well begin by dispelling the notion that the article above ever appeared on the hip-hop news site to which it's attributed, ALLHIPHOP.com. It didn't. It's a piece of satire, author unknown, circulating via email since March 2005. A disavowal posted on ALLHIPHOP.com earlier this month reads:

If you happen to read that AHH’s own Nolan Strong wrote a story about Ciara being a trannie he/she, don’t believe it. We didn’t write it, but somebody is trying to be creative with starting rumors. Ciara is alllllll woman, baby!
Another item on the same Website dated February 15, 2005 addresses the rumor more generally:
We consistently get rumors saying that Ciara, the Crunk-N-B Queen, was born with male and female genitalia. We have no CLUE where this crazy rumor started, but it’s not true as far as we know. We’re thinking that she was in the club throwin’ bows a little too hard and some dude decided to start this one. Or maybe it’s those mean faces, but to our knowledge, she only has one female private place. Unfortunately, I’ll never see it. The rumor has good legs though and it’s not dying anytime soon.
A transsexual hermaphrodite lesbian transvestite?

For whatever reason, rumors questioning Ciara's gender and/or sexual orientation have been circulating since late 2004. One version claims the singer "came out" as a transsexual on The Oprah Winfrey Show, though as of this writing she has never appeared on Oprah. Another version claims Ciara is actually a hermaphrodite ("one having the sex organs and many of the secondary sex characteristics of both male and female," as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary). Yet another claims she is a tranvestite (a male who dresses in women's clothing). Another claims she is a lesbian.

They can't all be true, obviously, and although I can't produce documentation to prove the allegations false, neither has anyone proven a single one of them true. Indeed, the only "evidence" ever offered is the claim that Ciara Harris made a statement on television. Hogwash.

Ciara's denial

Ciara herself issued a denial published in the New York Daily News under the headline "No Gender Gap Here":

R&B sensation Ciara just wants everyone to know: She's all woman. "You know what's funny? The rumor that I used to be a man," she told us at the launch party for Vibe Vixen magazine at Frederick's.
"They said Oprah said that on her show," she laughed. "I've never been on Oprah in my life - we all know I have years before I go on Oprah, so come on!"