The woman who pretended to be black while heading an NAACP chapter marked Pride Month by coming out as bisexual Sunday.
“I am in absolutely no rush to explore a new relationship, but it still matters to stay visible. I am bisexual,” Rachel Dolezal tweeted, telling people her first kiss was with a woman, though she had also been married to a man.
Dolezal insisted she is not confused and not “almost” gay and encouraged people not to “ignore or delegitimize the ‘B’ In LGBTI…It’s a real identity.”
Just wanted to take a moment to recognize Pride Month ? I am in absolutely no rush to explore a new relationship, but it still matters to stay visible. I am bisexual. #pride #bisexual pic.twitter.com/u8nu7FuqYN
— Rachel Anne Doležal (@RachelADolezal) June 16, 2019
Dolezal infamously stepped down in 2015 as president of the NAACP’s chapter in Spokane, Wash., when it was revealed that she is white.
NAACP leader claims she’s black. According to her parents and birth certificate – she’s white. http://t.co/n7nfc1LblW pic.twitter.com/uVhKpjlq4Q
— Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) June 12, 2015
“She is Caucasian. She is white,” her dad, Lawrence Dolezal, said in 2015. “I’m Caucasian. My wife is Caucasian. We’re of primarily European descent, though there’s a small amount of American Indian.”
“We’re not aware of any African American in our lineage. If anyone found any, we would embrace it, but it’s just not there,” he said.
