Jameela Jamil comes out as Queer after receiving backlash for being nominated as judge

Star of NBC comedy Good Place, Jameela Jamil, has recently come out as queer after she received a lot of social media backlash after it was anunced that she would be a judge in a TV voguing contest. She received backlash because it was believed that she was t suited to be a judge on something she does t have experience about.

t an 'expert' in subject matter

Voguing is a part of black and Latinx subculture of drag balls in LGBT community. HBO show will focus on a particular dance style that was Monna's song Vogue and a documentary called Paris is Burning. Jamil received backlash because social media users believed that she lacked ties to subject matter.

Jamil came out as queer through her Twitter on Wednesday and claimed that she h kept her sexuality a secret because she was scared of pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping, over something that h caused her a lot of mixed and negative emotion when she was a child.

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She also ded that her coming out as Queer does t automatically qualify her as a judge to ballroom. Jameela Jamil claims that she has privilege and power and a large following and she hopes to use all of those to help bring show off ground so that marginalized stars can be elevated and given a chance.

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Jamil has a personal brand that hugely focuses on body positivity. In past, she has spoken out against Kardashians and has dubbed m "double nts for patriarchy".

new show which will be called Legendary will see teams compete for cash prizes and show will air on forthcoming HBO streaming service called HBO max.