Frank Ocean Responds to Orlando Shooting: 'Many Hate Us and Wish We Didn’t Exist'
Frank Ocean has used his way with words to express deep pain—and rays of hope—in the wake of the June 12 mass shooting at Orlando LGBTQ nightclub Pulse, which claimed the lives of 49 people and injured more than 50, the majority of whom were people of color. In a note posted on his Tumblr, the 28-year-old Ocean recalls a traumatic childhood moment of transphobia with his father, his experiences with Christianity and the concept of being an "abomination," and how "many don’t see anything wrong with passing down the same old values that send thousands of kids into suicidal depression each year."
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