‘The Upshaws’ star Jermelle Simon comes out as gay in empowering video: “I have decided that I am enough”
Netflix‘s The Upshaws family, to the LGBTQ one!The 35-year-old actor came out as gay in a heartwarming video posted on October 11 for National Coming Out Day. “I have decided that I am enough, I want to thank everyone who has helped me to get to that place where I feel seen, where I feel like I belong, where I feel loved,” Simon, whose character Bernard Junior came out as gay in the Netflix sitcom’s first season, said.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“Thank you for providing a space where I can come on the internet and say I am a Black gay man.”A poignant James Baldwin quote captioned the post: “You have to go the way your blood beats.
If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live and life at all.”Watch.A post shared by Jermelle Simon (@jermellesimon)In addition to wishing himself a Happy National Coming Out Day, Simon also addressed “the ones who feel like now is the time,” “the ones who feel like maybe later,” and “the ones who may never come out.”“I’ve decided to embrace myself fully, all the parts of me,” he explained. “I’ve decided to love myself unconditionally.
