YES!! I AM A LESBIAN: Legend Diana King’s coming out announcement + how she proposed to her girlfriend
Most
people know Diana King from her chart topping hits in the 90′s
including ‘Shy Guy’ and a remake of Dionne Warwick’s ”Say a Prayer”.
However, these days, she is respected as the first Jamaican star to come
out as gay. Since her reign in the 90′s, the reclusive but ageless
reggae and dancehall maven does not look ready to stop at 43. In 2012,
before the wave of celebrities coming out as LGBTs, Diana King made her
announcement via an intimate but lengthy Facebook post to her fans.
HERE

In the long note, the dancehall star agrees that the question she
gets asked indirectly the most concerns her sexuality. She goes on to
admit that she is not ashamed of her status
I answer now, not because it’s anyone’s business BUT because IT FEELS RIGHT WITH my SOUL and
I believe by not answering or hiding it all these years somehow makes
it appear as if I AM ASHAMED OF IT or THAT I BELIEVE IT IS WRONG. I FEEL
NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS
After her public announcement, Ms King has moved ahead in pushing for rights of LGBTs and performed at the
Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, the world’s largest lesbian event. Which according to a 2013 interview was a dream come true.In
2013, Diana King finally proposed to her longtime girlfriend Simone who
accompanied her to her current visit in Nigeria where she is
collaborating with Nigerian R&B act Praiz.

At the Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend
Diana King tells
SheWired how she proposed to her longtime girlfriend:
So,
I secretly flew to Jamaica. When I knocked on the door, she was so
shocked and in disbelief that she took off running away from me. I had
told her repeatedly that I didn’t want a committed relationship, and she
had been trying to call me the whole day, without success, so you can
imagine that she was really pissed by this time. When I finally found
her in the bedroom, covering her face, crying on the bed, I picked her
up and hugged her. I went down on my knees and began reading a letter I
had written, but I got all choked up, so I handed it to her and asked
her to read it. By the end of the verse, I was asking her to marry me,
to “jam by my side for the whole ride.” We were both crying by then.
Then I stood up, held her and kissed her, and the ring was transferred
from my mouth to hers.

With the love of her life Simone

With her fans at the Dinah Shore weekend
Diana has been in Lagos, Nigeria for a few days in the company of her girlfriend Simone

Simone stands by the extreme left, Nelson Ononiwu and Diana King follow
Diana King is currently in Nigeria to record and promote the remix to
”Mercy” by Praiz in which she features. She has been on a full media
tour and has also visited the office of telecommunications giant MTN
with her full glamorous afro.

Diana King in a tweet meet in Nigeria

With Praiz and Keke Ogungbe
Diana King was one of the celebrities who pushed for the #BringBackOurGirls cause.

Holding the hashtag
So far, she has not commented on her gay status in her Nigerian trip.In the meantime, we cannot wait to hear the Mercy remix!