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Billy Dee Williams identifies as gender fluid, reveals acceptance of multiple pronouns
LGBTQ Nation ^ | November 30, 2019 | Juwan J. Holmes

Posted on 11/30/2019 4:51:22 PM PST by EdnaMode

At 82 years old, actor Billy Dee Williams is still finding new ways to make himself the epitome of cool.

In a feature profile for Esquire, the man known for playing Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise – a role he’s reprising this winter for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – talks about how he freely identifies with both he/him/himself and she/her/herself pronouns. It’s not immediately clear if Williams has a clear preference for one set of pronouns or not.

Related: Scarlett Johansson says she was “tone-deaf” about playing a transgender man in film

“I never tried to be anything except myself,” Williams said. “I think of myself as a relatively colorful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously.”

In the article, most of the topics being discussed focus on Williams’ career, which started on Broadway at age 8. He also explores finding success as a painter, and how Carrie Fisher’s and Harrison Ford’s much-gossiped romance on the set of Star Wars films didn’t bother him the slightest.

Yet, the most surprising detail to arise from the article was Williams’ definition of his gender expression.

“And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine,” Williams tells Esquire Culture Editor Matt Miller. “I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself.”

(Excerpt) Read more at lgbtqnation.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: billydeewilliams; binary; genderbinary; genderdysphoria; genderfluid; hollyweird; hollywood; homosexualagenda; lando; landocalrissian; landocalsissian; lqbtq; lucasfilm; starwars
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The ipitome of cool? No. He’s freaking 82 and delusional


41 posted on 11/30/2019 5:32:59 PM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!!)
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To: EdnaMode

“Pan sexual”??

He likes doing it with cookware?


42 posted on 11/30/2019 5:38:11 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Most people under 50 never heard of him. He and Diana Ross used to be a very famous movie couple.


43 posted on 11/30/2019 5:40:40 PM PST by lee martell
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To: EdnaMode

I think at eighty-two, he has gone round the bend.


44 posted on 11/30/2019 5:40:47 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: EdnaMode
to paraphrase ADC. You either suck or you do not suck there is no in between.
45 posted on 11/30/2019 5:42:33 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Canine.


46 posted on 11/30/2019 5:43:45 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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To: EdnaMode

I don’t what that was speaking of being “gender fluid,” but it wasn’t Billy Dee Williams. RIP Billy Dee.


47 posted on 11/30/2019 5:46:39 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: EdnaMode; 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; dp0622; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; ...
Gender fluid. I remember when he was a handsome macho man pushing malt liquor.

After reading this, I may very well need some danged malt liquor!

This is not "cool"; it's just mentally ill.

DANG!

48 posted on 11/30/2019 5:48:18 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: EdnaMode

I identify multiple ways also. I identify as skinny, young, rich, handsome tall, and very cool!


49 posted on 11/30/2019 5:49:41 PM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: MrEdd

That, or a trip to the first church of appliantology.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Token_of_My_Extreme&ved=2ahUKEwiv1db1qpPmAhUIrp4KHVaVAccQFjALegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw1_AsakuEZtrlQ9Y4rLKKI-


50 posted on 11/30/2019 5:50:26 PM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: lee martell

Many younger people haven’t heard of him, unless you remind them he played Lando Carizzean in the second Star Wars episode, The Empire Strikes Back.

“Pray I do not alter the deal further,” he was told.


51 posted on 11/30/2019 5:55:54 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Well you ruined my night and possibly tomorrow also :)

Looks like I picked a bad Saturday to stop drinking two bottles of JD :)


52 posted on 11/30/2019 5:58:02 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: EdnaMode

At 82...is he even up for it?


53 posted on 11/30/2019 6:07:46 PM PST by moovova
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To: crusty old prospector

“The farce is strong with this one.”

Absolutely perfect.

See Wanda down the hall...pick up your prize.


54 posted on 11/30/2019 6:09:26 PM PST by moovova
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To: SaveFerris; SkyPilot

Gender-fluidity is in the air!
Seems to be contagious if you breathe it in apparently.


55 posted on 11/30/2019 6:10:52 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: EdnaMode

we call this dimentia.


56 posted on 11/30/2019 6:11:06 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: EdnaMode

To paraphrase Norm MacDonald (talking about Bruce Jenner), “When you’re 82, does it really make a difference? You’re just some old thing that no one wants to (get it on with).”


57 posted on 11/30/2019 6:13:35 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: crusty old prospector

“The farce is strong with this one.”

He is just being politically correct in his waning years. I assure you he likes “split tails.” without appendages.


58 posted on 11/30/2019 6:14:17 PM PST by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: EdnaMode

And...?


59 posted on 11/30/2019 6:19:27 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: dfwgator

LOL!


60 posted on 11/30/2019 6:21:15 PM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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