Billy Dee Williams identifies as gender fluid, reveals acceptance of multiple pronouns

LGBTQ Nation ^ | November 30, 2019 | Juwan J. Holmes

[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.”

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Old Democrat politicians.

[MoochPooch]

Everybody knew he was gay, and he knew that everybody knew it, and nobody cared, because it was dealt with the right way....discreetly.

You reminded me of Austin Powers'comment on the 1960s: "It's not that no one knew Liberace was gay. It's that no one wondered if he was gay."

Back then entertainers knew how to finesse their gayness or integrate it subtly into their act. Now, thanks to the liberals, as Powers said, we've lost our innocence. Gays have made their sexuality the focus, by waving it in our faces.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

“......still finding new ways to make himself the epitome of cool.”

Mental illness is not cool.

[neverevergiveup]

This is kind of interesting about Weathers.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carl-weathers-looks-back-creed-845151

[NativeSon]

::spits malt liquor onto screen:: WHAT!!??

[NativeSon]

I remember one of those “...works every time” billboards on I-95. Smiling as I thought to myself; “that’s an ad for rape”.

Full disclosure, I had a 40 of Colt45 on Thanksgiving.