Former Miss Kentucky, Djuan Keila Trent, has come out on her personal blog:
For months, I have been contemplating how I would write this post, how I would position it, when would be the right time to post it. Should I make it funny? Should I make it mysterious? Should I make it serious? Should I pick a special date to do it? Should I build some kind of anticipation around it? Hmmm...ain't nobody got time for that. I have written and re-written and deleted and restarted this post more times than I care to share, and after all of that I have finally realized: "There ain't nothin' to it, but to do it." So, here we go folks...
I am queer.
Well, that was easy! But wait- was it really? Sure, it was easy to type up that three word sentence, sure. But that doesn't discount the fact that my armpits are sweating, my mind is racing, and my hands are shaking just a bit. I can't control the sweaty pits, racing mind, and jittery hands, so I'll just keep writing.
Congratulations to Djuan for her courage to coming out. Kentucky hasn't been the most supportive state of LGBT people but with the new ruling of recognizing out-of-state same sex marriages and Trent representing them, hopefully they are on the path towards equality.