Ginuwine sparks outrage for not kissing trans co-star, Black Twitter responds

The R&B crooner is under fire for pushing away a trans co-star's advances

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Singer Ginuwine faced accusations of being transphobic after he spurned the advances of a transgender woman on Big Brother UK.

His co-star, India Willoughby, complained on the show that she was a woman and that therefore Ginuwine should be willing to date her.

“I’m a woman, right,” said Willoughby. “Forget about any ‘t’s, or anything in front of it. So, on that score, you would date me, wouldn’t you?”

“Not if you told me you was trans,” Ginuwine admitted.

“No, no, I’m not telling you I’m trans,” Willoughby said. “I’m a woman.”

“A woman? Yeah,” Ginuwine conceded.

Willoughby then grabbed his neck and went in for a kiss, and in an awkward moment, Ginuwine pulled away.

–Ginuwine isn’t Transphobic for not kissing India Willoughby and here’s why–

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fu3j8SAL3g

This prompted several people online to accuse Ginuwine of being transphobic, but Black Twitter rushed to his defense, pointing out that he should be allowed to date and kiss whoever he wants.

The argument went back and forth. Some considered Ginuwine transphobic for excluding transgender women from his dating pool. Others pointed out the double standard of calling out unwanted advances in Hollywood men but allowing it from Willoughby because she is transgender.

Check out some of the Twitter comments below and let us know where you stand on this issue. Was this transphobic or not?

So #Ginuwine is transphobic cause he doesn’t want to kiss or date a trans woman pic.twitter.com/Zk0GJWXUuw — A Girl Has No Name (@MissAP) January 8, 2018

RE: the whole trans convo on CBB, I sympathise with India's point about how hard it is dating as a trans person & the stigma attached. But I feel like Ginuwine was unfairly put on the spot and almost *assumed* to be transphobic as a black man. — Ruqaiya (@ruqaiya_h) January 8, 2018

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