Actress Rosario Dawson, girlfriend of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), said she has “come out” in an interview with Bustle after many fans assumed she had identified as a member of the LGBTQ community in a 2018 Instagram post. “People kept saying that I [came out]... I didn’t do that,” she said after being asked about the 2018 Instagram post she made to celebrate Pride month. “I mean, it’s not inaccurate, but I never did come out come out. I mean, I guess I am now.” The actress elaborated that she had “never had a relationship in that space,” so it “never felt like an authentic calling” to her. A spokesperson for Dawson later told The Daily Beast the actress had meant only that she had come out as an ally of the LGBTQ community. Dawson made some appearances on Booker’s campaign trail before the senator dropped out of the race earlier this year. This comes after a lawsuit filed last year alleged that Dawson and three members of her family subjected a transgender man to “transphobic harassment and violent abuse,” NBC News reports.
