Justice Smith: 5 Things To Know About ‘The Get Down’ Star Who Came Out As Queer
The Get Down star Justice Smith came out as queer in a powerful Instagram post amid Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the nation. The 24-year-old also announced that he’s dating Queen Sugar actor Nicholas Ashe, 25, and the pair have been attending protests together in Louisiana. “@nckash and I protested today in New Orleans,” he captioned the June 5 Instagram photo, showing him and Nicholas kissing in a photo booth. “We chanted ‘Black Trans Lives Matter,’ ‘Black Queer Lives Matter,’ ‘All Black Lives Matter’. As a black queer man myself, I was disappointed to see certain people eager to say Black Lives Matter, but hold their tongue when Trans/Queer was added.”