So You Think You Can Dance‘s Sasha Mallory says she’s proud to be a lesbian, but that she didn’t come out during the show because it wasn’t relevant to the competition. The eighth-season runner-up has been receiving criticism for her decision. The Advocate reports:

Considering the scarcity of out lesbian and bisexual women in the world of dance, some critics are arguing that Mallory made a bad decision. Andy Dehnart of RealityBlurred.com argues that Mallory’s “rationale is disturbingly close to Nigel Lythgoe’s moronic and homophobic arguments about why no one ever comes out on his shows, which is far more glaring than competitions series where gay contestants are out.”

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