• ELIXHER
• On January 16, 2014

By Glennisha Morgan

The Braxton family recently visited the Arsenio Hall Show. Toni, Towanda, Trina, Traci and Evelyn Braxton sat down with the host and immediately started discussing relationships. After Hall attempted to get Towanda to divulge information on her relationship with Kordell Stewart, he turned the tables and began inquiring about Trina’s relationship with her husband Gabe. Trina then stated if things don’t work out between she and Gabe, she would possibly date women.

“Right now the thing we’re concentrating on, that’s being good parents. But if this relationship doesn’t work, I think I’m going to bat for the other team because I can’t take it,” Trina explained.

Hall chimed in insinuating that the singer and reality TV star meant she might “hook up” with a woman. Trina replied, “There’s nothing wrong with being tri-sexual. You can try things.” She then apologized because her mother was present.

While everyone has a right to explore their options and sexuality can be fluid, Trina’s statement could be problematic because it implies that being bisexual, lesbian, queer, etc. is a choice. Also, the fact that she apologized for admitting a possible desire reinforces the stigmatization of same-sex relationships.

See for yourself and tell us what you think.

Glennisha Morgan serves as ELIXHER’s Entertainment Editor. She is the founder of The Fembassy (a blog site that is solely dedicated to women MCs), a multimedia journalist, photographer and filmmaker. During her career she has interviewed people like Russell Simmons, La La Anthony, MC Lyte, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Laverne Cox, and Marsha Ambrosius. In 2010, Glennisha was featured in BET’s first original music documentary, ‘My Mic Sounds Nice.’