Fans show their support as Lil Nas X comes out as gay on last day of #PrideMonth

American rapper Lil Nas X came out on Sunday, June 30 - the final day of Pride Month 2019.

Taking to his official Twitter account, the “Panini” star revealed the news, making reference to the lyrics of his latest jam “C7osure” from his new EP titled "7".

“Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more,” he tweeted

some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure. 🌈🤩✨ pic.twitter.com/O9krBLllqQ
— nope (@LilNasX) June 30, 2019

“But before this month ends I want y’all to listen closely to "C7osure”, ending the post with a rainbow emoji, which signifies the end of pride month.

some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure. 🌈🤩✨ pic.twitter.com/O9krBLllqQ
— nope (@LilNasX) June 30, 2019

Twitter went into a frenzy with fans sharing their messages of support for the rapper.

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeYou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeYou😎

— captainantiattention (@DaleHartgrove)

lil nas x being gay......I knew no straight person could be that funny on twitter
— illegal gender vendor (@twogenjis) July 1, 2019

If you stop listening to Lil Nas X because of his sexuality you were never really a fan in the first place. pic.twitter.com/epYc3dMY6T
— Nor Known To Life (@Quotemeorelse) July 1, 2019

The "Old Town Road" rapper shared another tweet by posting artwork from his album featuring the colours of the rainbow - a symbol of LGBTQ pride: "deadass thought i made it obvious."