that his longtime fans showed, and social media commenters noticed this was simply another humorous meme shared by the artist and not a "coming out". Coréon Dú does not discuss his personal life often, however he never hid his sexuality. For over a decade he never ran away from participating in work that had LGBTQ representation and aesthetics, such as his work as costume designer / stylist for the 2004–2005 youth telenovela "Sede de Viver", with script written by acclaimed author Ondjaki, which had the first ever openly gay character on Angolan television played by actor-comedian Kitengo Kunga, and some of his later body of work in both the social and commercial sphere. His 2015 video inspired by his experiences of bullying and discrimination, he included the homophoic slur "Fag" written on his face along with other abusive slurs used against him over his lifetime in the very autobiographical song and video. Over the years, he has also published a number of posts especially on Instagram which are reflective of his orientation as non-heterosexual and even some celebrity male crushes (even once referring to Canadian actor Seth Rogen as hashtag "future hubby" in 2015). Coréon never even responded to the poorly researched sensationalist articles; however, he received an outpouring of supportive messages from the LGBT communities in several Portuguese speaking countries for having never shied away from open inclusion and discussion of GLBTQ issues in his body of work. In 2005 Coréon also criticized lack of support from Angolan communities during Hurricane Katrina, which upset Angolan diplomats both in Luanda and U.S. Political controversies In recent international media interviews Coréon Dú has mentioned his choice to no longer live in Angola full-time since 2014 and indefinitely leaving his home-country in 2017 due to being a target of a growing institutionalized homophobia and increasing political intolerance. When interviewed in 2019, by Portugal's National News Agency LUSA, about new Angolan laws decriminalizing "Acts against nature" as being synonymous with decriminalizing LGBTQ+ relationships, he cautioned that these regulatory changes seemed vague and may have been publicity driven to appeal to Angola's vast young electorate of voters. However further real regulatory and social education initiatives were needed. Within the same year, 2019, popular musician and LGBTQ+ rights advocate Titica announced publicly that Angola's public government-owned broadcaster TPA has forbidden her from being on any of their television programs because she is a transsexual person.