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TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN' VIO IS STRANGELY BOTH GAY AND SEXLS
YOU NEED TO CALM DOWNTAYLOR SWIFTTRACK 14 ON LOVER (TARGET EXCLIVE/JAPANE EDN) PRODUCED BYTAYLOR SWIFT & JOEL LTLE“YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” FDS TAYLOR SWIFT ADDRSG VAR TRACTORS WHO POST HURTFUL MENTS ONLE, FOLLOWG THEM OF SELF-LOVE AND BEG TE TO ONE’S INTY… READ MORE JUN. 14, 20193 VIEWERS1.5M VIEWS206 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSESPAñOLСрпскиPORTUGUêSPOLSKIDTSCHITALIANOFRANçAISENGLISHNERLANDSУкраїнськаYOU NEED TO CALM DOWN LYRICS[VERSE 1]YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT I DON'T KNOWBUT YOU'RE TAK' SHOTS AT ME LIKE 'S PATRóNAND I'M JT LIKE, DAMN, 'S 7 AMSAY THE STREET, THAT'S A KNOCK-OUTBUT YOU SAY A TWEET, THAT'S A P-OUTAND I'M JT LIKE, "HEY, ARE YOU OKAY?"[PRE-CHOS]AND I A'T TRYNA MS WH YOUR SELF-EXPRSNBUT I'VE LEARNED A LSON THAT STRS' AND OBSS' 'BOUT SOMEBODY ELSE IS NO FUNAND SNAK AND STON NEVER BROKE MY BON[CHOS]SO OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OHYOU NEED TO LM DOWN, YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUDAND I'M JT LIKE OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH (OH)YOU NEED TO JT STOP, LIKE N YOU JT NOT STEP ON MY GOWN?YOU NEED TO LM DOWN[VERSE 2]YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT WE DON'T KNOWBUT YOU'RE ' AT MY IENDS LIKE A MISSILEWHY ARE YOU MAD WHEN YOU ULD BE GLAAD? (YOU ULD BE GLAAD)SUNSHE ON THE STREET AT THE PARABUT YOU WOULD RATHER BE THE DARK AGMAK' THAT SIGN MT'VE TAKEN ALL NIGHTYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS]YOU JT NEED TO TAKE SEVERAL SEATS AND THEN TRY TO RTORE THE PEACEAND NTROL YOUR URG TO SCREAM ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE YOU HATE'CSE SHA NEVER MA ANYBODY LS GAY[CHOS]SO OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OHYOU NEED TO LM DOWN, YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUDAND I'M JT LIKE OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH (OH)YOU NEED TO JT STOP, LIKE N YOU JT NOT STEP ON HIS GOWN?YOU NEED TO LM DOWN[BRIDGE]AND WE SEE YOU OVER THERE ON THE TERCOMPARG ALL THE GIRLS WHO ARE KILLG BUT WE FIGURED YOU OUTWE ALL KNOW NOW WE ALL GOT CROWNSYOU NEED TO LM DOWN[CHOS]OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OHYOU NEED TO LM DOWN (YOU NEED TO LM DOWN)YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUD (YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUD)AND I'M JT LIKE OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH (OH)YOU NEED TO JT STOP (CAN YOU STOP?)LIKE N YOU JT NOT STEP ON OUR GOWNS?YOU NEED TO LM DOWN123EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
JONATHAN VAN NS MOSTLY WORE HIS OWN CLOTH FOR TAYLOR SWIFT’S “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” VIO“TAYLOR LIKED . SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO WEAR SOMETHG THEY FELT FORTABLE .”BY PL CHIJUNE 18, 2019BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN JONATHAN VAN NS ARRIVED WH HIS QUEER EYE STARS ON THE SET OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW MIC VIO, “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN,” THE SGER HAD JT ONE PIECE OF DIRECTN. “SHE WAS LIKE, ‘HONEY, HAVE FUN AND BE YOUR GEO, NORMAL SELF,’” VAN NS RELLED AT THE TREVORLIVE GALA NEW YORK CY ON MONDAY, HOURS AFTER THE VIO PREMIERED. “AND WE DID HAVE SO MUCH FUN WH OUR CUTE TEA PARTY AND OUR LTLE K AND TREATS. IT WAS VERY JOSHUA TREE VIB. AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE, ‘SWEETIE. YOU’RE KILLG .’ SHE MA EASY. WE ALL HAD CUTE CHEMISTRY TOGETHER WH HER, BEE WE’RE JT BEG OURSELV.”VAN NS AND HIS STARS—ANTONI POROWSKI, TAN FRANCE, BOBBY BERK, AND KARAMO BROWN—JOED A BEVY OF GAY INS AND FAMO NAM THREE-AND-A-HALF-MUTE VIO, OM BROADWAY AND POSE STAR BILLY PORTER TO SWIFT’S OIME RIVAL KATY PERRY. “SHE SURPRISED ALL OF WH THE VATN,” VAN NS SAID. “WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT, I WAS LIKE, ‘AM I HALLUCATG?’ GETTG TO WORK WH HER WAS A SURPRISE AND ACTUALLY BEG THERE WH HER WAS SURREAL. LIKE WE TURNED AND SHE LOOKED UP AND SHE WAS THERE. WE SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR TOGETHER BETWEEN SHOOTG. WE TALKED AND TOOK SOME CUTE, NEXT-LEVEL PICTUR. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME MEETG HER, AND SHE WAS VERY WARM AND GRAC AND SWEET. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE’S SO FIERCE AS A PERFORMER AND AN ENTERTAER. SHE KNOWS HOW TO WORK .”THE “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” VIO FEATUR SOME BOLD ENSEMBL FOR EVERYONE, SWIFT CLUD, WHO WORKED WH STYLIST JOSEPH CASSELL FALNER. VAN NS WAS PLEASED WH THE SHIMMERG MULTILOR, FLOOR-LENGTH PE THAT HE WORE AND LOVED HIS DRAMATIC CROWN—THE ONLY PART OF THE ENSEMBLE THAT DIDN’T ALREADY BELONG TO HIM. “I LEARNED THIS TERM LLED ‘MOL ZONE’ WHICH MEANS ’S LIKE YOUR OWN OUTF. SO MY WHOLE OUTF THE VIO WAS MOL ZONE EXCEPT THAT PE AND THAT HEADPIECE,“ HE REVEALED. “I HAD THIS LTLE FOSSE VIBE WHEN I ARRIVED. I HAD ON A LTLE BLACK CROP TOP AND TIGHTS AND WH HEELS—I JT HAPPENED TO BE WEARG THAT ON THAT DAY. BUT THAT PE AND THAT HAT WAS CERTALY NOT ME. IT WAS OM THE STUME PARTMENT. I JT THOUGHT WAS HILAR THAT WHAT I WAS ALREADY WEARG JT SO HAPPENED TO BE PERFECT TO PLEMENT WHAT I WORE ON THE SHOOT. TAYLOR LIKED . SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO WEAR SOMETHG THEY FELT FORTABLE .”THE VIO, FILLED WH PRI FLAGS AND A SHOUT-OUT TO GLAAD, ENDS BY ASKG VIEWERS TO SIGN A PETN THAT URG THE SENATE TO PASS THE EQUALY ACT, A BILL THAT EXTENDS CIVIL-RIGHTS PROTECTNS TO GAY AND TRANSGENR AMERINS. “I AM REALLY PROUD OF HER FOR BEG SO VOL,” VAN NS SAID. “WHAT SHE’S DOG MAK THE ISSU BE SEEN AND HEARD AND THAT N LEAD TO POSIVE CHANG OUR UNTRY.”SWIFT HAS BEE MORE POLILLY VOL THE PAST YEAR, OM SUPPORTG DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT THE 2018 ELECTNS TO HER SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT THE STONEWALL INN OVER THE WEEKEND. NONE OF THIS AS A SURPRISE TO CARA DELEVGNE, A LONGTIME IEND OF SWIFT’S WHO RECEIVED THE HERO AWARD AT THE TREVORLIVE GALA FOR HER WORK SUPPORTG L.G.B.T.Q. YOUTH. “IT’S JT NOT THAT SHE NEVER BELIEVED . IT’S MORE THAT I DON’T THK SHE REALIZED HOW MUCH THEY NEED ,” DELEVGNE TOLD VANY FAIR ON THE RED RPET. “WE WERE TALKG TODAY AND SHE WAS LIKE, ‘YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME TO GET TO THIS PLACE AND WHY IS IMPORTANT TO DO THE THGS.’ IT’S AMAZG TO SEE A IEND STICK WH A MUNY THAT I BELIEVE .”DELEVGNE DIDN’T MAKE A MEO THE “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” VIO, AS SHE DID 2015’S SIARLY STAR-STUDD “BAD BLOOD,” BUT SHE’S FELY A FAN. “I CRIED AND I’VE BEEN TEXTG HER ALL DAY,” SHE SAID. “I WAS ABOUT TO SHOW UP TO THAT VIO, WHICH SADLY I DID NOT. BUT, SHE IS CREDIBLE AND I THK WHAT SHE’S DOG IS BRILLIANT. IT’S JT THE BEGNG. MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORT JT DON’T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IS TO SAY OUT LOUD. SO I THK ’S JT CREDIBLE.”MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— INSI THE MULTI-LN DOLLAR, TOTALLY MSED UP RENOVATN OF THE PLAZA HOTEL— GRACE KELLY’S GRANDDGHTER PAYS TRIBUTE WH TIMELS WEDDG STYLE— CAN J. CREW FD SELF—AND S CTOMERS—AGA? READ OUR VTIGATN— HOW MEGHAN MARKLE REVEALS DONALD TMP’S BIG ROYAL LIE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: SWEARG OFF THE PARTY CIRCU WH PARIS HILTON AND HER FIANCé PARIS— WHY CHERNOBYL’S UNIQUE FORM OF DREAD WAS SO ADDICTGLOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARDONALD TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELF WAS JT DEALT A SER SETBACKBY BS LEVJOE MANGANIELLO DEBUTS DIVORCE INKBY KASE WICKMANMSNBC IS HAVG ITS SUPER BOWL WH DONALD TMP’S INDICTMENTSBY CHARLOTTE KLEPL CHI

TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN' VIO IS STRANGELY BOTH GAY AND SEXLS

The sger’s pro-gay sgle strangely par her stggl wh fame to more dangero kds of persecutn. * queer eye you need to calm down *

The song tak an equaly-first stance, cricizg haters and homophob alike, and ends wh a ll to followers to support her Senate petn favor of the Equaly Act, tied wh this month’s celebratns of Pri Month.

Anti-LGBTQ+ protters appear sporadilly throughout vio, rryg signs like “Homosexualy is s” and easily distguishable om Swift’s iends wh their ls-than-lorful attire. The Queasy Double Msage of Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’The sger’s pro-gay sgle strangely par her stggl wh fame to more dangero kds of Swift, drsed as a ench y, mak up wh her pop-star rival the climax to a vio supposedly about gay rights. Shout along wh this bra benr: “Sha never ma anybody ls gay!

YOU NEED TO CALM DOWNTAYLOR SWIFTTRACK 14 ON LOVER (TARGET EXCLIVE/JAPANE EDN) PRODUCED BYTAYLOR SWIFT & JOEL LTLE“YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” FDS TAYLOR SWIFT ADDRSG VAR TRACTORS WHO POST HURTFUL MENTS ONLE, FOLLOWG THEM OF SELF-LOVE AND BEG TE TO ONE’S INTY… READ MORE JUN. 14, 20193 VIEWERS1.5M VIEWS206 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSESPAñOLСрпскиPORTUGUêSPOLSKIDTSCHITALIANOFRANçAISENGLISHNERLANDSУкраїнськаYOU NEED TO CALM DOWN LYRICS[VERSE 1]YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT I DON'T KNOWBUT YOU'RE TAK' SHOTS AT ME LIKE 'S PATRóNAND I'M JT LIKE, DAMN, 'S 7 AMSAY THE STREET, THAT'S A KNOCK-OUTBUT YOU SAY A TWEET, THAT'S A P-OUTAND I'M JT LIKE, "HEY, ARE YOU OKAY?"[PRE-CHOS]AND I A'T TRYNA MS WH YOUR SELF-EXPRSNBUT I'VE LEARNED A LSON THAT STRS' AND OBSS' 'BOUT SOMEBODY ELSE IS NO FUNAND SNAK AND STON NEVER BROKE MY BON[CHOS]SO OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OHYOU NEED TO LM DOWN, YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUDAND I'M JT LIKE OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH (OH)YOU NEED TO JT STOP, LIKE N YOU JT NOT STEP ON MY GOWN?YOU NEED TO LM DOWN[VERSE 2]YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT WE DON'T KNOWBUT YOU'RE ' AT MY IENDS LIKE A MISSILEWHY ARE YOU MAD WHEN YOU ULD BE GLAAD? (YOU ULD BE GLAAD)SUNSHE ON THE STREET AT THE PARABUT YOU WOULD RATHER BE THE DARK AGMAK' THAT SIGN MT'VE TAKEN ALL NIGHTYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS]YOU JT NEED TO TAKE SEVERAL SEATS AND THEN TRY TO RTORE THE PEACEAND NTROL YOUR URG TO SCREAM ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE YOU HATE'CSE SHA NEVER MA ANYBODY LS GAY[CHOS]SO OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OHYOU NEED TO LM DOWN, YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUDAND I'M JT LIKE OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH (OH)YOU NEED TO JT STOP, LIKE N YOU JT NOT STEP ON HIS GOWN?YOU NEED TO LM DOWN[BRIDGE]AND WE SEE YOU OVER THERE ON THE TERCOMPARG ALL THE GIRLS WHO ARE KILLG BUT WE FIGURED YOU OUTWE ALL KNOW NOW WE ALL GOT CROWNSYOU NEED TO LM DOWN[CHOS]OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OHYOU NEED TO LM DOWN (YOU NEED TO LM DOWN)YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUD (YOU'RE BEG TOO LOUD)AND I'M JT LIKE OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH (OH)YOU NEED TO JT STOP (CAN YOU STOP?)LIKE N YOU JT NOT STEP ON OUR GOWNS?YOU NEED TO LM DOWN123EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

* queer eye you need to calm down *

The song’s send verse tak on homophobic monstrators: “Sunshe on the street at the para / But you would rather be the dark ag. It clos wh a plug to sign a petn for the passage of the Equaly Act, which would ban discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and a star whose greatt polil ntroversy ed to be that she had no polics, a sgle that name-checks GLAAD is a real evolutn, and ’s already reportedly havg the ncrete effect of boostg donatns for gay rights.

JONATHAN VAN NS MOSTLY WORE HIS OWN CLOTH FOR TAYLOR SWIFT’S “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” VIO“TAYLOR LIKED . SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO WEAR SOMETHG THEY FELT FORTABLE .”BY PL CHIJUNE 18, 2019BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN JONATHAN VAN NS ARRIVED WH HIS QUEER EYE STARS ON THE SET OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW MIC VIO, “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN,” THE SGER HAD JT ONE PIECE OF DIRECTN. “SHE WAS LIKE, ‘HONEY, HAVE FUN AND BE YOUR GEO, NORMAL SELF,’” VAN NS RELLED AT THE TREVORLIVE GALA NEW YORK CY ON MONDAY, HOURS AFTER THE VIO PREMIERED. “AND WE DID HAVE SO MUCH FUN WH OUR CUTE TEA PARTY AND OUR LTLE K AND TREATS. IT WAS VERY JOSHUA TREE VIB. AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE, ‘SWEETIE. YOU’RE KILLG .’ SHE MA EASY. WE ALL HAD CUTE CHEMISTRY TOGETHER WH HER, BEE WE’RE JT BEG OURSELV.”VAN NS AND HIS STARS—ANTONI POROWSKI, TAN FRANCE, BOBBY BERK, AND KARAMO BROWN—JOED A BEVY OF GAY INS AND FAMO NAM THREE-AND-A-HALF-MUTE VIO, OM BROADWAY AND POSE STAR BILLY PORTER TO SWIFT’S OIME RIVAL KATY PERRY. “SHE SURPRISED ALL OF WH THE VATN,” VAN NS SAID. “WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT, I WAS LIKE, ‘AM I HALLUCATG?’ GETTG TO WORK WH HER WAS A SURPRISE AND ACTUALLY BEG THERE WH HER WAS SURREAL. LIKE WE TURNED AND SHE LOOKED UP AND SHE WAS THERE. WE SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR TOGETHER BETWEEN SHOOTG. WE TALKED AND TOOK SOME CUTE, NEXT-LEVEL PICTUR. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME MEETG HER, AND SHE WAS VERY WARM AND GRAC AND SWEET. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE’S SO FIERCE AS A PERFORMER AND AN ENTERTAER. SHE KNOWS HOW TO WORK .”THE “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” VIO FEATUR SOME BOLD ENSEMBL FOR EVERYONE, SWIFT CLUD, WHO WORKED WH STYLIST JOSEPH CASSELL FALNER. VAN NS WAS PLEASED WH THE SHIMMERG MULTILOR, FLOOR-LENGTH PE THAT HE WORE AND LOVED HIS DRAMATIC CROWN—THE ONLY PART OF THE ENSEMBLE THAT DIDN’T ALREADY BELONG TO HIM. “I LEARNED THIS TERM LLED ‘MOL ZONE’ WHICH MEANS ’S LIKE YOUR OWN OUTF. SO MY WHOLE OUTF THE VIO WAS MOL ZONE EXCEPT THAT PE AND THAT HEADPIECE,“ HE REVEALED. “I HAD THIS LTLE FOSSE VIBE WHEN I ARRIVED. I HAD ON A LTLE BLACK CROP TOP AND TIGHTS AND WH HEELS—I JT HAPPENED TO BE WEARG THAT ON THAT DAY. BUT THAT PE AND THAT HAT WAS CERTALY NOT ME. IT WAS OM THE STUME PARTMENT. I JT THOUGHT WAS HILAR THAT WHAT I WAS ALREADY WEARG JT SO HAPPENED TO BE PERFECT TO PLEMENT WHAT I WORE ON THE SHOOT. TAYLOR LIKED . SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO WEAR SOMETHG THEY FELT FORTABLE .”THE VIO, FILLED WH PRI FLAGS AND A SHOUT-OUT TO GLAAD, ENDS BY ASKG VIEWERS TO SIGN A PETN THAT URG THE SENATE TO PASS THE EQUALY ACT, A BILL THAT EXTENDS CIVIL-RIGHTS PROTECTNS TO GAY AND TRANSGENR AMERINS. “I AM REALLY PROUD OF HER FOR BEG SO VOL,” VAN NS SAID. “WHAT SHE’S DOG MAK THE ISSU BE SEEN AND HEARD AND THAT N LEAD TO POSIVE CHANG OUR UNTRY.”SWIFT HAS BEE MORE POLILLY VOL THE PAST YEAR, OM SUPPORTG DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT THE 2018 ELECTNS TO HER SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT THE STONEWALL INN OVER THE WEEKEND. NONE OF THIS AS A SURPRISE TO CARA DELEVGNE, A LONGTIME IEND OF SWIFT’S WHO RECEIVED THE HERO AWARD AT THE TREVORLIVE GALA FOR HER WORK SUPPORTG L.G.B.T.Q. YOUTH. “IT’S JT NOT THAT SHE NEVER BELIEVED . IT’S MORE THAT I DON’T THK SHE REALIZED HOW MUCH THEY NEED ,” DELEVGNE TOLD VANY FAIR ON THE RED RPET. “WE WERE TALKG TODAY AND SHE WAS LIKE, ‘YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME TO GET TO THIS PLACE AND WHY IS IMPORTANT TO DO THE THGS.’ IT’S AMAZG TO SEE A IEND STICK WH A MUNY THAT I BELIEVE .”DELEVGNE DIDN’T MAKE A MEO THE “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN” VIO, AS SHE DID 2015’S SIARLY STAR-STUDD “BAD BLOOD,” BUT SHE’S FELY A FAN. “I CRIED AND I’VE BEEN TEXTG HER ALL DAY,” SHE SAID. “I WAS ABOUT TO SHOW UP TO THAT VIO, WHICH SADLY I DID NOT. BUT, SHE IS CREDIBLE AND I THK WHAT SHE’S DOG IS BRILLIANT. IT’S JT THE BEGNG. MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORT JT DON’T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IS TO SAY OUT LOUD. SO I THK ’S JT CREDIBLE.”MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— INSI THE MULTI-LN DOLLAR, TOTALLY MSED UP RENOVATN OF THE PLAZA HOTEL— GRACE KELLY’S GRANDDGHTER PAYS TRIBUTE WH TIMELS WEDDG STYLE— CAN J. CREW FD SELF—AND S CTOMERS—AGA? READ OUR VTIGATN— HOW MEGHAN MARKLE REVEALS DONALD TMP’S BIG ROYAL LIE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: SWEARG OFF THE PARTY CIRCU WH PARIS HILTON AND HER FIANCé PARIS— WHY CHERNOBYL’S UNIQUE FORM OF DREAD WAS SO ADDICTGLOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARDONALD TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELF WAS JT DEALT A SER SETBACKBY BS LEVJOE MANGANIELLO DEBUTS DIVORCE INKBY KASE WICKMANMSNBC IS HAVG ITS SUPER BOWL WH DONALD TMP’S INDICTMENTSBY CHARLOTTE KLEPL CHI

the stctive eye that gays have for smopolan life (stereotype)" name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * queer eye you need to calm down *

LGBTQ folks sirg legal protectns, cultural cln, social servic, and all the other ems on the gay agenda rightly wele the help of straight people. If heterosexuals bee overly important the gay movement, then be harr to talk, wh precisn, about what the movement is actually for. Thought this vio was about gay rights?

The send verse is the one about homophobic protters.

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