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• IS TYLER, THE CREATOR G OUT AS A GAY MAN OR JT A QUEER-BAG PROVOTR?
• TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUMTHE RAPPER, LONG ACCED OF HOMOPHOBIA, ALLUS TO KISSG GUY ON A TRACK OFF HIS NEW ALBUM, "FLOWER BOY." BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017/3:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT DULSON/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: RAPPER TYLER THE CREATOR PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW FTIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/WIREIMAGE )BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER, THE CREATOR HAS HAD AN TERTG TRAJECTORY WH QUEER CULTURE: THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S 2011 ALBUM GOBL WAS RIFE WH HOMOPHOBIC EPHETS, CLUDG 213 OF THE WORD "FAG" AND OTHER ANTI-GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ON HIS NEW ALBUM, FLOWER BOY, WHICH HAS LEAKED TWO WEEKS BEFORE S OFFICIAL JULY 21 RELEASE DATE, ONE STANZA HAS FANS WONRG IF THE RAPPER IS OPENG UP ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL—OR IF HE'S JT TRYG TO SPARK NTROVERSY AND NVERSATN, AS HE'S PRONE TO DO.COLUMBIA RERDSTYLER THE CREATOR - "FLOWER BOY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON "I A'T GOT TIME!" TYLER RAPS: "NEXT LE WILL HAVE ’EM LIKE ‘WHOA’/I BEEN KISSG WHE BOYS SCE 2004."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE TYLER (BORN TYLER GREGORY OKONMA) HAS YET TO MENT ON THE LYRICS DIRECTLY, HE HAS NIED BEG HOMOPHOBIC THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC. I JT THK 'FAGGOT' HS AND HURTS PEOPLE," HE TOLD NME 2011. "IT HS. AND 'GAY' JT MEANS YOU'RE STUPID. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T THK ABOUT , WE'RE JT KIDS. WE DON'T THK ABOUT THAT SH. BUT I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THK I'M HOMOPHOBIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER SISTED THAT HIS GAY FANS DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT HIS LANGUAGE, AND EVEN PUT OUT A LE OF PRI T-SHIRTS 2015 AS PART OF HIS CREW ODD FUTURE'S MERCH. IN TE TYLER FORM, THE SIGN WAS A RABOW SP ON A WHE SUPREMACIST LOGO.TUMBLRTYLER THE CREATOR'S GAY PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TAKE A PHOTO WH A WHE GUY AND WE HAVE AN AMAZG PHOTO," HE POSTED ON TUMBLR. "THE THG THAT TOPS OFF IS THE HOMOEROTIC TONE OF THE HAND-HOLDG, WHICH TO SOME GREE HAS TO PISS OFF THE GUYS WHO TAK THIS LOGO SER." HE ADD THAT THE SHIRT WAS "ME PLAYG WH THE IA OF TAKG THE POWER OUT OF SOMETHG SO STUPID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER IS ALSO CLOSE WH QUEER LLABORATORS SYD AND FRANK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE,” SYD TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2016. “THEY THOUGHT ODD FUTURE WAS HOMOPHOBIC BEE THEY TEND TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLANG, AND THEY WERE LIKE: ‘HOW N YOU WORK FOR AND SUPPORT HOMOPHOB?’ BUT THEY AREN’T HOMOPHOBIC; THEY JT DON’T REALLY RE WHETHER YOU’RE OFFEND OR NOT.”GETTYSYD PERFORMS ON CAMP STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF TYLER, THE CREATOR'S 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN OCEAN FIRST ME OUT PUBLICLY, TYLER WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO NGRATULATE HIM. “MY BIG BROTHER FALLY FUCKG DID THAT," HE TWEETED "PROUD OF THAT N*GGA E I KNOW THAT SH IS DIFFICULT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE LATER EXPAND ON HIS UNRSTANDG OF FRANK'S BISEXUALY A FORMSPRG Q&A, WRG, "YEAH, I'VE KNOW FOR A WHILE—HE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JT FUNNY E I WAS GETTG BASHED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND I KEPT SAYG, 'DU HOW AM I ONE? I HAVE GAY IENDS."(PHOTO BY KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAG FOR COACHELLA)INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: RAPPER TYLER, THE CREATOR (L) AND SGER FRANK OCEAN PERFORM ONSTAGE AT THE 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MIC & ARTS FTIVAL HELD AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD ON APRIL 13, 2012 IND, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT JT HIS POSSIBLE HOMOPHOBIA THAT'S MA TYLER A NTENT FIGURE: HE'S BEEN BANNED OM PERFORMG THE UK, CG "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVR BY MAKG STATEMENTS THAT MAY FOSTER HATRED, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TERMUNY VLENCE THE UK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FEELG WAS HIS ALBUMS BASTARD AND GOBL GLAMORIZED "VLENT PHYSIL ABE, RAPE AND MURR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS TYLER TLY SEXUALLY FLUID, OR IS THIS JT ANOTHER PRANK TO GET LISTENERS UP ARMS? PERHAPS HE'S FALLY LEARNED THAT BEG HATEFUL ISN'T SO HIP ANYMORE. OR MAYBE HE'S SEEN THAT SYD AND FRANK, WHO ARE FORTHG ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND ARE MAKG MIC BASED ON FEELGS OTHER THAN RUALISTIC HATEFUL RHETORIC, ARE EARNG PRAISE AND GRAMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE TYLER, THE CREATOR IS FALLY GROWG UP. OR MAYBE HE'S JT NOT DONE FUCKG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUMTHE RAPPER, LONG ACCED OF HOMOPHOBIA, ALLUS TO KISSG GUY ON A TRACK OFF HIS NEW ALBUM, "FLOWER BOY." BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017/3:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT DULSON/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: RAPPER TYLER THE CREATOR PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW FTIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/WIREIMAGE )BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER, THE CREATOR HAS HAD AN TERTG TRAJECTORY WH QUEER CULTURE: THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S 2011 ALBUM GOBL WAS RIFE WH HOMOPHOBIC EPHETS, CLUDG 213 OF THE WORD "FAG" AND OTHER ANTI-GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ON HIS NEW ALBUM, FLOWER BOY, WHICH HAS LEAKED TWO WEEKS BEFORE S OFFICIAL JULY 21 RELEASE DATE, ONE STANZA HAS FANS WONRG IF THE RAPPER IS OPENG UP ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL—OR IF HE'S JT TRYG TO SPARK NTROVERSY AND NVERSATN, AS HE'S PRONE TO DO.COLUMBIA RERDSTYLER THE CREATOR - "FLOWER BOY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON "I A'T GOT TIME!" TYLER RAPS: "NEXT LE WILL HAVE ’EM LIKE ‘WHOA’/I BEEN KISSG WHE BOYS SCE 2004."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE TYLER (BORN TYLER GREGORY OKONMA) HAS YET TO MENT ON THE LYRICS DIRECTLY, HE HAS NIED BEG HOMOPHOBIC THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC. I JT THK 'FAGGOT' HS AND HURTS PEOPLE," HE TOLD NME 2011. "IT HS. AND 'GAY' JT MEANS YOU'RE STUPID. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T THK ABOUT , WE'RE JT KIDS. WE DON'T THK ABOUT THAT SH. BUT I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THK I'M HOMOPHOBIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER SISTED THAT HIS GAY FANS DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT HIS LANGUAGE, AND EVEN PUT OUT A LE OF PRI T-SHIRTS 2015 AS PART OF HIS CREW ODD FUTURE'S MERCH. IN TE TYLER FORM, THE SIGN WAS A RABOW SP ON A WHE SUPREMACIST LOGO.TUMBLRTYLER THE CREATOR'S GAY PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TAKE A PHOTO WH A WHE GUY AND WE HAVE AN AMAZG PHOTO," HE POSTED ON TUMBLR. "THE THG THAT TOPS OFF IS THE HOMOEROTIC TONE OF THE HAND-HOLDG, WHICH TO SOME GREE HAS TO PISS OFF THE GUYS WHO TAK THIS LOGO SER." HE ADD THAT THE SHIRT WAS "ME PLAYG WH THE IA OF TAKG THE POWER OUT OF SOMETHG SO STUPID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER IS ALSO CLOSE WH QUEER LLABORATORS SYD AND FRANK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE,” SYD TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2016. “THEY THOUGHT ODD FUTURE WAS HOMOPHOBIC BEE THEY TEND TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLANG, AND THEY WERE LIKE: ‘HOW N YOU WORK FOR AND SUPPORT HOMOPHOB?’ BUT THEY AREN’T HOMOPHOBIC; THEY JT DON’T REALLY RE WHETHER YOU’RE OFFEND OR NOT.”GETTYSYD PERFORMS ON CAMP STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF TYLER, THE CREATOR'S 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN OCEAN FIRST ME OUT PUBLICLY, TYLER WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO NGRATULATE HIM. “MY BIG BROTHER FALLY FUCKG DID THAT," HE TWEETED "PROUD OF THAT N*GGA E I KNOW THAT SH IS DIFFICULT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE LATER EXPAND ON HIS UNRSTANDG OF FRANK'S BISEXUALY A FORMSPRG Q&A, WRG, "YEAH, I'VE KNOW FOR A WHILE—HE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JT FUNNY E I WAS GETTG BASHED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND I KEPT SAYG, 'DU HOW AM I ONE? I HAVE GAY IENDS."(PHOTO BY KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAG FOR COACHELLA)INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: RAPPER TYLER, THE CREATOR (L) AND SGER FRANK OCEAN PERFORM ONSTAGE AT THE 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MIC & ARTS FTIVAL HELD AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD ON APRIL 13, 2012 IND, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT JT HIS POSSIBLE HOMOPHOBIA THAT'S MA TYLER A NTENT FIGURE: HE'S BEEN BANNED OM PERFORMG THE UK, CG "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVR BY MAKG STATEMENTS THAT MAY FOSTER HATRED, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TERMUNY VLENCE THE UK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FEELG WAS HIS ALBUMS BASTARD AND GOBL GLAMORIZED "VLENT PHYSIL ABE, RAPE AND MURR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS TYLER TLY SEXUALLY FLUID, OR IS THIS JT ANOTHER PRANK TO GET LISTENERS UP ARMS? PERHAPS HE'S FALLY LEARNED THAT BEG HATEFUL ISN'T SO HIP ANYMORE. OR MAYBE HE'S SEEN THAT SYD AND FRANK, WHO ARE FORTHG ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND ARE MAKG MIC BASED ON FEELGS OTHER THAN RUALISTIC HATEFUL RHETORIC, ARE EARNG PRAISE AND GRAMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE TYLER, THE CREATOR IS FALLY GROWG UP. OR MAYBE HE'S JT NOT DONE FUCKG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• FANS THK TYLER THE CREATOR IS ADMTG HE'S GAY ON LEAKED "FLOWER BOY" LP

IS TYLER, THE CREATOR G OUT AS A GAY MAN OR JT A QUEER-BAG PROVOTR?

Immediately after the leak, the album received a lot of attentn as fans speculated that Tyler was g out as beg gay through some of the songs on the album – most explicly on the seventh track, “Garn Shed”.

It’s not easy beg a gay hip-hop fan. For years, I’ve wrtled wh my love of the mic on one hand wh my distaste for the homophobia embedd wh on the other, grimacg at the tratg ease wh which a rapper is able to say faggot, a hateful word that no straight person has any right to be g. I’ve found this pecially problematic wh the mic of Tyler, the Creator, the 26-year-old provotr whose lyrics have often aimed to shock and repulse, whether addrsg vlence agast women (“Punch a bch her mouth jt for talk’ sh”) or his apparent disgt at gay men (“Come take a stab at , faggot, I pre-orred your sket”).

TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUMTHE RAPPER, LONG ACCED OF HOMOPHOBIA, ALLUS TO KISSG GUY ON A TRACK OFF HIS NEW ALBUM, "FLOWER BOY." BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017/3:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT DULSON/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: RAPPER TYLER THE CREATOR PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW FTIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/WIREIMAGE )BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER, THE CREATOR HAS HAD AN TERTG TRAJECTORY WH QUEER CULTURE: THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S 2011 ALBUM GOBL WAS RIFE WH HOMOPHOBIC EPHETS, CLUDG 213 OF THE WORD "FAG" AND OTHER ANTI-GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ON HIS NEW ALBUM, FLOWER BOY, WHICH HAS LEAKED TWO WEEKS BEFORE S OFFICIAL JULY 21 RELEASE DATE, ONE STANZA HAS FANS WONRG IF THE RAPPER IS OPENG UP ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL—OR IF HE'S JT TRYG TO SPARK NTROVERSY AND NVERSATN, AS HE'S PRONE TO DO.COLUMBIA RERDSTYLER THE CREATOR - "FLOWER BOY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON "I A'T GOT TIME!" TYLER RAPS: "NEXT LE WILL HAVE ’EM LIKE ‘WHOA’/I BEEN KISSG WHE BOYS SCE 2004."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE TYLER (BORN TYLER GREGORY OKONMA) HAS YET TO MENT ON THE LYRICS DIRECTLY, HE HAS NIED BEG HOMOPHOBIC THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC. I JT THK 'FAGGOT' HS AND HURTS PEOPLE," HE TOLD NME 2011. "IT HS. AND 'GAY' JT MEANS YOU'RE STUPID. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T THK ABOUT , WE'RE JT KIDS. WE DON'T THK ABOUT THAT SH. BUT I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THK I'M HOMOPHOBIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER SISTED THAT HIS GAY FANS DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT HIS LANGUAGE, AND EVEN PUT OUT A LE OF PRI T-SHIRTS 2015 AS PART OF HIS CREW ODD FUTURE'S MERCH. IN TE TYLER FORM, THE SIGN WAS A RABOW SP ON A WHE SUPREMACIST LOGO.TUMBLRTYLER THE CREATOR'S GAY PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TAKE A PHOTO WH A WHE GUY AND WE HAVE AN AMAZG PHOTO," HE POSTED ON TUMBLR. "THE THG THAT TOPS OFF IS THE HOMOEROTIC TONE OF THE HAND-HOLDG, WHICH TO SOME GREE HAS TO PISS OFF THE GUYS WHO TAK THIS LOGO SER." HE ADD THAT THE SHIRT WAS "ME PLAYG WH THE IA OF TAKG THE POWER OUT OF SOMETHG SO STUPID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER IS ALSO CLOSE WH QUEER LLABORATORS SYD AND FRANK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE,” SYD TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2016. “THEY THOUGHT ODD FUTURE WAS HOMOPHOBIC BEE THEY TEND TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLANG, AND THEY WERE LIKE: ‘HOW N YOU WORK FOR AND SUPPORT HOMOPHOB?’ BUT THEY AREN’T HOMOPHOBIC; THEY JT DON’T REALLY RE WHETHER YOU’RE OFFEND OR NOT.”GETTYSYD PERFORMS ON CAMP STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF TYLER, THE CREATOR'S 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN OCEAN FIRST ME OUT PUBLICLY, TYLER WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO NGRATULATE HIM. “MY BIG BROTHER FALLY FUCKG DID THAT," HE TWEETED "PROUD OF THAT N*GGA E I KNOW THAT SH IS DIFFICULT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE LATER EXPAND ON HIS UNRSTANDG OF FRANK'S BISEXUALY A FORMSPRG Q&A, WRG, "YEAH, I'VE KNOW FOR A WHILE—HE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JT FUNNY E I WAS GETTG BASHED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND I KEPT SAYG, 'DU HOW AM I ONE? I HAVE GAY IENDS."(PHOTO BY KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAG FOR COACHELLA)INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: RAPPER TYLER, THE CREATOR (L) AND SGER FRANK OCEAN PERFORM ONSTAGE AT THE 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MIC & ARTS FTIVAL HELD AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD ON APRIL 13, 2012 IND, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT JT HIS POSSIBLE HOMOPHOBIA THAT'S MA TYLER A NTENT FIGURE: HE'S BEEN BANNED OM PERFORMG THE UK, CG "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVR BY MAKG STATEMENTS THAT MAY FOSTER HATRED, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TERMUNY VLENCE THE UK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FEELG WAS HIS ALBUMS BASTARD AND GOBL GLAMORIZED "VLENT PHYSIL ABE, RAPE AND MURR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS TYLER TLY SEXUALLY FLUID, OR IS THIS JT ANOTHER PRANK TO GET LISTENERS UP ARMS? PERHAPS HE'S FALLY LEARNED THAT BEG HATEFUL ISN'T SO HIP ANYMORE. OR MAYBE HE'S SEEN THAT SYD AND FRANK, WHO ARE FORTHG ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND ARE MAKG MIC BASED ON FEELGS OTHER THAN RUALISTIC HATEFUL RHETORIC, ARE EARNG PRAISE AND GRAMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE TYLER, THE CREATOR IS FALLY GROWG UP. OR MAYBE HE'S JT NOT DONE FUCKG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“I’m bummed out bee ’s like, du, I’m not homophobic.

This progrsn has e to a crcendo wh his latt album, the dreay melancholic Flower Boy, the tle of which potentially acts as a clue to what might be his most ntroversial statement the rapper who ed the word faggot, or other anti-gay variatns, 213 tim on his but album actually be gay or bisexual himself? In an terview, he once said he “100% would go gay for ’96 Leo”, and a recent Instagram post married a picture of DiCapr om Romeo + Juliet wh the words “y boyiend y” another new track, Garn Shed, there are a number of referenc, both oblique and obv. ”The songs have led fans to turn tectiv by lvg to Tyler’s past terviews, songs and social media posts, surg them for evince that might support the assertn that one of rap’s most seemgly homophobic figur might have been gay all along.

The clu range om the slight to the slightly ’s quipped about dulgg gay sex on tracks like Seven and Domo 23, released a le of T-shirts that reappropriated a symbol of whe supremacy wh rabow lors – oh, and tweeted this out:I TRIED TO COME OUT THE DAMN CLOSET LIKE FOUR DAYS AGO AND NO ONE CARED HAHAHHAHAHA— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) April 13, 2015.

TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUMTHE RAPPER, LONG ACCED OF HOMOPHOBIA, ALLUS TO KISSG GUY ON A TRACK OFF HIS NEW ALBUM, "FLOWER BOY." BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017/3:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT DULSON/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: RAPPER TYLER THE CREATOR PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW FTIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/WIREIMAGE )BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER, THE CREATOR HAS HAD AN TERTG TRAJECTORY WH QUEER CULTURE: THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S 2011 ALBUM GOBL WAS RIFE WH HOMOPHOBIC EPHETS, CLUDG 213 OF THE WORD "FAG" AND OTHER ANTI-GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ON HIS NEW ALBUM, FLOWER BOY, WHICH HAS LEAKED TWO WEEKS BEFORE S OFFICIAL JULY 21 RELEASE DATE, ONE STANZA HAS FANS WONRG IF THE RAPPER IS OPENG UP ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL—OR IF HE'S JT TRYG TO SPARK NTROVERSY AND NVERSATN, AS HE'S PRONE TO DO.COLUMBIA RERDSTYLER THE CREATOR - "FLOWER BOY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON "I A'T GOT TIME!" TYLER RAPS: "NEXT LE WILL HAVE ’EM LIKE ‘WHOA’/I BEEN KISSG WHE BOYS SCE 2004."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE TYLER (BORN TYLER GREGORY OKONMA) HAS YET TO MENT ON THE LYRICS DIRECTLY, HE HAS NIED BEG HOMOPHOBIC THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC. I JT THK 'FAGGOT' HS AND HURTS PEOPLE," HE TOLD NME 2011. "IT HS. AND 'GAY' JT MEANS YOU'RE STUPID. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T THK ABOUT , WE'RE JT KIDS. WE DON'T THK ABOUT THAT SH. BUT I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THK I'M HOMOPHOBIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER SISTED THAT HIS GAY FANS DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT HIS LANGUAGE, AND EVEN PUT OUT A LE OF PRI T-SHIRTS 2015 AS PART OF HIS CREW ODD FUTURE'S MERCH. IN TE TYLER FORM, THE SIGN WAS A RABOW SP ON A WHE SUPREMACIST LOGO.TUMBLRTYLER THE CREATOR'S GAY PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TAKE A PHOTO WH A WHE GUY AND WE HAVE AN AMAZG PHOTO," HE POSTED ON TUMBLR. "THE THG THAT TOPS OFF IS THE HOMOEROTIC TONE OF THE HAND-HOLDG, WHICH TO SOME GREE HAS TO PISS OFF THE GUYS WHO TAK THIS LOGO SER." HE ADD THAT THE SHIRT WAS "ME PLAYG WH THE IA OF TAKG THE POWER OUT OF SOMETHG SO STUPID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER IS ALSO CLOSE WH QUEER LLABORATORS SYD AND FRANK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE,” SYD TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2016. “THEY THOUGHT ODD FUTURE WAS HOMOPHOBIC BEE THEY TEND TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLANG, AND THEY WERE LIKE: ‘HOW N YOU WORK FOR AND SUPPORT HOMOPHOB?’ BUT THEY AREN’T HOMOPHOBIC; THEY JT DON’T REALLY RE WHETHER YOU’RE OFFEND OR NOT.”GETTYSYD PERFORMS ON CAMP STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF TYLER, THE CREATOR'S 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN OCEAN FIRST ME OUT PUBLICLY, TYLER WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO NGRATULATE HIM. “MY BIG BROTHER FALLY FUCKG DID THAT," HE TWEETED "PROUD OF THAT N*GGA E I KNOW THAT SH IS DIFFICULT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE LATER EXPAND ON HIS UNRSTANDG OF FRANK'S BISEXUALY A FORMSPRG Q&A, WRG, "YEAH, I'VE KNOW FOR A WHILE—HE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JT FUNNY E I WAS GETTG BASHED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND I KEPT SAYG, 'DU HOW AM I ONE? I HAVE GAY IENDS."(PHOTO BY KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAG FOR COACHELLA)INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: RAPPER TYLER, THE CREATOR (L) AND SGER FRANK OCEAN PERFORM ONSTAGE AT THE 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MIC & ARTS FTIVAL HELD AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD ON APRIL 13, 2012 IND, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT JT HIS POSSIBLE HOMOPHOBIA THAT'S MA TYLER A NTENT FIGURE: HE'S BEEN BANNED OM PERFORMG THE UK, CG "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVR BY MAKG STATEMENTS THAT MAY FOSTER HATRED, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TERMUNY VLENCE THE UK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FEELG WAS HIS ALBUMS BASTARD AND GOBL GLAMORIZED "VLENT PHYSIL ABE, RAPE AND MURR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS TYLER TLY SEXUALLY FLUID, OR IS THIS JT ANOTHER PRANK TO GET LISTENERS UP ARMS? PERHAPS HE'S FALLY LEARNED THAT BEG HATEFUL ISN'T SO HIP ANYMORE. OR MAYBE HE'S SEEN THAT SYD AND FRANK, WHO ARE FORTHG ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND ARE MAKG MIC BASED ON FEELGS OTHER THAN RUALISTIC HATEFUL RHETORIC, ARE EARNG PRAISE AND GRAMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE TYLER, THE CREATOR IS FALLY GROWG UP. OR MAYBE HE'S JT NOT DONE FUCKG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Or is this jt another example of a button-phg attentn-seeker, ridiculg the gay experience for puerile effect? In a Rollg Stone profile om 2015, the journalist Ernt Baker noted the nstant referenc to beg gay amid the banter of Tyler and his entourage, g him to wonr what exactly was at the root. When queried about , he claimed to be “gay as fuck” and said his iends were ed to him “beg gay”, but when asked outright, he nied ’s clearly somethg fetishistic for Tyler about homosexualy and the latt bout of gay referenc uld jt be a more tempered eratn of llg everyone a faggot or equatg gay wh stupid.

FANS THK TYLER THE CREATOR IS ADMTG HE'S GAY ON LEAKED "FLOWER BOY" LP

I’m not phg the cynil ia that Tyler has “gone gay” to achieve the mercial succs of Ocean, but his msagg has clearly been tailored to avoid limg breakout he is straight, as he has claimed on multiple ocsns, then his ntued obssn wh all thgs gay strik me as schoolyard-level, mirrorg the tirome bag I n rell om straight teens back at school. Constantly talkg about beg gay or mtg gay acts isn’t a reflectn of fort and acceptance. Channel Orange also changed perceptns wh the mic dtry toward a gay artist of lor, and while acceptance of Ocean has -existed wh bigotry, progrs has been unniably monumental.