There is a specific queer lonels the mic of Sufjan Stevens that has ma him a central cultural figure to a generatn of queer people—cis gay men, pecially—wh an affy for melancholy. Though his songs of regret, tortured silenc, and lov lost to time and circumstance are universal their…
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- DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?THE "ILLOIS" SGER HAS RELEASED A NEW EP AND T-SHIRT FOR PRI.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019/10:30 {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:2205PX;WIDTH:3308PX;}KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: MICIAN SUFJAN STEVENS PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 90TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT THE DOLBY THEATRE AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER ON MARCH 4, 2018 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"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;}SUFJAN STEVENS' MIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN NSIRED PART OF THE QUEER MIC NON—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTIST HIMSELF?{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;}LISTENERS HAVE WONRED FOR YEARS IF STEVENS WAS SGG ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY, AND WHILE THE ILLOIS SGER HAS NEVER FORMALLY E OUT, HE DID JT RELEASE A NEW EP FOR PRI MONTH, ALONG WH A PRI SHIRT HE {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;}"IN CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, SUFJAN STEVENS IS RELEASG TWO NEW SONGS ON THE TOPIC OF LOVE: 'LOVE YOURSELF' AND 'WH MY WHOLE HEART,' AVAILABLE ON LIMED-EDN 7” VYL LATE JUNE AND ON ALL DIGAL PLATFORMS MAY 29, 2019," READS STEVENS' NEW"LOVE YOURSELF" {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;}"'LOVE YOURSELF' IS BASED ON A SKETCH SUFJAN WROTE 20 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGAL 4-TRACK MO HE RERD 1996 IS CLUD AS WELL AS A SHORT STMENTAL REPRISE. 'WH MY WHOLE HEART' IS A PLETELY NEW SONG THAT SUFJAN WROTE AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO 'WRE AN UPBEAT AND SCERE LOVE SONG WHOUT NFLICT, ANXIETY, OR SELF-PRETN.'"{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;}STEVENS ALSO SIGNED A SUPER CUTE NEW PRI T-SHIRT THAT SAYS HIS NAME DIFFERENT RABOW LORS—BUT ACT QUICKLY BEE ONLY 800 SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY WON'T SHIP UNTIL {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;}*ADDS TO RT*{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;}A PORTN OF THE PROCEEDS OM THE EP AND T-SHIRT WILL SUPPORT TWO ANIZATNS THAT HELP HOMELS QUEER YOUTH: THE ALI FORNEY CENTER NEW YORK AND THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER {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;}STEVENS ALSO NTRIBUTED SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHICH GARNERED HIM AN OSR NOMATN {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}CONTRIBUTG MIC TO THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME SOUNDTRACK AND DROPPG A NEW PRI EP? IS EVINCE POTG TOWARD STEVENS G OUT?{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;}WHATEVER THE SE, WE'RE STILL BUYG THAT {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
- WE CAN'T STOP WONRG IF SUFJAN STEVENS SGS ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY
DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?THE "ILLOIS" SGER HAS RELEASED A NEW EP AND T-SHIRT FOR PRI.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019/10:30 {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:2205PX;WIDTH:3308PX;}KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: MICIAN SUFJAN STEVENS PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 90TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT THE DOLBY THEATRE AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER ON MARCH 4, 2018 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"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;}SUFJAN STEVENS' MIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN NSIRED PART OF THE QUEER MIC NON—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTIST HIMSELF?{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;}LISTENERS HAVE WONRED FOR YEARS IF STEVENS WAS SGG ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY, AND WHILE THE ILLOIS SGER HAS NEVER FORMALLY E OUT, HE DID JT RELEASE A NEW EP FOR PRI MONTH, ALONG WH A PRI SHIRT HE {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;}"IN CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, SUFJAN STEVENS IS RELEASG TWO NEW SONGS ON THE TOPIC OF LOVE: 'LOVE YOURSELF' AND 'WH MY WHOLE HEART,' AVAILABLE ON LIMED-EDN 7” VYL LATE JUNE AND ON ALL DIGAL PLATFORMS MAY 29, 2019," READS STEVENS' NEW"LOVE YOURSELF" {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;}"'LOVE YOURSELF' IS BASED ON A SKETCH SUFJAN WROTE 20 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGAL 4-TRACK MO HE RERD 1996 IS CLUD AS WELL AS A SHORT STMENTAL REPRISE. 'WH MY WHOLE HEART' IS A PLETELY NEW SONG THAT SUFJAN WROTE AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO 'WRE AN UPBEAT AND SCERE LOVE SONG WHOUT NFLICT, ANXIETY, OR SELF-PRETN.'"{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;}STEVENS ALSO SIGNED A SUPER CUTE NEW PRI T-SHIRT THAT SAYS HIS NAME DIFFERENT RABOW LORS—BUT ACT QUICKLY BEE ONLY 800 SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY WON'T SHIP UNTIL {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;}*ADDS TO RT*{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;}A PORTN OF THE PROCEEDS OM THE EP AND T-SHIRT WILL SUPPORT TWO ANIZATNS THAT HELP HOMELS QUEER YOUTH: THE ALI FORNEY CENTER NEW YORK AND THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER {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;}STEVENS ALSO NTRIBUTED SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHICH GARNERED HIM AN OSR NOMATN {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}CONTRIBUTG MIC TO THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME SOUNDTRACK AND DROPPG A NEW PRI EP? IS EVINCE POTG TOWARD STEVENS G OUT?{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;}WHATEVER THE SE, WE'RE STILL BUYG THAT {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
A year later on the Illois song The Predatory Wasp of the Palisas is Out to Get Us!, his narrator sang of a swim a lake wh a male iend, endg a gay 45, Stevens has cled ever to discs his romantic life publicly, nor this theme his work, and is possible the referenc are non-tobgraphil.
WE CAN'T STOP WONRG IF SUFJAN STEVENS SGS ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY
Regardls, he has amassed a large LGBTQ+ fanbase who celebrated that EP as his most pronounced acknowledgement of gay rights yet, at a time when those rights have been brought dangeroly unr is this troubled state of the world – upled wh a sense of “havg exorcised all my personal grief” on Carrie and Lowell – that has given Stevens this new outlook.
Listeners have wonred for years if Stevens was sgg about God or beg gay, and while the Illois sger has never formally e out, he did jt release a new EP for Pri month, along wh a Pri shirt he signed. There is a specific queer lonels the mic of Sufjan Stevens that has ma him a central cultural figure to a generatn of queer people—cis gay men, pecially—wh an affy for melancholy.