Kanye Wt scribed the moment he stopped "discrimatg agast gays" powerful rurfaced terview om 2005. In Augt 2005, Kanye Wt gave an
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KANYE WT’S DARK TURN TO THE ANTI-GAY CHRISTIAN RIGHT
The megachurch pastor don't like talkg about LGBTQ issu, but when prsed, he says beg gay is a s, and his church don't host same-sex marriag. * kanye west lgbt *
WASHINGTON - Rap mician Kanye Wt speaks out agast homophobia on an MTV special set to air tonight sayg hip-hop is supposed to be about "breakg down barriers, but everyone hip-hop discrimat agast gay people. " Wt was prompted to speak out on anti-gay bias hip-hop, and his own, after learng that his is gay. "From schoolyards to popular mic, the word 'gay' is ed as a way to put people down and mark them as different.
'" Wt lled his 's g out a "turng pot" and thought to himself, "I love him and I've been discrimatg agast gays.
HIP-HOP’S MOST ANTI-GAY LYRICS
HRC's Natnal Comg Out Project Director Mark Shields add, "Wt's experience emphasiz the importance of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people sharg their stori wh fay and iends. "The Human Rights Campaign is the largt natnal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr polil anizatn wh members throughout the untry.
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In a 2005 nversatn wh the DJ and rad host Sway, Kanye lamented the homophobia enmic to the hip-hop muny while evokg his acceptance of his gay . Still, Kanye’s recent cisn to stand si-by-si wh avowed homophob at a prayer rally will likely not promise his standg wh the younger, queerer portn of his fanbase, nor do exactly ntradict his statements and actns om 2005 and 2015.