BROCKHAMPTON's "Gay" Capsule Reprents and Empowers the LGBTQIA+ Communy: Enlistg activists om GLAAD’s Youth Engagement Program for s Kev Abstract-directed and Ashlan Grey-shot lookbook.
Contents:
- A HIP-HOP GROUP WH AN OPENLY GAY MEMBER HAS THE #1 ALBUM
- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
- IS MATT CHAMPN GAY?
- BROCKHAMPTON'S "GAY" CAPSULE REPRENTS AND EMPOWERS THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNY
A HIP-HOP GROUP WH AN OPENLY GAY MEMBER HAS THE #1 ALBUM
A Hip-Hop Group Wh An Openly Gay Member Has The #1 Album * which brockhampton members are gay *
How many members of Brockhampton are actually gay? We all know Kev is for sure, but how many members, total, are actually gay?
It’s a historic acplishment for a Rap group wh an openly gay member. Now That Gay Marriage Is Legal Every State, Will Hip-Hop End Its Homophobia?
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
Brockhampton's Kev Abstract discs beg openly gay the rap world wh Rad 1's Annie Mac. * which brockhampton members are gay *
“My goal is jt to normalize , ” he says of rappg about beg gay.
In orr to make a change, I have to exist a tradnally homophobic space such as Hip-Hop.
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
Unsure about whether or not Matt Champn is gay? Wonr no more! Here's everythg you need to know about the rapper's sexualy. * which brockhampton members are gay *
Though Hip-Hop is not a plete stranger to varyg gre of sexual orientatn, Kev is certaly the most visible and mercially succsful gay rapper the culture has seen. Acrdg to Gallup, the timate of LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr) populatn the Uned Stat rose to 4. Kev Abstract was behd a microphone a rerdg stud the first time he ever said out loud that he was gay.
“Can't tell my mother I'm gay / The harst part of my day is wishg I was fuckg straight / Life uld be so fuckg easy, man, ” he sgs on the track.
” Abstract formed what would eventually bee BROCKHAMPTON at 13 years old, spawng an rap group and art llective unlike anythg precedg CreightonIn a world where you n unt the number of Black, gay rappers on one hand, Abstract stepped—purposefully or not—to the sho of role mol when he began makg mic.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Growg up a Mormon hoehold a suburb north of Hoton (then Corp Christi, then Geia for a while), Abstract didn’t have a lot of Black or gay peers or mentors to look to.
“Why you always rap about beg gay? “‘Cse not enough n***** rap and be gay!
“I told my mom I was gay, why the fuck she a't listen? The lyric speaks to his “Papercut” rerdg ssn, before those clost to him knew he was gay.
IS MATT CHAMPN GAY?
He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend.
The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters.
BROCKHAMPTON'S "GAY" CAPSULE REPRENTS AND EMPOWERS THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNY
In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet. But each of the gay bt iends was trsilly fed by their relatnships wh their straight iends.