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Contents:

• LIL NAS X TEMPORARILY DECIS HE'S NOT GAY AFTER LOSG AT THE GRAMMYS
• LIL NAS X RPOND TO SOMEONE WHO SAID HE'S NOT "REALLY GAY" AND I CHOKED ON MY SP
• LIL NAS X JOK AND SAYS HE IS NO LONGER GAY AFTER LOSG AT GRAMMYS
• LIL NAS X EXPLAS WHY HE DON’T FEEL RPECTED AS A GAY MAN IN THE MIC INDTRY
• WA … LIL NAS X IS NOT GAY?
• LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
• LIL NAS X PRANKS FANS ON APRIL FOOLS’ DAY: ‘I WAS NEVER GAY’
• LIL NAS IMPLI BEG ‘GAY’ ISN’T FUN ANY MORE AND HE MISS WOMEN
• WHAT IS LIL NAX X SAYG? GAY OR NOT?
• 'OLD TOWN ROAD' RAPPER LIL NAS X APPEARS TO E OUT AS GAY

LIL NAS X TEMPORARILY DECIS HE'S NOT GAY AFTER LOSG AT THE GRAMMYS

I am now no longer gay!

LIL NAS X RPOND TO SOMEONE WHO SAID HE'S NOT "REALLY GAY" AND I CHOKED ON MY SP

His ment uld be a reference to the fact that he won two Grammy Awards for the song "Old Town Road" before he had publicly e out as gay. But his latt clapback to someone who said he's not "really gay" serv s own trophy.

A Twter troll rpond, sayg that they liked the snippet and that Lil Nas X was the "only gay person" they n rpect. Another er chimed , tweetg, "This man a't really gay, " and Lil Nas X had the bt rponse to show jt how wrong they were. In 2019, the 21-year-old me out as gay on the fal day of Pri Month a seri of tweets:.

The Geia native has ma history ever sce, beg the first openly gay black artist to w a Country Mic Award, and the first openly gay rap artist to be nomated top tegori at the Grammys:. But others were outraged by the gay, Grammy Award-wng pop star for offendg them wh the vio’s homoeroticism.

LIL NAS X JOK AND SAYS HE IS NO LONGER GAY AFTER LOSG AT GRAMMYS

Homophobic backlash epted on social media – and didn’t stop there. In the same week, rapper DaBaby was rerd sultg gay men and sharg misrmatn about HIV durg a performance at the mic ftival Rollg Loud.

And Boosie were quick to make a nnectn to the artist and the “Indtry Baby” vio, wh Boosie gog as far to e homophobic slurs and threateng to “beat [Lil Nas X’s] a**. “There’s still that general sentiment that this type of rapper, a gay, male rapper, isn’t reprentative of masculy, ” Oware said. Lil Nas X is the first star of his kd – Black, gay, genre-bendg, Gen Z and award-wng.

Lil Nas X has been very outspoken over the last two years, regardg his sexualy as a gay man. Many have cricized Nas X for beg so open about beg a gay man projects such as his mic vios, but he ntu to rema nonchalant and avoids what crics have to say. In a new terview wh XXL, Nas X broke down how he don’t get rpected om his peers the mic dtry, for who he is, as a gay man.

LIL NAS X EXPLAS WHY HE DON’T FEEL RPECTED AS A GAY MAN IN THE MIC INDTRY

I am a gay artist. After g out as gay durg the height of his “Old Town Road” succs, Lil Nas X is now revealg he actually don’t love the fellas. The “Pani” rapper reveal the prank on Twter statg that he claimed he was gay jt to have an epic April fools joke for today.

WA … LIL NAS X IS NOT GAY?

I was never gay. He didn’t choose the gay life, the gay life chose him.

LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM

Ok i’m gay aga. Lil Nas X is gettg praise for how he handled a nversatn about homosexualy wh edian Kev Hart. Before the rapper uld rpond, Hart – who stepped down om hostg the Osrs 2018 after homophobic tweets he’d ma years earlier rurfaced – terjected.

LIL NAS X PRANKS FANS ON APRIL FOOLS’ DAY: ‘I WAS NEVER GAY’

“He said he was gay, ” Hart said. “Homosexualy, gay people, ” Lil Nas said. Lil Nas posted a seri of tweets on the last day of Pri month, where he tend to share wh his followers that he intifi as gay.

A seri of homophobic tweets Hart ma between 2009 and 2011 drew public scty late last year.

)But last summer, the gay pop star found himself the middle of an ter storm. Those who dismiss him need to listen to beyond the album’s lyril excellence and mil range, “Montero” also draws to a profound medatn on Lil Nas X’s experienc as a Black gay man who grew up Christian the South.

LIL NAS IMPLI BEG ‘GAY’ ISN’T FUN ANY MORE AND HE MISS WOMEN

This Christian background largely shaped Lil Nas X’s early stggle wh his gay inty; like many the L. Muny who grew up relig, he at first saw beg gay as a tt om God.

WHAT IS LIL NAX X SAYG? GAY OR NOT?

In “Sun Go Down, ” he sgs: “The gay thoughts would always hnt me/ I prayed God would take om me/ It’s hard for you when you’re fight’/ And nobody knows when you’re silent. ” The song then lv to the suicidal iatn he faced while stgglg wh his gay inty and Christian upbrgg; the chos mourns, “Don’t wanna lie, I don’t want a life/ Send me a gun and I’ll see the sun. ” The cln of a Gospel choir the song’s mic vio further highlights the ep tertwg of his gay inty wh his Christian upbrgg.

'OLD TOWN ROAD' RAPPER LIL NAS X APPEARS TO E OUT AS GAY

”“Montero” draws to a profound medatn on Lil Nas X’s experienc as a Black gay man who grew up Christian the the most proment example of relig imagery his work is his Book of Genis-spired mic vio for “Montero (Call My by Your Name). He at first tri to n om his feelgs; when he fally giv to them, he appears heaven handcuffed and chas, while a crowd amphheater of people ma of stone pelt him om implitn is clear: Lil Nas X is not wele bee he is gay. ”If the church will not engage wh Lil Nas X and his experienc, he will image his own church that church settg is a clear reference to the unavailabily of Christian weddgs to gay upl.

Thanks for the love ??— MONTERO ? (@LilNasX) September 18, 2021“Montero” is the rult of Lil Nas X’s stggle wh aspects of his life, his relig experienc and his gay inty. People, cludg om Christian schools, church and muni, has led and will ntue to lead to relig trma the muni, and th to a reckong wh Christian imagery gay culture.

Lil Nas X appears to have teased the possibily of beg bisexual -- or even toyg wh the ia he isn't really gay at all... The rapper tweeted Friday, "this gay s*** was fun at first.