Yulia Volkova of t.A.T.u. recently appeared on Rsian televisn clarg she "won't accept a gay son."
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- T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
- T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON
- FORMER MEMBER OF TATU SAYS SHE WOULD ‘NMN A GAY SON’ HOMOPHOBIC TV TERVIEW
- T.A.T.U. SGER WOULD 'CONMN' A GAY SON, WOULDN'T MD IF HER DGHTER WAS A LBIAN
- T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
Rsian sger Julia Volkova says gay men have 'no right to be a fag,' but that women should be able to love whomever they want. * are tatu gay *
At that pot, “gay” was still ed extensively as a slur (before Hilary Duff told not to), as were “lbian” and “queer. ” Yet spe the sual homophobia of the era, you uld also turn on the rad and hear the Rsian pop duo t. Though wasn’t unheard of to see girls kiss girls mastream Amerin culture (see the famo 2003 MTV Vio Mic Awards kiss between Brney Spears, Madonna, and Christa Aguilera), actual gay people, not to mentn trans or other non-cisgenr inti, were largely viewed as an aberratn.
T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON
* are tatu gay *
The band’s name and “image” — cludg that the duo were gay — were created by Shapovalov; t. Volkova later me out as bi, but a 2014 terview for Rsian TV, said that gay men are “unmanly, ” and rebed the ia of havg a gay son. Took the stereotype that women will pretend to be “gay for attentn” to a disturbg and disenchantg extreme.
FORMER MEMBER OF TATU SAYS SHE WOULD ‘NMN A GAY SON’ HOMOPHOBIC TV TERVIEW
t.A.T.u. Sger Says She Would 'Conmn' A Gay Son * are tatu gay *
”) But on the other hand, Kata and Volkova sang about and kissed each other for an dience of lns, and dog so challenged the ep homophobia of the time. I never was attracted to a girl, ” Kata told The Daily Beast was all the work of two (male) producers who nvced the teenage duo om the children’s ensemble Neposeda (Fidget) to pose as an “unnventnal” uple bee they saw huge potential explog the theme of homosexualy. I want to say that I’m not agast gays, I jt want my son to be a real man, not a fag.
T.A.T.U. SGER WOULD 'CONMN' A GAY SON, WOULDN'T MD IF HER DGHTER WAS A LBIAN
In heterospect (the art of lookg back on your life and reflectg on the moments you should have known you’re gay), I was addicted bee was the first time I’d seen lbians on screen. By then they were nsired gay ins, and their queerns on a public stage was a huge al to those the closet, like myself.
Gay For Pay. We had no reason not to believe them: why would you lie about beg a lbian 2003, when homophobic stigma was even more aggrsive than is today?
In a 2011 terview, Volkova stated that she wouldn’t accept havg a gay son.
T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
The man for me is the support…I won’t accept a gay son, ” she said on Rsian TV. She then tried to ‘backpedal’, sayg, “I have many gay iends.
I believe that beg gay is all still better than murrers, thiev or dg addicts. If you choose out of all this, beg gay a ltle better than the rt.