Jaguars’ Kev Maxen Is First Publicly Gay Male Coach US Men’s Pro Sports

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• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUMTHE RAPPER, LONG ACCED OF HOMOPHOBIA, ALLUS TO KISSG GUY ON A TRACK OFF HIS NEW ALBUM, "FLOWER BOY." BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017/3:09 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT DULSON/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: RAPPER TYLER THE CREATOR PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW FTIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/WIREIMAGE )BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+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":"TRISH BENDIX"}{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;}TYLER, THE CREATOR HAS HAD AN TERTG TRAJECTORY WH QUEER CULTURE: THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S 2011 ALBUM GOBL WAS RIFE WH HOMOPHOBIC EPHETS, CLUDG 213 OF THE WORD "FAG" AND OTHER ANTI-GAY {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;}BUT ON HIS NEW ALBUM, FLOWER BOY, WHICH HAS LEAKED TWO WEEKS BEFORE S OFFICIAL JULY 21 RELEASE DATE, ONE STANZA HAS FANS WONRG IF THE RAPPER IS OPENG UP ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL—OR IF HE'S JT TRYG TO SPARK NTROVERSY AND NVERSATN, AS HE'S PRONE TO DO.COLUMBIA RERDSTYLER THE CREATOR - "FLOWER BOY"{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;}ON "I A'T GOT TIME!" TYLER RAPS: "NEXT LE WILL HAVE ’EM LIKE ‘WHOA’/I BEEN KISSG WHE BOYS SCE 2004."{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;}WHILE TYLER (BORN TYLER GREGORY OKONMA) HAS YET TO MENT ON THE LYRICS DIRECTLY, HE HAS NIED BEG HOMOPHOBIC THE {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;}"I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC. I JT THK 'FAGGOT' HS AND HURTS PEOPLE," HE TOLD NME 2011. "IT HS. AND 'GAY' JT MEANS YOU'RE STUPID. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T THK ABOUT , WE'RE JT KIDS. WE DON'T THK ABOUT THAT SH. BUT I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THK I'M HOMOPHOBIC."{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;}{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;}TYLER SISTED THAT HIS GAY FANS DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT HIS LANGUAGE, AND EVEN PUT OUT A LE OF PRI T-SHIRTS 2015 AS PART OF HIS CREW ODD FUTURE'S MERCH. IN TE TYLER FORM, THE SIGN WAS A RABOW SP ON A WHE SUPREMACIST LOGO.TUMBLRTYLER THE CREATOR'S GAY 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;}"TAKE A PHOTO WH A WHE GUY AND WE HAVE AN AMAZG PHOTO," HE POSTED ON TUMBLR. "THE THG THAT TOPS OFF IS THE HOMOEROTIC TONE OF THE HAND-HOLDG, WHICH TO SOME GREE HAS TO PISS OFF THE GUYS WHO TAK THIS LOGO SER." HE ADD THAT THE SHIRT WAS "ME PLAYG WH THE IA OF TAKG THE POWER OUT OF SOMETHG SO STUPID."{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;}TYLER IS ALSO CLOSE WH QUEER LLABORATORS SYD AND FRANK {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;}"THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE,” SYD TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2016. “THEY THOUGHT ODD FUTURE WAS HOMOPHOBIC BEE THEY TEND TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLANG, AND THEY WERE LIKE: ‘HOW N YOU WORK FOR AND SUPPORT HOMOPHOB?’ BUT THEY AREN’T HOMOPHOBIC; THEY JT DON’T REALLY RE WHETHER YOU’RE OFFEND OR NOT.”GETTYSYD PERFORMS ON CAMP STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF TYLER, THE CREATOR'S 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, {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;}WHEN OCEAN FIRST ME OUT PUBLICLY, TYLER WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO NGRATULATE HIM. “MY BIG BROTHER FALLY FUCKG DID THAT," HE TWEETED "PROUD OF THAT N*GGA E I KNOW THAT SH IS DIFFICULT."{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;}HE LATER EXPAND ON HIS UNRSTANDG OF FRANK'S BISEXUALY A FORMSPRG Q&A, WRG, "YEAH, I'VE KNOW FOR A WHILE—HE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JT FUNNY E I WAS GETTG BASHED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND I KEPT SAYG, 'DU HOW AM I ONE? I HAVE GAY IENDS."(PHOTO BY KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAG FOR COACHELLA)INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: RAPPER TYLER, THE CREATOR (L) AND SGER FRANK OCEAN PERFORM ONSTAGE AT THE 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MIC & ARTS FTIVAL HELD AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD ON APRIL 13, 2012 IND, CALIFORNIA. {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;}IT'S NOT JT HIS POSSIBLE HOMOPHOBIA THAT'S MA TYLER A NTENT FIGURE: HE'S BEEN BANNED OM PERFORMG THE UK, CG "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVR BY MAKG STATEMENTS THAT MAY FOSTER HATRED, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TERMUNY VLENCE THE UK."{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;}THE FEELG WAS HIS ALBUMS BASTARD AND GOBL GLAMORIZED "VLENT PHYSIL ABE, RAPE AND MURR."{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;}SO IS TYLER TLY SEXUALLY FLUID, OR IS THIS JT ANOTHER PRANK TO GET LISTENERS UP ARMS? PERHAPS HE'S FALLY LEARNED THAT BEG HATEFUL ISN'T SO HIP ANYMORE. OR MAYBE HE'S SEEN THAT SYD AND FRANK, WHO ARE FORTHG ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND ARE MAKG MIC BASED ON FEELGS OTHER THAN RUALISTIC HATEFUL RHETORIC, ARE EARNG PRAISE AND GRAMMY {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;}MAYBE TYLER, THE CREATOR IS FALLY GROWG UP. OR MAYBE HE'S JT NOT DONE FUCKG WH {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

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

A the time, Douglas was a torrid love affair wh the famoly gay thor Osr Wil, and his poem lyrilly scrib homosexualy as "the love that dare not speak s name.

The word lavenr was ed as slang referrg to gay men sce the 1920s, but has some troubled 20th-century history. As Prologue Magaze explas, this was a reactn to creasg awarens of homosexualy, leadg to thoands of gay workers beg forced out of feral jobs.

Gay people were characterized as risks and associated wh munists by Senator Joseph McCarthy (y, that McCarthy).

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

The move was met wh stiff opposn, among both straight and gay femists. Even proment gay figur like Elton John were volved lavenr marriag.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

It feels like a ftg tribute that now, sce gay marriage has bee legal and accepted, lavenr ros are often ed to adorn same-sex weddgs. Red ros are wily known as a symbol of romance, but they n also refer to romance between gay men. As CBR explas, Japan is home to a whole manga genre, wrten by and for gay and bi men, lled Bara (薔薇, lerally meang "rose").

The lk between gay men and ros Japan dat back to the 1960s, acrdg to the book "Homosexualy and Manls Postwar Japan, " and was started by a llectn of homoerotic photography lled Bara Kei, loosely translated as "Oral of the Ros. " This associatn led to the creatn of a magaze for gay men, lled Barazoku (via John Coulthart). Seemgly, the artistic efforts were ma to reclaim the word rose, which was origally ed as a pejorative for gay men Japan.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

Knowg all of this, be a lot more noticeable that male characters anime who're implied to be gay are sometim shown holdg a rose. Known English as Jsie and Jam, they rry a lot of queer subtext wh them and, as Gay Star News pots out, Jam is heavily implied to be gay. In the late 19th century, green rnatns beme a wily unrstood symbol for gay men, popularised by none other than Osr Wil.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

As Columbia Journalism Review not, the word queer was first ed to mean homosexual 1894 which, whether or not by cince, was shortly after "Lady Wrmere's Fan" was first published.

Acrdg to Anime Femist, the word yuri was origally popularised the 1970s by the gay men's magaze Barazoku, g the word yurizoku 百合族 (lily tribe) for a sectn where they published letters om women rears. Acrdg to the New Gay Tim, Page was the creator of the now well-known bi pri flag, wh s magenta, lavenr, and blue lors. As JSTOR Daily explas, they beme associated wh gay men the early 1900s, particularly those who were flamboyantly drsed.

The public performanc New York's Tim Square, Greenwich Village, and Harlem beme known around the world, helpg to ph awarens of gay culture to the mastream by the 1930s. At some pot, the word pansy began to be ed as a pejorative for gay men.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

As Gay Communy News not, there are some people who now wear the word wh pri.

They happened when police raid a gay bar  New York Cy. Rumour has that some gay men Victorian England wore green rnatns to intify each other. The Bety and Colour of the Pansy The word “pansy” was first associated wh gay men the early ’s ntued to be a faiar term to this day.

But, the word pansy ntued to be ed about gay men, often  a rogatory way. ”Collaborators the project plant sgle pansi at s where transphobic or homophobic discrimatn has happened. ” She said that her aim was to honour, “the betiful trans, gay, queer and non-bary muny.

TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUMTHE RAPPER, LONG ACCED OF HOMOPHOBIA, ALLUS TO KISSG GUY ON A TRACK OFF HIS NEW ALBUM, "FLOWER BOY." BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017/3:09 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT DULSON/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: RAPPER TYLER THE CREATOR PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW FTIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/WIREIMAGE )BY TRISH BENDIXJULY 10, 2017 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TYLER, THE CREATOR HTS AT BEG BISEXUAL ON NEW ALBUM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T19:09:00.000+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":"TRISH BENDIX"}{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;}TYLER, THE CREATOR HAS HAD AN TERTG TRAJECTORY WH QUEER CULTURE: THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S 2011 ALBUM GOBL WAS RIFE WH HOMOPHOBIC EPHETS, CLUDG 213 OF THE WORD "FAG" AND OTHER ANTI-GAY {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;}BUT ON HIS NEW ALBUM, FLOWER BOY, WHICH HAS LEAKED TWO WEEKS BEFORE S OFFICIAL JULY 21 RELEASE DATE, ONE STANZA HAS FANS WONRG IF THE RAPPER IS OPENG UP ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL—OR IF HE'S JT TRYG TO SPARK NTROVERSY AND NVERSATN, AS HE'S PRONE TO DO.COLUMBIA RERDSTYLER THE CREATOR - "FLOWER BOY"{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;}ON "I A'T GOT TIME!" TYLER RAPS: "NEXT LE WILL HAVE ’EM LIKE ‘WHOA’/I BEEN KISSG WHE BOYS SCE 2004."{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;}WHILE TYLER (BORN TYLER GREGORY OKONMA) HAS YET TO MENT ON THE LYRICS DIRECTLY, HE HAS NIED BEG HOMOPHOBIC THE {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;}"I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC. I JT THK 'FAGGOT' HS AND HURTS PEOPLE," HE TOLD NME 2011. "IT HS. AND 'GAY' JT MEANS YOU'RE STUPID. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T THK ABOUT , WE'RE JT KIDS. WE DON'T THK ABOUT THAT SH. BUT I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THK I'M HOMOPHOBIC."{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;}{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;}TYLER SISTED THAT HIS GAY FANS DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT HIS LANGUAGE, AND EVEN PUT OUT A LE OF PRI T-SHIRTS 2015 AS PART OF HIS CREW ODD FUTURE'S MERCH. IN TE TYLER FORM, THE SIGN WAS A RABOW SP ON A WHE SUPREMACIST LOGO.TUMBLRTYLER THE CREATOR'S GAY 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;}"TAKE A PHOTO WH A WHE GUY AND WE HAVE AN AMAZG PHOTO," HE POSTED ON TUMBLR. "THE THG THAT TOPS OFF IS THE HOMOEROTIC TONE OF THE HAND-HOLDG, WHICH TO SOME GREE HAS TO PISS OFF THE GUYS WHO TAK THIS LOGO SER." HE ADD THAT THE SHIRT WAS "ME PLAYG WH THE IA OF TAKG THE POWER OUT OF SOMETHG SO STUPID."{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;}TYLER IS ALSO CLOSE WH QUEER LLABORATORS SYD AND FRANK {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;}"THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE,” SYD TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2016. “THEY THOUGHT ODD FUTURE WAS HOMOPHOBIC BEE THEY TEND TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLANG, AND THEY WERE LIKE: ‘HOW N YOU WORK FOR AND SUPPORT HOMOPHOB?’ BUT THEY AREN’T HOMOPHOBIC; THEY JT DON’T REALLY RE WHETHER YOU’RE OFFEND OR NOT.”GETTYSYD PERFORMS ON CAMP STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF TYLER, THE CREATOR'S 5TH ANNUAL CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL AT EXPOSN PARK ON NOVEMBER 12, 2016 LOS ANGEL, {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;}WHEN OCEAN FIRST ME OUT PUBLICLY, TYLER WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO NGRATULATE HIM. “MY BIG BROTHER FALLY FUCKG DID THAT," HE TWEETED "PROUD OF THAT N*GGA E I KNOW THAT SH IS DIFFICULT."{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;}HE LATER EXPAND ON HIS UNRSTANDG OF FRANK'S BISEXUALY A FORMSPRG Q&A, WRG, "YEAH, I'VE KNOW FOR A WHILE—HE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JT FUNNY E I WAS GETTG BASHED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND I KEPT SAYG, 'DU HOW AM I ONE? I HAVE GAY IENDS."(PHOTO BY KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAG FOR COACHELLA)INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: RAPPER TYLER, THE CREATOR (L) AND SGER FRANK OCEAN PERFORM ONSTAGE AT THE 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MIC & ARTS FTIVAL HELD AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD ON APRIL 13, 2012 IND, CALIFORNIA. {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;}IT'S NOT JT HIS POSSIBLE HOMOPHOBIA THAT'S MA TYLER A NTENT FIGURE: HE'S BEEN BANNED OM PERFORMG THE UK, CG "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVR BY MAKG STATEMENTS THAT MAY FOSTER HATRED, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TERMUNY VLENCE THE UK."{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;}THE FEELG WAS HIS ALBUMS BASTARD AND GOBL GLAMORIZED "VLENT PHYSIL ABE, RAPE AND MURR."{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;}SO IS TYLER TLY SEXUALLY FLUID, OR IS THIS JT ANOTHER PRANK TO GET LISTENERS UP ARMS? PERHAPS HE'S FALLY LEARNED THAT BEG HATEFUL ISN'T SO HIP ANYMORE. OR MAYBE HE'S SEEN THAT SYD AND FRANK, WHO ARE FORTHG ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND ARE MAKG MIC BASED ON FEELGS OTHER THAN RUALISTIC HATEFUL RHETORIC, ARE EARNG PRAISE AND GRAMMY {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;}MAYBE TYLER, THE CREATOR IS FALLY GROWG UP. OR MAYBE HE'S JT NOT DONE FUCKG WH {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

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