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• MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL
• KANYE WT ALLEGEDLY SPREADG UNFOUND MORS PETE DAVIDSON IS GAY, HAS AIDS
• WHY ISN'T KANYE WT A GAY IN?HE’S RADIL, HE’S OVER THE TOP, HE’S UNAPOLOGETIC — SHOULDN’T QUEER FANS LOVE HIM?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 23, 2016/11:58 {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;}ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 20: KANYE WT PERFORMS AT THE HOT 107.9 BIRTHDAY BASH BLOCK SHOW AT PHILIPS ARENA ON JUNE 20, 2015 ATLANTA, GEIA. (PHOTO BY PRCE WILLIAMS/WIREIMAGE)BY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 23, 2016 / 11:58 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY ISN'T KANYE WT A GAY IN?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-23T15:58:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-23T15:58:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","KEYWORDS":"HIP HOP","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY ANDY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE OUR WORLDWI OBSSN WH KANYE WT’S EVERY MOVE, WE’VE BEEN IGNORG A CCIAL FACET OF HIS REER, CHET, AND APPEAL: KANYE WT IS A GAY IN. WELL, HE SHOULD BE, ANYWAY. HIS LNS OF VOTED FANS SURELY CLU MANY LGBTQ PEOPLE, LIKE ANY POP STAR ON HIS LEVEL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, HIS MIC AND PUBLIC PERSONA NTA CLEAR ECHO OF QUEER LIFE — AND 'S TIME TO START CELEBRATG THEM AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENG AS FORMER FUNDAMENTALIST NICK JONAS IS SUBJECT TO THE PRS’S YEARS-LONG MPAIGN FOR HIS GAY INHOOD — WAGED PRIMARILY ON THE MERS OF HIS CALV KLE BULGE AND SUBSEQUENT #SEXIN CERTIFITN. (WHY FASHN SPREADS OF JONAS BRIEFS — PL A FEW MOR GAY ACTG ROL — QUALIFI HIM AS A GAY IN WHILE KANYE OWNG UP TO A LEAKED DICK PIC SOMEHOW DO NOT, I’LL NEVER KNOW.) JONAS HAS SO QUICKLY BEE AN “IN” BY “QUEER-BAG” GAY FANS, A SAVVY REER MOVE HE CHOSE TO MAKE AROUND THE TIME HIS FANS OUTGREW HIS PROMISE BAND–WEARG BAND’S FX-SEXUAL PURANISM. WT, MEANWHILE, IS A LOGIL MAG FOR QUEER ADMIRERS BEE OF THE FIRE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, HATE, OR SOME MIX OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OBVLY, BEG A GAY IN IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS BEG BELOVED BY GAY MEN. IMAGG WT AS ONE SUCH IN IS DIFFICULT, BEE MAKG A GAY IN OUT REQUIR A CELEBRY WHO ALREADY “LOOKS LIKE ONE” TO THE MEDIA AND QUEER SUBCULTURE. IN STAT HAS TH FAR BEEN RERVED AS THE EXCLIVE TERRORY OF OUR FEMALE ENTERTAERS (WH A FEW MALE EXCEPTNS). SOMETIM TRAGIC AND MOST ALWAYS MARKED BY SNDAL, THE WOMEN — LIKE JUDY GARLAND, CHER, AND BRNEY — HAVE FED “WHAT MEANS” TO BE A GAY IN UP TILL NOW: FEMALE, SEXUALIZED, GLAMORIZED, AND VASTATED. THE INS SEEM TO REPRENT TO GAY MEN THAT A PERSON N FACE VASTATN, PAFULLY LIVE THROUGH , AND E OUT WH A LIFE WORTH DANCG OVER. MORE THAN “WOMAN” OR “DIVA,” THEN, PA AND (EVENTUAL) TRIUMPH ARE THE TE HALLMARKS OF BEG A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO HAS PERSONIFIED THE BALANCE OF PA AND SUCCS MORE BRILLIANTLY THAN KANYE WT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A POST-MADONNA WORLD, THOUGH, GAY INS ARE EXPECTED TO DO MORE THAN MERELY “REPRENT” SOME OTHERWISE UNREPRENTED FACET OF THE QUEER EXPERIENCE. OUR NEW GAY INS MT TAKE AN ACTIVE STAND AGAST SOME FORM OF JTICE, AND HERE AGA HE MEETS THE MARK: FEW STARS N MATCH KANYE’S HISTORY OF STANDG AGAST EQUALY S MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2005 — LONG BEFORE WAS REMOTELY “SAFE” TO SPEAK UP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE (LET ALONE A SMART REER MOVE) — KANYE SAT DOWN WH MTV NEWS AND DISCSED HOW “EVERYBODY HIP-HOP DISCRIMAT AGAST GAY PEOPLE.” WT EXPLAED THAT HE WANTED “TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS,‘YO, STOP .'” IT’S STRIKG HOW LTLE ATTENTN THIS POT HIS REER RECEIV. THE TERVIEW GAVE A CLASSIC MTV MOMENT BY REFLECTG A BROAR CULTURAL SHIFT, BUT NEVER REALLY JOED THE OFFICIAL RANKS OF “MTV MOMENTS” — PROBABLY BEE THE TERVIEW WAS JT ONE MONTH BEFORE WT’S MOST NTROVERSIAL QUOTE EVER: “GEE BH DON’T RE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN RETROSPECT, THE QUOT TTIFY TO THE WAY KANYE IS K TO THE QUEER SPIR: HE SPEAKS UP ABOUT SOCIAL ILLS AND SUFFERS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THIS, KANYE IS LARGELY SEEN AS OUT OF HIS MD WHEN HE TAK ON POLICS. KANYE’S “CRAZS” UALLY VOLV HOW HE OVERSHAR, IS “TOO MUCH,” OR OTHERWISE BEHAV A WAY THE PUBLIC EMS “EXCSIVE.” CLASSIC GAY INS LIKE JUDY GARLAND AND JOAN CRAWFORD ALL PERFORMED AND LIVED OUT “EXCSIVE” FEMY, JT AS KANYE IS NOW ACCED OF MACHISMO. LGBTQ PEOPLE, TOO, ARE OFTEN TOLD THEY ARE ACTG “TOO GAY,” “TOO BUTCH,” ETC. — KANYE, THEN, IS THE GAY IN OF NOT APOLOGIZG FOR BEG TOO MUCH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS TENNCY TOWARD EXCSIVENS IS WELL-TABLISHED. “HE’S JT TOO MUCH,” TRACTORS OFTEN SAY, BUT RARELY DO THIS TENNCY GET EXPLORED AS ANYTHG MORE THAN A CHARACTER FLAW. HIS OVER-THE-TOP QUALI REPRENT SOMETHG GREATER WHEN HE IS APPROACHED OM A DIFFERENT ANGLE: AS A GAY IN, KANYE IS NOT “EXCSIVE” BUT RATHER “FLAMBOYANT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KANYE WORKS SO WELL AS A GAY IN BEE HE OVERWHELMS WH A NEW FLAMBOYANCE THAT SEEMS (SPE BEG A THE MAKG) TO BE GEARED UP FOR OUR PRENT MOMENT. IN 2016, KANYE’S MUCHNS FEELS BOTH PLIC OPPRSIVE POWER PARADIGMS AND PLETELY BEYOND THEM. HE’S A PALIST, BUT HE HAS $53 LN BT OM LIVG A LIFE THAT FI FANCIAL RPONSIBILY IALS; HE REPLAYS TIRED GENR POLICS, BUT HE ATTACKS THEM ON THE SAME ALBUM; HE IS MARRIED, BUT MASTREAM SEXUAL MORALY IS ONE OF HIS BIGGT TARGETS ON THE LIFE OF PABLO. HIS NTRADICTNS ARE OUR OWN. IF HE WERE WHE, HE’D LIKELY ALREADY BE LLED “FLAMBOYANT” AND CELEBRATED FOR THIS SH OF MUCHNS — BUT, AS WH THE DICK PIC VERS CALV KLE PHOTO SHOOT DYNAMIC, KANYE’S (MELO)DRAMATIC FLOURISH EARN HIM DIAGNOS OR NMNATNS. REEVALUATG KANYE AS FLAMBOYANT, ’S SUDNLY EASIER TO UNRSTAND HIS HABUAL GRANDSY AS A STYLIZED INTY RATHER THAN AN OBLIV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL GAY INS ARE STYLISTS; ALL VOTN TO GAY INS MEANS STYLE. AS A PERSON, WT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INTIFY WH, BUT AS A STYLE, HE BE REPRENTATIVE OF ALL THAT WE SECRETLY BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELV — NAMELY, THAT WE N BE THIS AS WELL AS THAT. AS A STYLE, WE N DON KANYE SELV AND SEE, HIS ROLUTN OF HIS NTRADICTNS, THE POTENTIAL OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'YE’S SWAGGER IS THE MOST BASIC STARTG POT FOR UNRSTANDG WHY SO MANY QUEER PEOPLE IDOLIZE HIM. HE IS THE HT MOL ALIVE FOR ANYONE HOPG TO SURPASS ALL LIMS AND BEE SOMETHG MORE. RATHER THAN AN IN OF BISED FEMY, HE IS AN IN OF BEG EVERYTHG ALL AT ONCE. “I'M TOO BLACK, I'M TOO VOL, I'M TOO FLAGRANT / SOMETHG SMELL' LIKE SH, THAT'S THE NEW AGRANCE / IT'S JT ME, I DO MY WAY, BCH,” HE RAPS ON “NO MORE PARTI L.A.,” A CHARMG MOMENT OF HIS SIGNATURE SELF-NVCG BRAGGADOC. QUEER SWAGGER, LIKE KANYE’S, LIV SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SELF-HYPE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KANYE WT IS A GAY IN IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN HE DARED TO SEIZE THE POSSIBILY SO MANY AREAS THAT EXPAND THE BOUNDARI OF WHAT WE ALL N BEE. HE’S RELEASG A VIO GAME FEATURG HIS LATE MOTHER; HE’S WORKG ON AN AFFORDABLE FASHN LE HOP OF HELPG TO MOCRATIZE STYLE; HE’S GEARG UP FOR A NEW RELEASE AND WORLD TOUR HE’S PARG TO STAR WARS WH WALT DISNEY–LEVEL NOVATN. IT’S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULO, AND THAT’S WHY HE’S SUCH A FTG GAY IN: HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO SP BACK AT THE VOIC TELLG HOW FAR WE N DREAM OR HOW MUCH OF OUR INTI WE’RE ALLOWED TO EXPLORE. HE WILL ALWAYS TELL “GO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNSTOPPABLE DARG OF KANYE’S OWN AMBN MAK HIM THE GAY IN YOU NEVER KNEW YOU ULD HAVE — THE GAY IN WHO WAS TOO MUCH TO BE A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}HIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WENDY WILLIAMS SUAT KANYE WT IS GAY AS SHE BACKS AMBER ROSE DURG FIERY RANT
• 11 REASONS WHY KANYE WT’S GAY DISCRIMATN CLAIM AGAST FASHN IS INSANE
• KANYE WT ... GLAD TO BE GAY
• KANYE WT RPONDS -- HUMBLY! -- TO 'SOUTH PARK' 'FISH STICKS' SLAM'I'M NOT A DOUCHE,' WT SISTS NTRE BLOG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY JAM MONTGOMERYAPRIL 9, 2009/3:47 {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;}BY JAM MONTGOMERYAPRIL 9, 2009 / 3:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KANYE WT RPONDS -- HUMBLY! -- TO 'SOUTH PARK' 'FISH STICKS' SLAM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-09T19:47:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-09T19:47:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JAM MONTGOMERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT APPEARS THAT BEG PICTED AS A GAY FISH MIGHT ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE A GOOD THG FOR [ARTIST ID="330"]KANYE WT[/ARTIST].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THOSE WHO MISSED , WT WAS POSIVELY SLAMMED ON WEDNDAY NIGHT'S EPISO OF "SOUTH PARK" -- WHICH CENTERED AROUND A BALDFACEDLY JUVENILE JOKE ABOUT THE TERM "FISH STICKS" -- G ACROSS AS AN EGOTISTIL JERK WHO IS MASKG EP-CED SIR TO LIVE LIFE AS, UH, A "GAY FISH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE END OF THE EPISO, AFTER NYG HIS LATENT FEELGS, WT -- DRSED A GREEN VT AND SK-TIGHT FISH-SLE PANTS -- FALLY REALIZ THAT HE N'T KEEP HIS NER FISH CLOSETED ANYMORE, TELLS HIS CREW "IT'S TIME FOR ME TO STOP NNG. A GAY FISH JT NT LIVE THE OUTSI WORLD FOREVER," THEN LEAPS OFF A PIER AND LNCH TO AN AUTO-TUNED SONG WHILE HUMPG VAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, WE'RE FAIRLY CERTA THAT THE KANYE OF OLD WOULD'VE FLOWN TO A F OF RAGE OVER HIS PORTRAYAL ON THE SHOW. BUT, ON THURSDAY (APRIL 9), WT TOOK A DIFFERENT TACT, POSTG A LK TO THE SHOW HIS BLOG, AND WRG ( ALL CAPS, OF URSE) THAT HE WASN'T UPSET, BEE HE ED THE EPISO AS MOTIVATN TO DISPLAY SOME NEW LIFE SKILLS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT KANYE HAS TURNED OVER A NEW ... ER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" 'SOUTH PARK' MURRED ME LAST NIGHT, AND 'S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELGS, BUT WHAT N YOU EXPECT OM 'SOUTH PARK?'" HE WROTE. "I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKG ON MY EGO. ... HAVG THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POT MY LIFE AND REER. I ED TO E TO BUILD UP MY TEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MIC, THE BT RPONSE IS 'THANK YOU' STEAD OF 'I TOLD YOU SO!'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I JT WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON, WHICH STARTS WH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLG PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THK I AM. I NEED TO JT GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JT MAKE DOPE PRODUCT," THE POST NTUED. "AS LONG AS I ACT LIKE A B---H, THIS TYPE OF SH-- WILL HAPPEN TO ME. ... I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE. I'M SURE THE WRERS AT 'SOUTH PARK' ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKG THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD'VE LLED HIM A "GAY FISH" {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
• WATCH AN ORCHTRA PERFORM THE ‘SOUTH PARK’ CLASSIC ‘GAY FISH’ AHEAD OF SEASON PREMIERE
• KANYE WT: IS HE GAY?
• KANYE WT: FANS DON’T BELIEVE RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY

MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL

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.

KANYE WT ALLEGEDLY SPREADG UNFOUND MORS PETE DAVIDSON IS GAY, HAS AIDS

"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. 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. Then-out gay man Milo Yiannopoulos was the Grand Marshal of a Straight Pri ParaPhoto: Twter/@superhappyfunameri.

Kanye Wt’s meltdown yterday – where he said on Infowars that he liked Hler and “lov Nazis” – jt weeks after he announced that he was workg closely wh ex-gay grifter Milo Yiannopoulos. It’s not surprisg that Wt thought his antisemic tira would be met wh more approval om Alex Jon and his dience if he’s been spendg so much time wh Yiannopoulos, nsirg the latter’s hateful rhetoric agast Black people, Jewish people, gay people, disabled people, and others om jt this past month. He posted a clip of a man holdg a woman’s head and ptned “Disney be like WATCH THE BLACK HOMOS, ” possibly a reference to the new Disney movie Strange World, where one of the ma characters is a gay, biracial teen.

WHY ISN'T KANYE WT A GAY IN?HE’S RADIL, HE’S OVER THE TOP, HE’S UNAPOLOGETIC — SHOULDN’T QUEER FANS LOVE HIM?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 23, 2016/11:58 {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;}ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 20: KANYE WT PERFORMS AT THE HOT 107.9 BIRTHDAY BASH BLOCK SHOW AT PHILIPS ARENA ON JUNE 20, 2015 ATLANTA, GEIA. 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WELL, HE SHOULD BE, ANYWAY. HIS LNS OF VOTED FANS SURELY CLU MANY LGBTQ PEOPLE, LIKE ANY POP STAR ON HIS LEVEL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, HIS MIC AND PUBLIC PERSONA NTA CLEAR ECHO OF QUEER LIFE — AND 'S TIME TO START CELEBRATG THEM AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENG AS FORMER FUNDAMENTALIST NICK JONAS IS SUBJECT TO THE PRS’S YEARS-LONG MPAIGN FOR HIS GAY INHOOD — WAGED PRIMARILY ON THE MERS OF HIS CALV KLE BULGE AND SUBSEQUENT #SEXIN CERTIFITN. (WHY FASHN SPREADS OF JONAS BRIEFS — PL A FEW MOR GAY ACTG ROL — QUALIFI HIM AS A GAY IN WHILE KANYE OWNG UP TO A LEAKED DICK PIC SOMEHOW DO NOT, I’LL NEVER KNOW.) JONAS HAS SO QUICKLY BEE AN “IN” BY “QUEER-BAG” GAY FANS, A SAVVY REER MOVE HE CHOSE TO MAKE AROUND THE TIME HIS FANS OUTGREW HIS PROMISE BAND–WEARG BAND’S FX-SEXUAL PURANISM. WT, MEANWHILE, IS A LOGIL MAG FOR QUEER ADMIRERS BEE OF THE FIRE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, HATE, OR SOME MIX OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OBVLY, BEG A GAY IN IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS BEG BELOVED BY GAY MEN. IMAGG WT AS ONE SUCH IN IS DIFFICULT, BEE MAKG A GAY IN OUT REQUIR A CELEBRY WHO ALREADY “LOOKS LIKE ONE” TO THE MEDIA AND QUEER SUBCULTURE. IN STAT HAS TH FAR BEEN RERVED AS THE EXCLIVE TERRORY OF OUR FEMALE ENTERTAERS (WH A FEW MALE EXCEPTNS). SOMETIM TRAGIC AND MOST ALWAYS MARKED BY SNDAL, THE WOMEN — LIKE JUDY GARLAND, CHER, AND BRNEY — HAVE FED “WHAT MEANS” TO BE A GAY IN UP TILL NOW: FEMALE, SEXUALIZED, GLAMORIZED, AND VASTATED. THE INS SEEM TO REPRENT TO GAY MEN THAT A PERSON N FACE VASTATN, PAFULLY LIVE THROUGH , AND E OUT WH A LIFE WORTH DANCG OVER. MORE THAN “WOMAN” OR “DIVA,” THEN, PA AND (EVENTUAL) TRIUMPH ARE THE TE HALLMARKS OF BEG A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO HAS PERSONIFIED THE BALANCE OF PA AND SUCCS MORE BRILLIANTLY THAN KANYE WT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A POST-MADONNA WORLD, THOUGH, GAY INS ARE EXPECTED TO DO MORE THAN MERELY “REPRENT” SOME OTHERWISE UNREPRENTED FACET OF THE QUEER EXPERIENCE. OUR NEW GAY INS MT TAKE AN ACTIVE STAND AGAST SOME FORM OF JTICE, AND HERE AGA HE MEETS THE MARK: FEW STARS N MATCH KANYE’S HISTORY OF STANDG AGAST EQUALY S MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2005 — LONG BEFORE WAS REMOTELY “SAFE” TO SPEAK UP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE (LET ALONE A SMART REER MOVE) — KANYE SAT DOWN WH MTV NEWS AND DISCSED HOW “EVERYBODY HIP-HOP DISCRIMAT AGAST GAY PEOPLE.” WT EXPLAED THAT HE WANTED “TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS,‘YO, STOP .'” IT’S STRIKG HOW LTLE ATTENTN THIS POT HIS REER RECEIV. THE TERVIEW GAVE A CLASSIC MTV MOMENT BY REFLECTG A BROAR CULTURAL SHIFT, BUT NEVER REALLY JOED THE OFFICIAL RANKS OF “MTV MOMENTS” — PROBABLY BEE THE TERVIEW WAS JT ONE MONTH BEFORE WT’S MOST NTROVERSIAL QUOTE EVER: “GEE BH DON’T RE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN RETROSPECT, THE QUOT TTIFY TO THE WAY KANYE IS K TO THE QUEER SPIR: HE SPEAKS UP ABOUT SOCIAL ILLS AND SUFFERS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THIS, KANYE IS LARGELY SEEN AS OUT OF HIS MD WHEN HE TAK ON POLICS. KANYE’S “CRAZS” UALLY VOLV HOW HE OVERSHAR, IS “TOO MUCH,” OR OTHERWISE BEHAV A WAY THE PUBLIC EMS “EXCSIVE.” CLASSIC GAY INS LIKE JUDY GARLAND AND JOAN CRAWFORD ALL PERFORMED AND LIVED OUT “EXCSIVE” FEMY, JT AS KANYE IS NOW ACCED OF MACHISMO. LGBTQ PEOPLE, TOO, ARE OFTEN TOLD THEY ARE ACTG “TOO GAY,” “TOO BUTCH,” ETC. — KANYE, THEN, IS THE GAY IN OF NOT APOLOGIZG FOR BEG TOO MUCH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS TENNCY TOWARD EXCSIVENS IS WELL-TABLISHED. “HE’S JT TOO MUCH,” TRACTORS OFTEN SAY, BUT RARELY DO THIS TENNCY GET EXPLORED AS ANYTHG MORE THAN A CHARACTER FLAW. HIS OVER-THE-TOP QUALI REPRENT SOMETHG GREATER WHEN HE IS APPROACHED OM A DIFFERENT ANGLE: AS A GAY IN, KANYE IS NOT “EXCSIVE” BUT RATHER “FLAMBOYANT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KANYE WORKS SO WELL AS A GAY IN BEE HE OVERWHELMS WH A NEW FLAMBOYANCE THAT SEEMS (SPE BEG A THE MAKG) TO BE GEARED UP FOR OUR PRENT MOMENT. IN 2016, KANYE’S MUCHNS FEELS BOTH PLIC OPPRSIVE POWER PARADIGMS AND PLETELY BEYOND THEM. HE’S A PALIST, BUT HE HAS $53 LN BT OM LIVG A LIFE THAT FI FANCIAL RPONSIBILY IALS; HE REPLAYS TIRED GENR POLICS, BUT HE ATTACKS THEM ON THE SAME ALBUM; HE IS MARRIED, BUT MASTREAM SEXUAL MORALY IS ONE OF HIS BIGGT TARGETS ON THE LIFE OF PABLO. HIS NTRADICTNS ARE OUR OWN. IF HE WERE WHE, HE’D LIKELY ALREADY BE LLED “FLAMBOYANT” AND CELEBRATED FOR THIS SH OF MUCHNS — BUT, AS WH THE DICK PIC VERS CALV KLE PHOTO SHOOT DYNAMIC, KANYE’S (MELO)DRAMATIC FLOURISH EARN HIM DIAGNOS OR NMNATNS. REEVALUATG KANYE AS FLAMBOYANT, ’S SUDNLY EASIER TO UNRSTAND HIS HABUAL GRANDSY AS A STYLIZED INTY RATHER THAN AN OBLIV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL GAY INS ARE STYLISTS; ALL VOTN TO GAY INS MEANS STYLE. AS A PERSON, WT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INTIFY WH, BUT AS A STYLE, HE BE REPRENTATIVE OF ALL THAT WE SECRETLY BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELV — NAMELY, THAT WE N BE THIS AS WELL AS THAT. AS A STYLE, WE N DON KANYE SELV AND SEE, HIS ROLUTN OF HIS NTRADICTNS, THE POTENTIAL OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'YE’S SWAGGER IS THE MOST BASIC STARTG POT FOR UNRSTANDG WHY SO MANY QUEER PEOPLE IDOLIZE HIM. HE IS THE HT MOL ALIVE FOR ANYONE HOPG TO SURPASS ALL LIMS AND BEE SOMETHG MORE. RATHER THAN AN IN OF BISED FEMY, HE IS AN IN OF BEG EVERYTHG ALL AT ONCE. “I'M TOO BLACK, I'M TOO VOL, I'M TOO FLAGRANT / SOMETHG SMELL' LIKE SH, THAT'S THE NEW AGRANCE / IT'S JT ME, I DO MY WAY, BCH,” HE RAPS ON “NO MORE PARTI L.A.,” A CHARMG MOMENT OF HIS SIGNATURE SELF-NVCG BRAGGADOC. QUEER SWAGGER, LIKE KANYE’S, LIV SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SELF-HYPE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KANYE WT IS A GAY IN IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN HE DARED TO SEIZE THE POSSIBILY SO MANY AREAS THAT EXPAND THE BOUNDARI OF WHAT WE ALL N BEE. HE’S RELEASG A VIO GAME FEATURG HIS LATE MOTHER; HE’S WORKG ON AN AFFORDABLE FASHN LE HOP OF HELPG TO MOCRATIZE STYLE; HE’S GEARG UP FOR A NEW RELEASE AND WORLD TOUR HE’S PARG TO STAR WARS WH WALT DISNEY–LEVEL NOVATN. IT’S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULO, AND THAT’S WHY HE’S SUCH A FTG GAY IN: HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO SP BACK AT THE VOIC TELLG HOW FAR WE N DREAM OR HOW MUCH OF OUR INTI WE’RE ALLOWED TO EXPLORE. HE WILL ALWAYS TELL “GO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNSTOPPABLE DARG OF KANYE’S OWN AMBN MAK HIM THE GAY IN YOU NEVER KNEW YOU ULD HAVE — THE GAY IN WHO WAS TOO MUCH TO BE A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}HIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Wt has been spendg time at midrange rtrants and on private jets wh Yiannopoulos and Fuent, where the three antisemic, racist, and homophobic men n share their thoughts on polics and rerce each other’s bias and nspiracy theori. ” She also shared msag where Yiannopoulos lled Wt “gay” and a “BLACK HOMOSEXUAL” – Wt has never e out as gay and was married to Kim Kardashian – om earlier this year. Yiannopoulos ed to be one of Tmp’s biggt supporters, back when he was an openly gay far-right troll, referrg to the former realy TV host as “daddy” and g his substantial fluence on the far-right to support Tmp’s 2016 mpaign.

The next year, Yiannopoulos claimed that he was no longer gay.

WENDY WILLIAMS SUAT KANYE WT IS GAY AS SHE BACKS AMBER ROSE DURG FIERY RANT

He even ma a vio where he allegedly threw his engagement rg – which he lled “the Sodomy Stone” – to the ocean to prove jt how not-gay he is now. Fuent – who says that havg sex wh women is gay so he reas om any sexual activy at all – is a ntroversial figure on the right. Dpe spendg years velopg a reputatn as a vout Christian rapper who hosted Sunday Servic and ceased cursg on his albums, Kanye Wt has turned a rner and is allegedly spreadg unfound mors that Pete Davidson is gay and has AIDS.

Dpe movg on wh Julia Fox, ” the “J Is Kg” rapper allegedly has told people Davidson is gay and has Imag.

Kanye Wt is not gay. Published on: Aug 22, 2015, 10:00 AM PDTKanye Wt spoke out agast homophobia Hip Hop an terview wh Sway that buted on MTV News 10 years ago. “Everybody Hip Hop discrimat agast gay people, ” Kanye Wt says the vio om 2005.

11 REASONS WHY KANYE WT’S GAY DISCRIMATN CLAIM AGAST FASHN IS INSANE

“Matter of fact, the exact oppose word of ’Hip Hop, ’ I thk, is ’gay. ’ You play a rerd and if ’s wack, ‘That’s gay, dog!. ’”Kanye Wt says that when he was high school he was surround by homophobia.

Yo, you gay, ’” Kanye Wt says. “It ma me homophobic.

“Anybody that was gay I was like, ‘Yo, get away om me, ’” Kanye Wt says. I would e the word ‘fag’ and always look down upon gays.

KANYE WT ... GLAD TO BE GAY

”Kanye Wt’s mentaly changed once he found out that a fay member of his was gay. “My told me another one of my s is gay that was the turng pot, ” Kanye Wt says.

Is Kanye Gay and Secretly Datg Fashn Digner Ricrdo Tisci? ” Bryan Boy tweeted, “Wa so Kanye Wt is gay? She was nvced he was gay and kept rejectg him.

KANYE WT RPONDS -- HUMBLY! -- TO 'SOUTH PARK' 'FISH STICKS' SLAM'I'M NOT A DOUCHE,' WT SISTS NTRE BLOG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY JAM MONTGOMERYAPRIL 9, 2009/3:47 {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;}BY JAM MONTGOMERYAPRIL 9, 2009 / 3:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KANYE WT RPONDS -- HUMBLY! -- TO 'SOUTH PARK' 'FISH STICKS' SLAM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-09T19:47:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-09T19:47:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JAM MONTGOMERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT APPEARS THAT BEG PICTED AS A GAY FISH MIGHT ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE A GOOD THG FOR [ARTIST ID="330"]KANYE WT[/ARTIST].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THOSE WHO MISSED , WT WAS POSIVELY SLAMMED ON WEDNDAY NIGHT'S EPISO OF "SOUTH PARK" -- WHICH CENTERED AROUND A BALDFACEDLY JUVENILE JOKE ABOUT THE TERM "FISH STICKS" -- G ACROSS AS AN EGOTISTIL JERK WHO IS MASKG EP-CED SIR TO LIVE LIFE AS, UH, A "GAY FISH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE END OF THE EPISO, AFTER NYG HIS LATENT FEELGS, WT -- DRSED A GREEN VT AND SK-TIGHT FISH-SLE PANTS -- FALLY REALIZ THAT HE N'T KEEP HIS NER FISH CLOSETED ANYMORE, TELLS HIS CREW "IT'S TIME FOR ME TO STOP NNG. A GAY FISH JT NT LIVE THE OUTSI WORLD FOREVER," THEN LEAPS OFF A PIER AND LNCH TO AN AUTO-TUNED SONG WHILE HUMPG VAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, WE'RE FAIRLY CERTA THAT THE KANYE OF OLD WOULD'VE FLOWN TO A F OF RAGE OVER HIS PORTRAYAL ON THE SHOW. BUT, ON THURSDAY (APRIL 9), WT TOOK A DIFFERENT TACT, POSTG A LK TO THE SHOW HIS BLOG, AND WRG ( ALL CAPS, OF URSE) THAT HE WASN'T UPSET, BEE HE ED THE EPISO AS MOTIVATN TO DISPLAY SOME NEW LIFE SKILLS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT KANYE HAS TURNED OVER A NEW ... ER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" 'SOUTH PARK' MURRED ME LAST NIGHT, AND 'S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELGS, BUT WHAT N YOU EXPECT OM 'SOUTH PARK?'" HE WROTE. "I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKG ON MY EGO. ... HAVG THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POT MY LIFE AND REER. I ED TO E TO BUILD UP MY TEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MIC, THE BT RPONSE IS 'THANK YOU' STEAD OF 'I TOLD YOU SO!'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I JT WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON, WHICH STARTS WH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLG PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THK I AM. I NEED TO JT GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JT MAKE DOPE PRODUCT," THE POST NTUED. "AS LONG AS I ACT LIKE A B---H, THIS TYPE OF SH-- WILL HAPPEN TO ME. ... I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE. I'M SURE THE WRERS AT 'SOUTH PARK' ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKG THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. 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” (Is that a gay nuendo?

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WATCH AN ORCHTRA PERFORM THE ‘SOUTH PARK’ CLASSIC ‘GAY FISH’ AHEAD OF SEASON PREMIERE

) Jonas has so quickly bee an “in” by “queer-bag” gay fans, a savvy reer move he chose to make around the time his fans outgrew his promise band–wearg band’s fx-sexual puranism.

KANYE WT: IS HE GAY?

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KANYE WT: FANS DON’T BELIEVE RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY

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