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• 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
• KANYE WT ALLEGEDLY SPREADG UNFOUND MORS PETE DAVIDSON IS GAY, HAS AIDS
• KANYE WT: FANS DON’T BELIEVE RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY
• WATCH KANYE WT GET UPSET ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA IN HIP-HOP, 10 YEARS AGOIN AUGT 2005, KANYE WT SAT DOWN WH MTV NEWS FOR AN UNFETTABLE TERVIEW. {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 NASKA ALEXISAUGT 20, 2015/9:55 {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;}MTVBY NASKA ALEXISAUGT 20, 2015 / 9:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WATCH KANYE WT GET UPSET ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA IN HIP-HOP, 10 YEARS AGO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-21T01:55:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-21T01:55:20.000+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":"NASKA ALEXIS","KEYWORDS":"HIP HOP","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;}KANYE WT IS AN OUTSPOKEN ARTIST -- THAT MUCH WE KNOW. BUT WE'RE NEVER ABLE TO PREDICT EXACTLY WHERE HE WILL DIRECT HIS PASSNATE STREAM OF THOUGHTS. DURG AN AUGT 2005 TERVIEW WH MTV NEWS (EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO) FOR EXAMPLE, WE WNSED ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT TANGENTS TO {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;}DURG THE EXTENSIVE TERVIEW WH MTV NEWS' SWAY CALLOWAY, KANYE SPOKE ABOUT HIS MIC AND HIS MOM, BUT THGS TOOK AN TERTG TURN AND LED HIM DOWN A PATH TO DISCSG HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP. THIS WAS A VERY BOLD MOVE FOR A RAPPER AT THE {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}“EVERYBODY HIP-HOP DISCRIMAT AGAST GAY PEOPLE,” HE SAID, GETTG VISIBLY UPSET. “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!’ AND I WANNA JT E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP FAM.'”{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 EXPLAED THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE A STAND AFTER ALG WH SOME HOMOPHOBIC ISSU OF HIS OWN. THOSE ISSU STARTED AFTER HE WAS MERCILSLY TEASED AND TNTED HIGH {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;}“IF YOU SEE SOMETHG AND YOU DON’T WANT TO BE THAT BEE THERE’S SUCH A NEGATIVE NNOTATN TOWARD , YOU TRY TO SEPARATE YOURSELF OM SO MUCH," HE SAID, ADMTG THAT HE EVEN ED HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AT ONE POT. "IT MA ME HOMOPHOBIC BY THE TIME I WAS THROUGH HIGH {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;}"ANYBODY THAT WAS GAY I WAS LIKE, ’YO, GET AWAY OM ME.’ IT’S LIKE I WAS RACG TO TRY TO FD THAT NSTANT MASCULE ROLE MOL RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ONT OF ME. I WOULD E THE WORD ’F–’ AND ALWAYS LOOK DOWN UPON GAYS.”{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;}THANKFULLY, KANYE REACHED “A TURNG POT,” WHEN HE REALIZED THAT ONE OF HIS FAVORE S WAS GAY. MEETG HIS 'S PARTNER, AND SEEG THAT THEIR RELATNSHIP WAS JT AS SPECIAL AS ANY HETEROSEXUAL UPLE'S, REALLY PUT THGS PERSPECTIVE FOR {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’S CLEAR THAT HIP-HOP STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, ORR TO PLETELY OVERE HOMOPHOBIA, BUT THE PROGRS HAS BEEN REMARKABLE TO WATCH -- WH MANY THANKS DUE TO YEEZ FOR BEG SO BRAVE 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;}THIS YEAR, ONCE AGA, KANYE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON HIP-HOP'S PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS THE LGBT MUNY WHEN HE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CALYN {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
• MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL
• KANYE WT: IS HE GAY?
• KANYE WT’S DARK TURN TO THE ANTI-GAY CHRISTIAN RIGHTHOLY HYPOCRISYTHE CELEBRATED RAPPER AND TMP SUPPORTER HAS CID TO TAKE HIS SUNDAY SERVICE CHOIR TO A CHRISTIAN EVENT FEATURG MANY ANTI-LGBTQ CSARS.CASSIE DA COSTAFORMER ENTERTAMENT WRERUPDATED JAN. 17, 2020 4:21PM EST / PUBLISHED JAN. 17, 2020 4:39AM EST GILBERT CARRASQUILLO/GC IMAGIN THE LATT BORN-AGA-KANYE NEWS, ’S BEEN REPORTED THAT THE NEWLY-SAVED RAPPER IS HEADLG THE PRAYER RALLY AWAKEN 2020, WHICH WILL ALSO BE HEAD UP BY A BUNCH OF TMP-SUPPORTG ANTI-LGBTQ RIGHTS FANATICS. HE’LL BRG HIS SUNDAY SERVICE CHOIR TO A 10-HOUR ARIZONA EVENT THIS SATURDAY, JAN. 18, WHERE EVANGELIL LEARS AND CELEBRI—WHO HAVE REFERRED TO HOMOSEXUALY AS A “SPIR OF LAWLSNS” AND OPPOSED LEGISLATN THAT BANS DISCRIMATN ON THE BASIS OF GENR INTY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN—WILL STAND AT THE PULP TO ADDRS THE MASS. IN A 2005 NVERSATN WH THE DJ AND RAD HOST SWAY, KANYE LAMENTED THE HOMOPHOBIA ENMIC TO THE HIP-HOP MUNY WHILE EVOKG HIS ACCEPTANCE OF HIS GAY . AND 2015, WHEN CALYN JENNER ME OUT AS TRANS, KANYE NVCED HIS WIFE, KIM KARDASHIAN—JENNER’S FORMER STEPDGHTER—TO ACCEPT HER PARENT’S TRANSN WHOUT PREJUDICE. STILL, KANYE’S RECENT CISN TO STAND SI-BY-SI WH AVOWED HOMOPHOB AT A PRAYER RALLY WILL LIKELY NOT PROMISE HIS STANDG WH THE YOUNGER, QUEERER PORTN OF HIS FANBASE, NOR DO EXACTLY NTRADICT HIS STATEMENTS AND ACTNS OM 2005 AND 2015. IN FACT, MANY NSERVATIVE-MD PEOPLE WHO THK THEY ARE ACCEPTG OF THE LGBTQ MUNY DO NOT STAND SOLIDARY WH BEYOND THE DIVIDUAL ACCEPTANCE OF IENDS OR FAY MEMBERS. FOR MANY NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS, IS EASY TO ALLOW THE POLIL TO STAY PERSONAL. AFTER ALL, ’S NOT QUE HYPOCRISY TO OPPOSE THE LEGISLATN THAT ULD KEEP TRANS PEOPLE—PECIALLY POOR AND BLACK TRANS WOMEN—SAFE WHILE SG ALONG WH YOUR RICH, WHE NSERVATIVE TRANS -LAW. THE FORMER REQUIR REAL ENGAGEMENT AND GRE OF SACRIFICE, WHILE THE LATTER ALLOWS YOU TO SEEM ENLIGHTENED WHILE FIGHTG FOR NOTHG. WHEN KANYE SPOKE TO SWAY ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, HE WAS BOTH SPEAKG A LONG-IGNORED TTH AND CRICIZG A MUNY OF MOSTLY BLACK MEN. EVEN OM A BS STANDPOT, KANYE’S GOSPEL WASN’T EXACTLY A MARTYR’S POSN SCE BY 2005, HE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE MASTREAM. BY DIRECTG HIS MORALIZG AT OTHER BLACK PEOPLE AN OFT-MARGALIZED SECTOR OF THE MIC DTRY, HE AVOID BLOWBACK OM THE RPORATNS THAT WERE LG HIS POCKETS. IN THE VIO, KANYE EXPLAS THAT HIS OWN HOMOPHOBIA STEMMED OM BULLYG HE EXPERIENCED AS AN UNNVENTNALLY-DRSED BLACK SCHOOLKID. IT’S THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE WI-REACHG NSEQUENC OF HOMOPHOBIA SOCIETY (OFTEN LLED TOXIC MASCULY) THAT TRIGGERS KANYE’S EMOTN THE NVERSATN—NOT THE JTICE FACED DIRECTLY BY GAYS. NOW THAT KANYE IS PREACHG A DIFFERENT GOSPEL—ONE OF NFORMY AND NSERVATISM AS ORDAED BY EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY—HE N FIRMLY PLACE HIS PREV ENTREATI AGAST ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMATN THE PERSONAL SPHERE, LEGISLATN BE DAMNED. “NOW THAT KANYE IS PREACHG A DIFFERENT GOSPEL—ONE OF NFORMY AND NSERVATISM AS ORDAED BY EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY—HE N FIRMLY PLACE HIS PREV ENTREATI AGAST ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMATN THE PERSONAL SPHERE, LEGISLATN BE DAMNED.” BUT THIS KD OF PARTMENTALIZATN ISN’T SPECIFIC TO KANYE—TRENDY, ANTI-LGBTQ MEGACHURCH LIKE HILLSONG ARE BEYOND REPROACH OM THE LIK OF ACTOR CHRIS PRATT, WHO FEND HIS CHOICE TO STAY WH THE CHURCH SCE THEY SUPPORTED HIM THROUGH HIS DIVORCE, “[D]PE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT DIVORCE.” MANY OF THE EVANGELIL CHURCH AND ANIZATNS WILL SAY THAT THEY WELE ANYONE THROUGH THEIR DOORS, BUT SIMPLY DO NOT ALLOW OPENLY LGBTQ PEOPLE LEARSHIP POSNS. THE PROBLEM WH THIS STANCE SHOULD BE CLEAR: LGBTQ JTICE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND ATH FOR THE NON-RICH AND NON-WHE, NOT ABOUT ABSTRACT HELP OR GUIDANCE ON THE NDN THAT AN DIVIDUAL HIS OR PLAYS DOWN THEIR INTY AND CIRCUMSTANC. IF YOU ARE TLY SOLIDARY WH THE LGBTQ MUNY—WH BLACK TRANS WOMEN, QUEER TEENS, AND POOR BUTCH LBIANS LIVG THE BIBLE BELT—YOU HAVE TO BE WILLG TO FIGHT FOR THE LEGISLATN THAT WILL GUARANTEE ALL OF EQUAL ACCS TO HEALTH RE, JOBS, SHELTER, AND TN UNR THE LAW; OTHERWISE, YOU’RE WH THE RT OF THEM. MUCH LIKE THE ANTI-BERS, SEGREGATNISTS, AND REDLERS WHO SWEAR THEY AREN’T RACIST, WILL BE EASY FOR KANYE TO TEGRATE HIS NEW ALLEGIANCE TO EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY AND TMP WH HIS PAST VERBAL GTUR OF LGBTQ SUPPORT. BUT THE TTH REMAS THAT WORDS ALONE ARE EMPTY WHEN TO JTICE. WHO YOU STAND AND FIGHT BI MATTERS. CASSIE DA COSTA
• WENDY WILLIAMS SUAT KANYE WT IS GAY AS SHE BACKS AMBER ROSE DURG FIERY RANT

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

A rurfaced 2005 terview shows Kanye Wt llg on hip-hop artists to stop discrimatg agast gay people.

Kanye Wt scribed the moment he stopped “discrimatg agast gays” powerful rurfaced terview om 2005.

In Augt 2005, Kanye Wt gave an terview to MTV News‘ Sway Calloway which he addrsed discrimatn hip-hop, and his own history of homophobia. In the clip, he revealed that when he was high school, people would ll him “gay” and acce him of “actg like a f*g”.

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

“It ma me homophobic, ” he said. He ntued: “If you see somethg and you don’t want to be that bee there’s such a negative nnotatn towards , you try to separate yourself om so much that ma me homophobic by the time I was through wh high school. Wt explaed that he reached a pot where he didn’t even want to be near someone that was gay, and add: “It’s like I was racg to try to fd that nstant mascule role mol, to the pot where I would really discrimate.

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

“I would e the word ‘f*g, f*g, f*g, f*g, ’ always nscendg towards gays, and looked down upon gays.

Kanye Wt’s attu towards gay people turned a rner when his me out as gay. Kanye Wt said that his attu towards gay people began to change when his me out as gay.

He relled: “At that pot, was the turng pot where I was like, ‘Yo, this is my and I love him and I’ve been discrimatg agast gays.

WATCH KANYE WT GET UPSET ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA IN HIP-HOP, 10 YEARS AGOIN AUGT 2005, KANYE WT SAT DOWN WH MTV NEWS FOR AN UNFETTABLE TERVIEW. {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 NASKA ALEXISAUGT 20, 2015/9:55 {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;}MTVBY NASKA ALEXISAUGT 20, 2015 / 9:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WATCH KANYE WT GET UPSET ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA IN HIP-HOP, 10 YEARS AGO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-21T01:55:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-21T01:55:20.000+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":"NASKA ALEXIS","KEYWORDS":"HIP HOP","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;}KANYE WT IS AN OUTSPOKEN ARTIST -- THAT MUCH WE KNOW. 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MEETG HIS 'S PARTNER, AND SEEG THAT THEIR RELATNSHIP WAS JT AS SPECIAL AS ANY HETEROSEXUAL UPLE'S, REALLY PUT THGS PERSPECTIVE FOR {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’S CLEAR THAT HIP-HOP STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, ORR TO PLETELY OVERE HOMOPHOBIA, BUT THE PROGRS HAS BEEN REMARKABLE TO WATCH -- WH MANY THANKS DUE TO YEEZ FOR BEG SO BRAVE 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;}THIS YEAR, ONCE AGA, KANYE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON HIP-HOP'S PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS THE LGBT MUNY WHEN HE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CALYN {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

“But everybody hip-hop discrimat agast gay people, that’s one of the standards of hip-hop.

Durg the MTV terview, Wt looked directly to the mera and said: “Me speakg for my entire culture, me lookg at my rappers out there, hip-hop is discrimatg agast gay people.

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

The Kanye Wt terview rurfaced as DaBaby fac blisterg backlash for his homophobic rant. The Kanye Wt terview was rurfaced on social media light of recent homophobic ments ma by hip-hop artist DaBaby.

KANYE WT: IS HE GAY?

S funny you mentn kanye wt, an olr terview he asked 'why are gay people always the targets' h fuckg ol. DaBaby has faced blisterg backlash for liverg a homophobic rant at a gig last month,  which he ma horrendo ments about “suckg d**k” the parkg lot and people dyg om HIV. No, bee you don't have a f***g bipolar disorr n***a you're a closeted homosexual.

" Azealia also threatened to expose the Yeezy founr bee she knew a lot of "homo s**t" that he has done, before claimg that his sexualy is the reason why he always do Teyana Taylor dirty whenever she works on a project wh him. Kanye Wt’s 2005 Interview About Hip-Hop Homophobia Rurfac After DaBaby Controversy. A Kanye Wt terview om more than 15 years ago has rurfaced followg the backlash to DaBaby 's homophobic ments at Rollg Loud Miami last month.

KANYE WT’S DARK TURN TO THE ANTI-GAY CHRISTIAN RIGHTHOLY HYPOCRISYTHE CELEBRATED RAPPER AND TMP SUPPORTER HAS CID TO TAKE HIS SUNDAY SERVICE CHOIR TO A CHRISTIAN EVENT FEATURG MANY ANTI-LGBTQ CSARS.CASSIE DA COSTAFORMER ENTERTAMENT WRERUPDATED JAN. 17, 2020 4:21PM EST / PUBLISHED JAN. 17, 2020 4:39AM EST GILBERT CARRASQUILLO/GC IMAGIN THE LATT BORN-AGA-KANYE NEWS, ’S BEEN REPORTED THAT THE NEWLY-SAVED RAPPER IS HEADLG THE PRAYER RALLY AWAKEN 2020, WHICH WILL ALSO BE HEAD UP BY A BUNCH OF TMP-SUPPORTG ANTI-LGBTQ RIGHTS FANATICS. HE’LL BRG HIS SUNDAY SERVICE CHOIR TO A 10-HOUR ARIZONA EVENT THIS SATURDAY, JAN. 18, WHERE EVANGELIL LEARS AND CELEBRI—WHO HAVE REFERRED TO HOMOSEXUALY AS A “SPIR OF LAWLSNS” AND OPPOSED LEGISLATN THAT BANS DISCRIMATN ON THE BASIS OF GENR INTY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN—WILL STAND AT THE PULP TO ADDRS THE MASS. IN A 2005 NVERSATN WH THE DJ AND RAD HOST SWAY, KANYE LAMENTED THE HOMOPHOBIA ENMIC TO THE HIP-HOP MUNY WHILE EVOKG HIS ACCEPTANCE OF HIS GAY . AND 2015, WHEN CALYN JENNER ME OUT AS TRANS, KANYE NVCED HIS WIFE, KIM KARDASHIAN—JENNER’S FORMER STEPDGHTER—TO ACCEPT HER PARENT’S TRANSN WHOUT PREJUDICE. STILL, KANYE’S RECENT CISN TO STAND SI-BY-SI WH AVOWED HOMOPHOB AT A PRAYER RALLY WILL LIKELY NOT PROMISE HIS STANDG WH THE YOUNGER, QUEERER PORTN OF HIS FANBASE, NOR DO EXACTLY NTRADICT HIS STATEMENTS AND ACTNS OM 2005 AND 2015. IN FACT, MANY NSERVATIVE-MD PEOPLE WHO THK THEY ARE ACCEPTG OF THE LGBTQ MUNY DO NOT STAND SOLIDARY WH BEYOND THE DIVIDUAL ACCEPTANCE OF IENDS OR FAY MEMBERS. FOR MANY NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS, IS EASY TO ALLOW THE POLIL TO STAY PERSONAL. AFTER ALL, ’S NOT QUE HYPOCRISY TO OPPOSE THE LEGISLATN THAT ULD KEEP TRANS PEOPLE—PECIALLY POOR AND BLACK TRANS WOMEN—SAFE WHILE SG ALONG WH YOUR RICH, WHE NSERVATIVE TRANS -LAW. THE FORMER REQUIR REAL ENGAGEMENT AND GRE OF SACRIFICE, WHILE THE LATTER ALLOWS YOU TO SEEM ENLIGHTENED WHILE FIGHTG FOR NOTHG. WHEN KANYE SPOKE TO SWAY ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, HE WAS BOTH SPEAKG A LONG-IGNORED TTH AND CRICIZG A MUNY OF MOSTLY BLACK MEN. EVEN OM A BS STANDPOT, KANYE’S GOSPEL WASN’T EXACTLY A MARTYR’S POSN SCE BY 2005, HE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE MASTREAM. BY DIRECTG HIS MORALIZG AT OTHER BLACK PEOPLE AN OFT-MARGALIZED SECTOR OF THE MIC DTRY, HE AVOID BLOWBACK OM THE RPORATNS THAT WERE LG HIS POCKETS. IN THE VIO, KANYE EXPLAS THAT HIS OWN HOMOPHOBIA STEMMED OM BULLYG HE EXPERIENCED AS AN UNNVENTNALLY-DRSED BLACK SCHOOLKID. IT’S THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE WI-REACHG NSEQUENC OF HOMOPHOBIA SOCIETY (OFTEN LLED TOXIC MASCULY) THAT TRIGGERS KANYE’S EMOTN THE NVERSATN—NOT THE JTICE FACED DIRECTLY BY GAYS. NOW THAT KANYE IS PREACHG A DIFFERENT GOSPEL—ONE OF NFORMY AND NSERVATISM AS ORDAED BY EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY—HE N FIRMLY PLACE HIS PREV ENTREATI AGAST ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMATN THE PERSONAL SPHERE, LEGISLATN BE DAMNED. “NOW THAT KANYE IS PREACHG A DIFFERENT GOSPEL—ONE OF NFORMY AND NSERVATISM AS ORDAED BY EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY—HE N FIRMLY PLACE HIS PREV ENTREATI AGAST ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMATN THE PERSONAL SPHERE, LEGISLATN BE DAMNED.” BUT THIS KD OF PARTMENTALIZATN ISN’T SPECIFIC TO KANYE—TRENDY, ANTI-LGBTQ MEGACHURCH LIKE HILLSONG ARE BEYOND REPROACH OM THE LIK OF ACTOR CHRIS PRATT, WHO FEND HIS CHOICE TO STAY WH THE CHURCH SCE THEY SUPPORTED HIM THROUGH HIS DIVORCE, “[D]PE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT DIVORCE.” MANY OF THE EVANGELIL CHURCH AND ANIZATNS WILL SAY THAT THEY WELE ANYONE THROUGH THEIR DOORS, BUT SIMPLY DO NOT ALLOW OPENLY LGBTQ PEOPLE LEARSHIP POSNS. THE PROBLEM WH THIS STANCE SHOULD BE CLEAR: LGBTQ JTICE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND ATH FOR THE NON-RICH AND NON-WHE, NOT ABOUT ABSTRACT HELP OR GUIDANCE ON THE NDN THAT AN DIVIDUAL HIS OR PLAYS DOWN THEIR INTY AND CIRCUMSTANC. IF YOU ARE TLY SOLIDARY WH THE LGBTQ MUNY—WH BLACK TRANS WOMEN, QUEER TEENS, AND POOR BUTCH LBIANS LIVG THE BIBLE BELT—YOU HAVE TO BE WILLG TO FIGHT FOR THE LEGISLATN THAT WILL GUARANTEE ALL OF EQUAL ACCS TO HEALTH RE, JOBS, SHELTER, AND TN UNR THE LAW; OTHERWISE, YOU’RE WH THE RT OF THEM. MUCH LIKE THE ANTI-BERS, SEGREGATNISTS, AND REDLERS WHO SWEAR THEY AREN’T RACIST, WILL BE EASY FOR KANYE TO TEGRATE HIS NEW ALLEGIANCE TO EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY AND TMP WH HIS PAST VERBAL GTUR OF LGBTQ SUPPORT. BUT THE TTH REMAS THAT WORDS ALONE ARE EMPTY WHEN TO JTICE. WHO YOU STAND AND FIGHT BI MATTERS. CASSIE DA COSTA

A Kanye Wt terview om more than 15 years ago has rurfaced followg the backlash to DaBaby ‘s homophobic ments at Rollg Loud Miami last month. In the vio, Wt also revealed that high school, people would often e the word “gay” as an sult and equently asked if he was gay, which ma him feel “homophobic, bee I was like damn, why do everybody else walk like this and I walk like this? Wt ntued the terview: “If you see somethg and you don’t want to be that bee there’s such a negative nnotatn towards , you try to separate yourself om so much that ma me homophobic by the time I was through wh high school.

But for Wt, spe societal fluenc that impacted his opn as a teen, he later had a change of heart after learng that his loved one was gay. “I remember my told me that another one of my s was gay, and at that pot was the turng pot where I was like, ‘Yo, this is my , I love him.

I’ve been discrimatg agast gays. “… But everybody hip-hop discrimat agast gay people.

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

To me, that’s one of the standards of hip-hop … Matter of fact, the exact oppose word of ‘hip-hop’ I thk is ‘gay. “Me speakg for my entire culture and me lookg at my rappers out there, hip-hoppers discrimate agast gay people. The rurfaced vio after DaBaby issued a send apology on Monday for his Rollg Loud remarks, sayg he was sorry to the LGBTQ muny for his homophobic rant, durg which he ma accurate and hurtful ments about HIV, AIDS and queer people.