One Directn’s Louis Tomlson says ‘‘I’m gay, ’s pretty unfortunate” | — Atralia’s leadg news se

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• DGS, MELTDOWNS AND 'GAY SEX' MOURS - HOW 'RIVALRY AND HATRED' TORE ONE DIRECTN APART
• ONE DIRECTN FAN PTUR LOUIS TOMLSON SAYG ‘I’M GAY, ’S PRETTY UNFORTUNATE’ VE VIO
• ONE DIRECTN ( YOUR SON TELLS HE'S GAY)
• YOUR SON TELLS YOU HE'S GAY

DGS, MELTDOWNS AND 'GAY SEX' MOURS - HOW 'RIVALRY AND HATRED' TORE ONE DIRECTN APART

Those 'gay sex' mours One theory was that the 'Larry Stylson' fan fictn pictg the pair as lovers had phed them apart. Late last year the 23-year-old went on a Twter rant clarg “I’m straight, ” when he felt his sexualy was beg lled to qutn by a UK a Ve vio has emerged which he seems to be heard sayg: “I’m gay, ’s pretty unfortunate.

”Tomlson was spotted at Bondi Beach yterday wh his girliend Eleanor star has yet to acknowledge the vio, but fans were quick to jump wh hashtags WeLoveYouLouisNoMatterWhat and ImGayItsPrettyUnfortunate trendg on social media. Earlier this week, to the light of the young, the young at heart, gay boys and lechero ble TV execs all around the globe, Brish boy band One Directn released the vio for their sgle "Kiss You. " This vio is a thumbnail illtratn of what mak this group so much fun to watch bee is so fuckg homoerotic.

Their perpetual game of are-they-or-aren't-they mak them engagg on a level we've never seen om a prefab pack of kids sgg plastic most of their vios after their send, "Gotta Be You, " "Kiss You" they are seen a homosocial olic (femal, if they show up their vios at all, are generally portrayed fleetg, blurry shots and/or the background). Denials be damned, "Kiss You" is their most bromantic offerg Directn fans who aren't swoong tweens approach this game of Spot the Gay as a sport. Entire Tumblrs are voted to sniffg out and reportg signs of their tergroup gayns.

ONE DIRECTN FAN PTUR LOUIS TOMLSON SAYG ‘I’M GAY, ’S PRETTY UNFORTUNATE’ VE VIO

What mak One Directn betiful is what mak them seem gay.

The evince of the group's homoeroticism has been vered ad nseam elsewhere, but jt to rep:They are extremely affectnate Terribly affectnate.

ONE DIRECTN ( YOUR SON TELLS HE'S GAY)

" They also sometim discs how much they would like to marry and/or date each Styl was spotted last year at a gay party at New York's Le and Louis thk Niall Horan is habually grab each other's crotch. "Even though the "POWER BOTTOM" T-shirts are Photoshopped on the boys, Louis and Zayn look very natural of this is very adorable, but 's also a very tangible sign of how tim have changed — stead of asshole-clenched paranoia at the suggtn of gayns, kids the days are urtg the evable speculatn on their sexualy (if you want to know what I mean by evable, type the name of any male celebry to Google and then type "G" — "gay" will e up almost always). ) Another monly ced motivatn for secrecy is the potential for homophobic backlash; if the ship isn't heteronormative, studs and labels may et about alienatg ls open-md fans.

YOUR SON TELLS YOU HE'S GAY

If one or more members of a gay pairg has a girliend, fans will sist she's a beard — ually one who's been hired by the pairg's managers.

This belief is ually acpanied by the assumptn that as soon as a major signifint tone (like a movie release or a succsful world tour) has passed, the pairg will be ee to e forth and clare their love — like an end-of-days predictn, but ually gayer.

Management's alleged pernicns extends to securg beards for both Styl and Tomlson, ntractually forbiddg the two to be gay, and regularly distributg fake pictur of their volvement straight, heteronormative relatnships. Bee rabows are associated wh gay pri, many Larri see the bears as yet another for the progrsn of Styl and Tomlson's relatnship. Larry shippers want to save their fave band om homophobia, but the nspiracy theory lked to the ship has created s own problems.