Kanye Wt is Officially Gay

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• KANYE WT SHUTS DOWN GAY RUMORS WH BETY INFLUENCER JEFEE STAR
• KANYE WT ALLEGEDLY SPREADG UNFOUND MORS PETE DAVIDSON IS GAY, HAS AIDS
• KANYE LETS ALLEGED GAY LOVER HOLD NORTH WT
• WENDY WILLIAMS SUAT KANYE WT IS GAY AS SHE BACKS AMBER ROSE DURG FIERY RANT
• KANYE WT'S ALLEGED GAY LOVE AFFAIR; WHAT THE TABS ARE TALKG ABOUT
• KANYE WT GAY? RAPPER RUMORED TO BE IN RELATNSHIP WH FRENCH FASHN DIGNER OLIVIER ROTEG
• KANYE WT: IS HE GAY?
• 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
• 16 CELEBRI UNBOTHERED BY GAY {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}SHEMAR MOORE, YOUNG THUG, RICH HOMIE QUAN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1920PX;HEIGHT:1080PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}DIRT OFF THEIR SHOULRS - ONCE UPON A TIME, LLG A CELEBRY "GAY" WAS REER SUICI. IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){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;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)
• KANYE WT IS OFFICIALLY GAY
• KANYE WT: FANS DON’T BELIEVE RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY

KANYE WT SHUTS DOWN GAY RUMORS WH BETY INFLUENCER JEFEE STAR

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 ALLEGEDLY SPREADG UNFOUND MORS PETE DAVIDSON IS GAY, HAS AIDS

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. ” (Is that a gay nuendo?

It would jt make Kim’s narrative more Liz Taylorish if she ns through a strg of gay men.

KANYE LETS ALLEGED GAY LOVER HOLD NORTH WT

*A source close to Kanye Wt claims reports that the rapper is makg sexy time wh gay bety fluencer Jefee Star is not te.

' Now Yeezy is beg lked to another member of the LGBTQ week Kanye Wt trend for hours on social media after unsubstantiated claims that his divorce om Kim Kardashian was triggered by a secret romance wh gay make-up artist Jefee Star. I have very strong doubts that Kanye Wt is gay and the closet. If Kanye Wt were gay, he would not only be out and proud, he would never shut up about how he’s the bt at beg gay and he’s the most powerful power top ever.

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

I also don’t thk Kanye has enough self-awarens to be a self-loathg closeted gay Christian Republin. He’d want the attentn the Lil Nas X got and jt say that beg gay mak him a better Christian than straight people. 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.

KANYE WT'S ALLEGED GAY LOVE AFFAIR; WHAT THE TABS ARE TALKG ABOUT

Dpe movg on wh Julia Fox, ” the “J Is Kg” rapper allegedly has told people Davidson is gay and has Imag. Nobody really knows if this guy is straight or gay, is a mystery.

Kanye Lets Alleged Gay Lover Hold North Wt. It seems Kanye may still have a thg for his alleged gay lover Rirdo Tisci after lettg him pose wh his swirly bundle of joy. The talk show host didn't pull any punch, even gog as far as to slam the rapper's wife Kim KardashianVio LoadgVio UnavailableWendy Williams's shockg rant about Kanye after his Twter spat wh Blac ChynaWendy Williams has suated Kanye Wt is gay durg a fiery rant.

The talk show host, who's prevly claimed to know a number of gay hip hop stars, tore to Kanye durg The Wendy Williams Show on Thursday. Kanye Wt is facg new mors that he is secretly gay, wh sourc claimg that the rapper may be steppg out on wife Kim Kardashian wh another man om the world of high fashn. The allegatns origate om a gay datg se lled, where an ex-boyiend of Roteg allegedly posted some suggtive photos and emails that Kanye and Roteg exchanged.

KANYE WT GAY? RAPPER RUMORED TO BE IN RELATNSHIP WH FRENCH FASHN DIGNER OLIVIER ROTEG

This is not the first time that reports have claimed Kanye Wt was gay.

Back Augt, 2014, mors began circulatg that Kanye’s iendship wh openly gay signer Rirdo Tisci may have been somethg a ltle more. Some speculated that Kanye Wt may have been the gay lover Rirdo Tisci was referrg to.

While none of the reports have ever been nfirmed and the mor that Kanye Wt is gay is entirely that — a mor — the rapper has never been shy about his teractns wh the gay muny. Earlier this year he and actor Jared Leto were spotted hangg out together at a popular French nightclub that has a reputatn as a “gay cisg” spot.

KANYE WT: IS HE GAY?

However, one of the weirst fashn moments of the season so far, they were spotted at Le Dépot, a landmark on the Parisian gay cisg scene. It’s worth notg that Kanye Wt himself has never addrsed the gay mors, and none of the reports of his alleged gay affairs have ever been nfirmed beyond unnamed sourc and tabloid webs. Is Kanye gay?

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. 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The mors started after InTouch magaze prted a story claimg Kim Kardashian fears that her boyiend/baby daddy is gay. Do you thk Kanye is gay?

By Andy EmtDpe 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.

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IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){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;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)

More importantly, though, his mic and public persona nta clear echo of queer life — and 's time to start celebratg them as 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.

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.

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 has personified the balance of pa and succs more brilliantly than Kanye Wt?

KANYE WT IS OFFICIALLY GAY

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 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. ” 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 tenncy toward excsivens is well-tablished.

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

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.