Rsian sger Julia Volkova says gay men have 'no right to be a fag,' but that women should be able to love whomever they want.
Contents:
- T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
- T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON
- T.A.T.U. SGER WOULD 'CONMN' A GAY SON, WOULDN'T MD IF HER DGHTER WAS A LBIAN
T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
In a move that really should surprise no one, one half of the duo of Rsian pop sensatn t.A.T.u, Yulia Volkova, who ma her own reer by fakg her homosexualy, says she would "nmn" her son for beg gay—bee beg gay isn't manly enough, and bee of baby-makg, and REAL MEN GRAWR. * tatu actually gay *
In heterospect (the art of lookg back on your life and reflectg on the moments you should have known you’re gay), I was addicted bee was the first time I’d seen lbians on screen.
By then they were nsired gay ins, and their queerns on a public stage was a huge al to those the closet, like myself. Gay For Pay.
We had no reason not to believe them: why would you lie about beg a lbian 2003, when homophobic stigma was even more aggrsive than is today? In a 2011 terview, Volkova stated that she wouldn’t accept havg a gay son.
T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON
* tatu actually gay *
The man for me is the support…I won’t accept a gay son, ” she said on Rsian TV.
She then tried to ‘backpedal’, sayg, “I have many gay iends. I believe that beg gay is all still better than murrers, thiev or dg addicts.
If you choose out of all this, beg gay a ltle better than the rt. They tweet about their dogs, feelgs, and gay stuff at @danileever. At that pot, “gay” was still ed extensively as a slur (before Hilary Duff told not to), as were “lbian” and “queer.
T.A.T.U. SGER WOULD 'CONMN' A GAY SON, WOULDN'T MD IF HER DGHTER WAS A LBIAN
Yulia Volkova of t.A.T.u. recently appeared on Rsian televisn clarg she "won't accept a gay son." * tatu actually gay *
” Yet spe the sual homophobia of the era, you uld also turn on the rad and hear the Rsian pop duo t.
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Volkova later me out as bi, but a 2014 terview for Rsian TV, said that gay men are “unmanly, ” and rebed the ia of havg a gay son. Took the stereotype that women will pretend to be “gay for attentn” to a disturbg and disenchantg extreme. ”) But on the other hand, Kata and Volkova sang about and kissed each other for an dience of lns, and dog so challenged the ep homophobia of the time.