t.A.T.u.’s Fx-Lbian Sger Wouldn’t Accept a Gay Son – Billboard

Contents:

• 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'

T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON

At that pot, “gay” was still ed extensively as a slur (before Hilary Duff told not to), as were “lbian” and “queer. ” 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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T.A.T.U. SGER WOULD 'CONMN' A GAY SON, WOULDN'T MD IF HER DGHTER WAS A LBIAN

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.

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T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'

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