Iggy Azalea drops out of gay pri event after tweets rurface

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• IGGY AZALEA HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS: HERE'S WHY GAY PRI GROUPS BOYTTED SGER'S PTSBURGH PERFORMANCE
• IGGY AZALEA: HOMOPHOB NEED MORE GAYS THEIR LIV
• IGGY AZALEA IS COMG TO MY CY TO 'RU' GAY PRI -- HERE'S WHY I'M HAPPY ABOUT ITTHE I-G-G-Y IS G ALL KDS OF DRAMA PTSBURGH. I LIVE HERE, AND I THK THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD {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;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICJUNE 6, 2015/8:00 {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;}GETTYBY KRISTA MASICJUNE 6, 2015 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IGGY AZALEA IS COMG TO MY CY TO 'RU' GAY PRI -- HERE'S WHY I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-06T12:00:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-06T12:00:35.000+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":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{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;}I’M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. I ED TO LIVE NEW YORK, THEN I LIVED SAN FRANCIS, AND NOW I LIVE PTSBURGH. IN MANY WAYS, THIS CY HAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ME -- I HAD NO IA HOW BETIFUL WAS BEFORE I MOVED HERE ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO AND I’VE BEEN NSISTENTLY IMPRSED BY THE CY'S ART, FOOD, AND POLIL {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;}SO I’M ALWAYS DISAPPOTED WHEN OTHER WAYS, PTSBURGH REVEALS SELF TO STILL BE PAFULLY STUCK THE PAST. LIKE THIS PAST THURSDAY, WHEN ONE OF OUR MAJOR NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED AN OP-ED FULL OF TRANSPHOBIC HATE SPEECH ABOUT CALYN {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 PARATIVELY SMALL LGBTQ MUNY HERE DON’T OFTEN MAKE NATNAL HEADL, BUT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE -- PART DUE TO SOME OF THE THGS THAT MAKE PTSBURGH LS-THAN-AWOME, BUT MOSTLY BEE OF IGGY AZALEA. IGGY IS SCHLED AS THE HEADLER AT THE PTSBURGH PRI CELEBRATN ON JUNE 13TH, AND AS A RULT, MANY LGBT ANIZATNS ARE BOYTTG THE CELEBRATNS.GETTY2015 BILLBOARD MIC AWARDS - {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 SE YOU MISSED , IGGY HAS FACED A WHOLE LOT OF BACKLASH OM THE LGBTQ MUNY OVER SOME OLD HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS -- CLUDG ONE WHICH SHE SAID, “WHEN GUYS WHISPER EACH OTHERS EARS I ALWAYS THK S KDA HOMO,” AND ANOTHER THAT SAID, “WONRED WHY MY BUTT FELT LIKE WAS ABOUT TO GROW LEGS, FLIP ME OFF & WALK AWAY. THEN I REMEMBERED I PLAYED SOCCER YTRDY W 5 DYKE BCH.”{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;}IGGY HAS ALSO BEEN LLED RACIST BEE OF LYRICS LIKE, “WHEN THE RELAY STARTS, I’M A NAWAY SLAVE-MASTER,” (FOR WHICH SHE HAS APOLOGIZED, SORT OF), AND TWEETS LIKE “JT SAW 5 BLACK MEN GET ARRTED OUT THE ONT OF POPEY. #DAMN #STEREOTYP,” AND “THIS ASIAN LADY ON THE PLANE TRIED TO ACT LIKE SHE DIDN’T UNRSTAND ME I TOLD HER ASS BCH U GONE KNOW ENGLISH TODAY E THAT’S MY SEAT!”{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 "FANCY" RAPPER HAS SCE LETED ALL OF THE OFFENSIVE TWEETS, AND MATAS THAT THEY WERE ALL JT JOK. SHE RECENTLY NCELLED HER GREAT ESPE TOUR SAYG SHE HAD A “CREATIVE CHANGE OF HEART.” BUT SHE KEPT PTSBURGH PRI AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER EVENTS ON 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;} .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;}{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 BIG CI LIKE SAN FRANCIS AND NEW YORK, ’S MON TO HEAR PEOPLE THE LGBTQ MUNY PLA THAT PRI HAS GOTTEN “TOO MERCIAL". COMPLATS ABOUT HOW WHE, GAY-MALE-CENTRIC, AND EXPENSIVE PRI CELEBRATNS ARE PRETTY MON, TOO, AND EVEN HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY FLEEG THEIR CI DURG {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;} .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;}{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;} .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;}{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, AS A RULT, UNTLS SMALLER, MUNY-BASED, STILL-POLIL PRI EVENTS HAVE CROPPED UP THOSE CI AS AN ALTERNATIVE. AND NOW, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF MUNY ANIZATNS HERE -- AND OUTRAGE OVER IGGY AZALEA -- PTSBURGH WILL HAVE MORE OF THOSE THAN EVER {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;} .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;}{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;}GROUPS BAILG ON PTSBURGH PRI DUE TO IGGY’S PRENCE CLU THE FIRST UNED METHODIST CHURCH, THE YOUTH MISTRY OF THE FIRST UNARIAN CHURCH OF PTSBURGH, THE LOL GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT NETWORK (GLSEN) CHAPTER, AND THE GARN OF PEACE PROJECT, AMONG OTHERS. PTSBURGH’S CY COUNCIL PRINT ALSO RECENTLY JOED 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;}MICHAEL DAVID BATTLE, FOUNDG DIRECTOR OF THE GARN OF PEACE PROJECT, AND ARTIST/ACTIVIST JOY KMT (PRONOUNCED “K’MET”) HAVE -FOUND ROOTS PRI, AN “INTENTNAL CELEBRATN OF DIVERSY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTM OF RACE, CLASS, GENR, ORIENTATN, AND ABILY THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY,” AS AN ALTERNATIVE PRI CELEBRATN PTSBURGH THAT AIMS TO CELEBRATE HOW FAR WE’VE E WHOUT LOSG SIGHT OF HOW FAR WE HAVE YET TO {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;}I UGHT UP WH BOTH OF THEM TO DISCS HOW IGGY G TO PTSBURGH TO “ PRI” MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A TALYST FOR SOME REALLY GREAT {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;}“PEOPLE PAY ATTENTN TO THGS THAT ENTERTA THEM,” JOY KMT SAID. “THE JUMP-OFF POT OF THE DISCSNS BEG IGGY AZALEA IS ENTERTAG TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT’S BEEN HELPFUL, BEE PTSBURGH FAC A LOT OF DISPARI THAT DON’T GET MENTNED THE MEDIA. THEY SAY, ‘HERE’S WHY PTSBURGH IS THE NEW BROOKLYN,’ OR ‘THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU’RE AN ARTIST,’.. WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY MARGALIZED, VISIBLE POPULATN OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO DON’T OFTEN GET THE ABILY TO HAVE THIS SORT OF PLATFORM.”{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;}STATISTILLY, PTSBURGH IS THE WHT METROPOLAN AREA THE US, AND REPORTS NSISTENTLY SHOW THAT PEOPLE OF LOR PTSBURGH ARE SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED WHEN TO ACCS TO E, TN, AND CRIMAL JTICE. ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF BLACK PEOPLE LIVG PTSBURGH LIVE POVERTY.JOY KMT / {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;}“PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THIS KD OF OUTCRY JT BEE A CELEBRY THEY DON’T LIKE IS G TO TOWN,” KMT SAID. “PEOPLE HAVE THIS KD OF OUTCRY BEE THEY’VE HISTORILLY BEEN UNHEARD, SILENCED, AND EXPLOED. THAT’S THE RPONSE WE’RE SEEG NOW.”{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;}“PRI ISN’T OWNED BY ANY ONE GROUP,” SHE NTUED. “PRI ISN’T OWNED BY THE PEOPLE THE MUNY THAT HAVE RPORATE SPONSORS AND HOLD THE BULK OF THE WEALTH WH THE MUNY. PRI IS A CELEBRATN OF A RISTANCE THAT WAS LED BY TRANSGENR WOMEN OF LOR, AND CLUS ALL SEGMENTS OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. .. N CELEBRATE, FOR SURE. BUT WE N’T DISREGARD THE CRIL ISSU FACG OUR MUNY AT THE SAME TIME.”{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;}“I THK THAT [IGGY] WAS A TALYST FOR BROANG THE NVERSATNS THAT MUNY ACTIVISTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAVG HERE FOR A LONG TIME. IT’S HELPED TO SHED LIGHT ON ISSU OF ACCS TO HEALTHRE, HOG, AND TN BY QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE OF LOR PTSBURGH BEE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKG OUT.”MICHAEL DAVID {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;}BATTLE ALSO NOTED THAT THE NATNAL NVERSATNS WE’VE BEEN HAVG ABOUT POLICE VLENCE AND VLENCE AGAST TRANSGENR WOMEN MUNI OF LOR HAVE HELPED TO FACILATE THE NVERSATNS {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;}“I’VE BEEN WORKG THIS MUNY FOR ELEVEN YEARS THIS CY,” BATTLE NTUED. “THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE FELT LIKE THE MUNY IS NOT JT RALLYG ALONE. THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE HAVG THE NVERSATNS ABOUT RACE AND CLASS AND DISPARY WH THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUT WE WEREN’T SEEG THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT OM THE LARGER ’S REALLY BEEN AMAZG.”{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;}I ASKED BATTLE WHETHER HE THKS HAVG MULTIPLE PRI CELEBRATNS PTSBURGH IS {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;}“NO,” HE SAID. “IN WTERN CULTURE, WE TEND TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHG N BE MONOLHIC AND HOMOGENO, BUT JT DON’T WORK THAT WAY. .. WE NEED DIFFERENT TYP OF PRI CELEBRATNS, BEE EVERYONE CELEBRAT DIFFERENTLY. NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO CELEBRATE WH 100,000 PEOPLE AT THE DELTA CELEBRATN.”{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 IS SO, SO MUCH BIGGER THAN IGGY AZALEA,” BATTLE {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;} .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;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• IGGY AZALEA: THE GAY TERVIEW
• IGGY AZALEA DROPS OUT OF GAY PRI EVENT AFTER TWEETS RURFACE
• IGGY AZALEA ON GAY MOURS AS SHE PERFORMS RNCHY GIG DETRO

IGGY AZALEA HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS: HERE'S WHY GAY PRI GROUPS BOYTTED SGER'S PTSBURGH PERFORMANCE

"But like, I don't know, bisexual, pansexual, queer, lbian, gay, straight. I always jt say gay bee jt kd of vers or queer bee I thk the keyword is ol. Several groups had ncelled appearanc at the event prott and Bce Krs, the cy's first openly gay elected official, cricised the of the leted ments are reported to have clud Iggy g the term "homo" while referrg to guys whisperg each others ears.

IGGY AZALEA: HOMOPHOB NEED MORE GAYS THEIR LIV

Vansa Davis of the Ptsburgh chapter of Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network voted not to take part the event bee of the planned headle performance.

Azalea has been acced of beg homophobic bee of ments she tweeted years ago. Atralian rapper Iggy Azalea has been acced by some of beg homophobic after ments she tweeted years ago recently surfaced light of her schled performance at Ptsburgh Pri, an event support of the cy’s gay and transgenr rints. Several of the events sponsors and participatg groups threatened to pull out of Ptsburgh Pri bee of what the rapper tweets that drew the ire of gay groups clud homophobic slurs and a stereotype about lbian women sports.

Many have lled Azalea’s ments anti-gay and have led some to acce the rapper of beg tweets have long sce been leted but are still archived screenshots on Tumblr. “When guys whisper each others ears I always thk s kda homo, " Azalea, 25, tweeted also tweeted a homophobic slur about lbian women.

IGGY AZALEA IS COMG TO MY CY TO 'RU' GAY PRI -- HERE'S WHY I'M HAPPY ABOUT ITTHE I-G-G-Y IS G ALL KDS OF DRAMA PTSBURGH. I LIVE HERE, AND I THK THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD {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;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICJUNE 6, 2015/8:00 {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;}GETTYBY KRISTA MASICJUNE 6, 2015 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IGGY AZALEA IS COMG TO MY CY TO 'RU' GAY PRI -- HERE'S WHY I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-06T12:00:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-06T12:00:35.000+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":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{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;}I’M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. I ED TO LIVE NEW YORK, THEN I LIVED SAN FRANCIS, AND NOW I LIVE PTSBURGH. IN MANY WAYS, THIS CY HAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ME -- I HAD NO IA HOW BETIFUL WAS BEFORE I MOVED HERE ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO AND I’VE BEEN NSISTENTLY IMPRSED BY THE CY'S ART, FOOD, AND POLIL {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;}SO I’M ALWAYS DISAPPOTED WHEN OTHER WAYS, PTSBURGH REVEALS SELF TO STILL BE PAFULLY STUCK THE PAST. LIKE THIS PAST THURSDAY, WHEN ONE OF OUR MAJOR NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED AN OP-ED FULL OF TRANSPHOBIC HATE SPEECH ABOUT CALYN {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 PARATIVELY SMALL LGBTQ MUNY HERE DON’T OFTEN MAKE NATNAL HEADL, BUT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE -- PART DUE TO SOME OF THE THGS THAT MAKE PTSBURGH LS-THAN-AWOME, BUT MOSTLY BEE OF IGGY AZALEA. IGGY IS SCHLED AS THE HEADLER AT THE PTSBURGH PRI CELEBRATN ON JUNE 13TH, AND AS A RULT, MANY LGBT ANIZATNS ARE BOYTTG THE CELEBRATNS.GETTY2015 BILLBOARD MIC AWARDS - {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 SE YOU MISSED , IGGY HAS FACED A WHOLE LOT OF BACKLASH OM THE LGBTQ MUNY OVER SOME OLD HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS -- CLUDG ONE WHICH SHE SAID, “WHEN GUYS WHISPER EACH OTHERS EARS I ALWAYS THK S KDA HOMO,” AND ANOTHER THAT SAID, “WONRED WHY MY BUTT FELT LIKE WAS ABOUT TO GROW LEGS, FLIP ME OFF & WALK AWAY. THEN I REMEMBERED I PLAYED SOCCER YTRDY W 5 DYKE BCH.”{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;}IGGY HAS ALSO BEEN LLED RACIST BEE OF LYRICS LIKE, “WHEN THE RELAY STARTS, I’M A NAWAY SLAVE-MASTER,” (FOR WHICH SHE HAS APOLOGIZED, SORT OF), AND TWEETS LIKE “JT SAW 5 BLACK MEN GET ARRTED OUT THE ONT OF POPEY. #DAMN #STEREOTYP,” AND “THIS ASIAN LADY ON THE PLANE TRIED TO ACT LIKE SHE DIDN’T UNRSTAND ME I TOLD HER ASS BCH U GONE KNOW ENGLISH TODAY E THAT’S MY SEAT!”{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 "FANCY" RAPPER HAS SCE LETED ALL OF THE OFFENSIVE TWEETS, AND MATAS THAT THEY WERE ALL JT JOK. SHE RECENTLY NCELLED HER GREAT ESPE TOUR SAYG SHE HAD A “CREATIVE CHANGE OF HEART.” BUT SHE KEPT PTSBURGH PRI AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER EVENTS ON 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;} .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;}{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 BIG CI LIKE SAN FRANCIS AND NEW YORK, ’S MON TO HEAR PEOPLE THE LGBTQ MUNY PLA THAT PRI HAS GOTTEN “TOO MERCIAL". COMPLATS ABOUT HOW WHE, GAY-MALE-CENTRIC, AND EXPENSIVE PRI CELEBRATNS ARE PRETTY MON, TOO, AND EVEN HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY FLEEG THEIR CI DURG {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;} .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;}{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;} .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;}{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, AS A RULT, UNTLS SMALLER, MUNY-BASED, STILL-POLIL PRI EVENTS HAVE CROPPED UP THOSE CI AS AN ALTERNATIVE. AND NOW, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF MUNY ANIZATNS HERE -- AND OUTRAGE OVER IGGY AZALEA -- PTSBURGH WILL HAVE MORE OF THOSE THAN EVER {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;} .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;}{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;}GROUPS BAILG ON PTSBURGH PRI DUE TO IGGY’S PRENCE CLU THE FIRST UNED METHODIST CHURCH, THE YOUTH MISTRY OF THE FIRST UNARIAN CHURCH OF PTSBURGH, THE LOL GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT NETWORK (GLSEN) CHAPTER, AND THE GARN OF PEACE PROJECT, AMONG OTHERS. PTSBURGH’S CY COUNCIL PRINT ALSO RECENTLY JOED 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;}MICHAEL DAVID BATTLE, FOUNDG DIRECTOR OF THE GARN OF PEACE PROJECT, AND ARTIST/ACTIVIST JOY KMT (PRONOUNCED “K’MET”) HAVE -FOUND ROOTS PRI, AN “INTENTNAL CELEBRATN OF DIVERSY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTM OF RACE, CLASS, GENR, ORIENTATN, AND ABILY THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY,” AS AN ALTERNATIVE PRI CELEBRATN PTSBURGH THAT AIMS TO CELEBRATE HOW FAR WE’VE E WHOUT LOSG SIGHT OF HOW FAR WE HAVE YET TO {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;}I UGHT UP WH BOTH OF THEM TO DISCS HOW IGGY G TO PTSBURGH TO “ PRI” MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A TALYST FOR SOME REALLY GREAT {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;}“PEOPLE PAY ATTENTN TO THGS THAT ENTERTA THEM,” JOY KMT SAID. “THE JUMP-OFF POT OF THE DISCSNS BEG IGGY AZALEA IS ENTERTAG TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT’S BEEN HELPFUL, BEE PTSBURGH FAC A LOT OF DISPARI THAT DON’T GET MENTNED THE MEDIA. THEY SAY, ‘HERE’S WHY PTSBURGH IS THE NEW BROOKLYN,’ OR ‘THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU’RE AN ARTIST,’.. WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY MARGALIZED, VISIBLE POPULATN OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO DON’T OFTEN GET THE ABILY TO HAVE THIS SORT OF PLATFORM.”{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;}STATISTILLY, PTSBURGH IS THE WHT METROPOLAN AREA THE US, AND REPORTS NSISTENTLY SHOW THAT PEOPLE OF LOR PTSBURGH ARE SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED WHEN TO ACCS TO E, TN, AND CRIMAL JTICE. ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF BLACK PEOPLE LIVG PTSBURGH LIVE POVERTY.JOY KMT / {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;}“PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THIS KD OF OUTCRY JT BEE A CELEBRY THEY DON’T LIKE IS G TO TOWN,” KMT SAID. “PEOPLE HAVE THIS KD OF OUTCRY BEE THEY’VE HISTORILLY BEEN UNHEARD, SILENCED, AND EXPLOED. THAT’S THE RPONSE WE’RE SEEG NOW.”{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;}“PRI ISN’T OWNED BY ANY ONE GROUP,” SHE NTUED. “PRI ISN’T OWNED BY THE PEOPLE THE MUNY THAT HAVE RPORATE SPONSORS AND HOLD THE BULK OF THE WEALTH WH THE MUNY. PRI IS A CELEBRATN OF A RISTANCE THAT WAS LED BY TRANSGENR WOMEN OF LOR, AND CLUS ALL SEGMENTS OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. .. N CELEBRATE, FOR SURE. BUT WE N’T DISREGARD THE CRIL ISSU FACG OUR MUNY AT THE SAME TIME.”{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;}“I THK THAT [IGGY] WAS A TALYST FOR BROANG THE NVERSATNS THAT MUNY ACTIVISTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAVG HERE FOR A LONG TIME. IT’S HELPED TO SHED LIGHT ON ISSU OF ACCS TO HEALTHRE, HOG, AND TN BY QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE OF LOR PTSBURGH BEE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKG OUT.”MICHAEL DAVID {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;}BATTLE ALSO NOTED THAT THE NATNAL NVERSATNS WE’VE BEEN HAVG ABOUT POLICE VLENCE AND VLENCE AGAST TRANSGENR WOMEN MUNI OF LOR HAVE HELPED TO FACILATE THE NVERSATNS {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;}“I’VE BEEN WORKG THIS MUNY FOR ELEVEN YEARS THIS CY,” BATTLE NTUED. “THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE FELT LIKE THE MUNY IS NOT JT RALLYG ALONE. THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE HAVG THE NVERSATNS ABOUT RACE AND CLASS AND DISPARY WH THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUT WE WEREN’T SEEG THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT OM THE LARGER ’S REALLY BEEN AMAZG.”{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;}I ASKED BATTLE WHETHER HE THKS HAVG MULTIPLE PRI CELEBRATNS PTSBURGH IS {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;}“NO,” HE SAID. “IN WTERN CULTURE, WE TEND TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHG N BE MONOLHIC AND HOMOGENO, BUT JT DON’T WORK THAT WAY. .. WE NEED DIFFERENT TYP OF PRI CELEBRATNS, BEE EVERYONE CELEBRAT DIFFERENTLY. NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO CELEBRATE WH 100,000 PEOPLE AT THE DELTA CELEBRATN.”{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 IS SO, SO MUCH BIGGER THAN IGGY AZALEA,” BATTLE {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;} .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;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In fact, the Asie spfire regularly speaks up about her irratn wh homophobia hip-hop and believ the shadow sts over the genre stems om a lack of tn and faiary wh LGBT people.

IGGY AZALEA: THE GAY TERVIEW

"[Homophobia] om ignorance and homophob not beg around enough gay people, " she says. "I thk straight men, pecially hip-hop, have this notn that a gay man is gog to e and make them gay or try to have sex wh them, and I always thk that's so weird. ' I don't get why some straight men are still so sred of gay people.

"However, Azalea believ Amerin culture is changg quickly, and won't be long before an out gay rapper will be accepted by the mastream.

"I don't thk we're far off om [an out mastream rapper] at all bee women are the number 1 nsumers of mic and hip-hop, and I thk women are more open to the ia of openly gay artists, " she says. "I remember seeg [out gay rapper] Le1f on David Letterman jt the other night and thkg how great was for him to have that kd of reach and exposure on televisn.

IGGY AZALEA DROPS OUT OF GAY PRI EVENT AFTER TWEETS RURFACE

"The creased visibily of LGBT people all forms of media is a progrsive step Azalea applds, but she sists homophobia mt be met wh real-life experience before n be relegated solely to history books. "It's good we're a time now where more people are openly gay, bee before there was so much prejudice that people would rema closeted and a person wouldn't even know they were really close iends wh a gay man.

IGGY AZALEA ON GAY MOURS AS SHE PERFORMS RNCHY GIG DETRO

That perpetuated a false ia of what a gay person is, " she says. "Even movi today, we often see only one sort of gay person -- a riture of what a gay person is, and while that's not always a negative thg, 's still jt one story. ""For me, meetg gay people and knowg them real life, beg iends wh them...