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- MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL
- 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
MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL
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.
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
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