Yulia Volkova of t.A.T.u. recently appeared on Rsian televisn clarg she "won't accept a gay son."
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- T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON
- T.A.T.U. SGER OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
- AM I GAY?
- MALCHIK GAYT.A.T.U.TRACK 7 ON 200 KM/H THE WRONG LANE PRODUCED BYROBERT ORTON & MART KIERSZENBMDEC. 10, 20021 VIEWER28.1K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSMALCHIK GAY LYRICS[CHOS]MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIKMALCHIK, MALCHIK, MALCHIK[VERSE 1]HANDSOME, TENR, SOFTWHY DO YOU LOOK RIGHT THROUGH METHKG"NO, I N'T NY MY FEELGS"GROWG STRONGI TRY TO KEEP BELIEVG, DREAMG ONAND EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, I CRAVE MOREI WANNA PULL YOU CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSERBUT YOU LEAVE ME FEELG OZEN[CHOS]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK, MALCHIKYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]CHOKG BACK EMOTNI TRY TO KEEP ON HOPGFOR A WAY;A REASON FOR BOTH TOCOME CLOSEI LONG FOR YOU TO HOLD MELIKE YOUR BOYIEND DOAND THOUGH MY DREAM ISSLOWLY FADGI WANNA BE THE OBJECTOBJECT, OBJECT, OBJECTOF YOUR PASSN BUT 'S HOPELS[CHOS]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAY[BRIDGE]MAL'CHIK-GEI, MAL'CHIK-GEIBUD' SO MNOI PONAGLEIOT STIDA NE KRASNEIMAL'CHIK-GEI, MAL'CHIK-GEIPOLOZHI NA DZEIMAL'CHIK-GEI, MAL'CHIK-GEIOT MENYA OFIGEIMAL'CHIK-GEI, GEI[CHOS]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY[OUTRO]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK, MALCHIK, MALCHIK GAY5EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
T.A.T.U.’S FX-LBIAN SGER WOULDN’T ACCEPT A GAY SON
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To take a step further, the two sgers, Lena and Julia have both ma homophobic statements.
For example, when asked if she would nmn her son for beg gay, Julia rpond, 'Y, I would nmn him bee I believe that a real man mt be a real man. That beg said, the lyrics were homophobic and pated queerns as somethg to do while your boyiend's away or while you're dnk. But to hear that there's another versn of this where a song siarly out about two women beg together that is not ma by queer women, then the one of the sgers go on to e a slur to scribe gay people, that's extremely disappotg Lookg at a younger generatn that has more reprentatn, that has more diversy of stori, that has reprentatn that's thentic, I wonr, do you thk that yearng is somethg that they experience?
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 OK WH LBIANS, BUT BEG GAY IS 'UNMANLY'
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. * t a t u are gay *
” Yet spe the sual homophobia of the era, you uld also turn on the rad and hear the Rsian pop duo t. Though wasn’t unheard of to see girls kiss girls mastream Amerin culture (see the famo 2003 MTV Vio Mic Awards kiss between Brney Spears, Madonna, and Christa Aguilera), actual gay people, not to mentn trans or other non-cisgenr inti, were largely viewed as an aberratn.
The band’s name and “image” — cludg that the duo were gay — were created by Shapovalov; t.
AM I GAY?
Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you. * t a t u are gay *
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.
MALCHIK GAYT.A.T.U.TRACK 7 ON 200 KM/H THE WRONG LANE PRODUCED BYROBERT ORTON & MART KIERSZENBMDEC. 10, 20021 VIEWER28.1K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSMALCHIK GAY LYRICS[CHOS]MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIKMALCHIK, MALCHIK, MALCHIK[VERSE 1]HANDSOME, TENR, SOFTWHY DO YOU LOOK RIGHT THROUGH METHKG"NO, I N'T NY MY FEELGS"GROWG STRONGI TRY TO KEEP BELIEVG, DREAMG ONAND EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, I CRAVE MOREI WANNA PULL YOU CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSERBUT YOU LEAVE ME FEELG OZEN[CHOS]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK, MALCHIKYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]CHOKG BACK EMOTNI TRY TO KEEP ON HOPGFOR A WAY;A REASON FOR BOTH TOCOME CLOSEI LONG FOR YOU TO HOLD MELIKE YOUR BOYIEND DOAND THOUGH MY DREAM ISSLOWLY FADGI WANNA BE THE OBJECTOBJECT, OBJECT, OBJECTOF YOUR PASSN BUT 'S HOPELS[CHOS]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAY[BRIDGE]MAL'CHIK-GEI, MAL'CHIK-GEIBUD' SO MNOI PONAGLEIOT STIDA NE KRASNEIMAL'CHIK-GEI, MAL'CHIK-GEIPOLOZHI NA DZEIMAL'CHIK-GEI, MAL'CHIK-GEIOT MENYA OFIGEIMAL'CHIK-GEI, GEI[CHOS]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYI N BE ALL YOU NEEDWON'T YOU PLEASE STAY WH MEMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYAPOLOGI, MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN'SMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYCAN'T ERASE WHAT I FEELMALCHIK GAY, GAYMALCHIK GAYMALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY[OUTRO]MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAY, MALCHIK GAYMALCHIK, MALCHIK, MALCHIK GAY5EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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. The man for me is the support…I won’t accept a gay son, ” she said on Rsian TV.