Dick Lesch’s Gui to Seventi Gay Slang | The New Yorker

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• WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEKE PALMER AND ‘THE GAG’ON THE SPIRUAL BOND THAT EXISTS — AND IS SOMETIM BROKEN — BETWEEN STRAIGHT BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK GAY {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;}CELEBRIBY IRA MADISON IIIAUGT 2, 2016/8:59 {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 IRA MADISON IIIAUGT 2, 2016 / 8:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEKE PALMER AND ‘THE GAG’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-02T12:59:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-02T12:59:24.000+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":"IRA MADISON III","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}A FEW WEEKENDS AGO AFTER BNCH, I WAS JT BUZZED ENOUGH TO SPEND MONEY ON THE FILM MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDG DAT. RUG WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN AN OTHERWISE MDLS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CEPLEX, THERE WERE CHARACTERS PLAYED BY AUBREY PLAZA AND ANNA KENDRICK, ACTG “GHETTO” AND LIVERG L FULL-ON “BLACCENTS.”{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;}ADOPTG THE PERSONA OF A BLACK WOMAN IS NOT UNMON FOR NON-BLACK PEOPLE WHO SET OUT TO LIVER A CERTA TYPE OF IRONILLY RACIST EDY. IGGY AZALEA ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A REER OUT OF . THERE IS BON QUI QUI. KYLIE JENNER STTS AROUND WH A NEW BLACK FASHN STATEMENT OM THE ’90S EVERY WEEK, AND LNCH THOANDS OF STYLE PIEC. THEN THERE ARE THE WHE GAY MEN WHO POST OPRAH MEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVE GRDR PROFIL WH NAM LIKE “VLA DAVIS,” “TARAJI P. HENSON,” AND, OBVLY, “OPRAH,” BEE ISN’T JT SO FUNNY TO INTIFY AS A BLACK WOMAN WHEN YOU AREN’T ONE? WHEN TO CULTURAL APPROPRIATN, ’S OFTEN BLACK WOMEN WHO END UP THE BUTT OF 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;}PERHAPS THIS IS WHY THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A SYMBTIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK GAY MEN. STRAIGHT, MASCULE MEN HOLD SOCIETY'S GREATT POWER AND N WIELD MISOGYNY AS A WEAPON: WOMEN FALL PREY TO THAT AND SO DO GAY MEN, WHO ARE HISTORILLY SEEN AS EFFEMATE AND STEREOTYPED AS LSER THAN. IT’S FORMED A BOND WH WOMEN AND GAY MEN FOR S. LOOK AT TELEVISN SHOWS LIKE WILL & GRACE AND SEX AND THE CY. BUT WH BLACK WOMEN AND GAY MEN, ’S MORE THAN JT IENDSHIP AND TRADG DICK JOK MASKED POP-CULTURE REFERENC: THE BOND IS SPIRUAL. BLACK GAY CULTURE WAS BIRTHED OM THAT {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;}NOTHG PTUR THIS MORE THAN THE DOCUMENTARY PARIS IS BURNG. THE 1990 FILM THAT PTUR THE LIV OF YOUNG GAY BLACK MEN ON THE G OF SOCIETY MONSTRAT HOW HEAVILY DRAG CULTURE BORROWS OM BLACK WOMEN. WHILE DORIAN COREY MIGHT HAVE GIVEN THE FN OF SHA AND READG, THE ARE THGS HAVE EXISTED THE BLACK MUNY FOR YEARS, A D LANGUAGE BETWEEN BLACK WOMEN TAKEN TO EXAGGERATN BY BLACK GAY MEN DRAG AND BALL CULTURE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY CREATE A LIFE OF S OWN. THK OF AS A SP-OFF THAT BE A SERI S OWN RIGHT: THE FAY MATTERS TO PERFECT STRANGERS OR THE FRASIER TO CHEERS. BLACK WOMEN MAY HAVE SPIRED MUCH OF BLACK GAY CULTURE, BUT WE’VE CERTALY MA OUR OWN 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;}THIS ISN’T TO SAY THAT ALL STRAIGHT BLACK WOMEN AND ALL BLACK GAY MEN ARE BT IENDS. SPIRUAL BONDS ASI, BLACK WOMEN N’T FULLY UNRSTAND WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A BLACK GAY MAN. STRAIGHT BLACK WOMEN ARE JT AS PABLE OF HOMOPHOBIA AS STRAIGHT BLACK MEN. IN A POPULAR SCENE OM THE REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA, FOR STANCE, NENE LEAK TOLD CYNTHIA BAILEY'S HBAND THAT HE WAS “ACTG LIKE A BCH.” AND THE MOST RECENT SEASON VOLVED HOMOPHOBIC JOK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ACTRS KIM FIELDS’S HBAND WAS GAY. IT’S THOSE MOMENTS, OR MOMENTS LIKE SEEG THE GEO, EXTREMELY TALENTED KEKE PALMER ON LATE NIGHT WH SETH MEYERS, THAT FEEL LIKE A {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;}AS OF LATE, KEKE HAS BEEN G SNAPCHAT TO CREATE MEM AND ENGAGE WH HER FANBASE A WAY THAT’S REHG FOR A YOUNG ACTRS HER AGE. INSTEAD OF CHIDG KARDASHIANS OVER HOW THEY DRS, KEKE IS BY BEG A 22-YEAR-OLD. THAT MEANS AKEELAH IS NO LONGER TALKG ABOUT THE BEE — NOW SHE'S TALKG ABOUT THE D. IN ONE SNAPCHAT, SHE SAYS: “MY NEW N**** JT FUCKED UP MY LIFE, BUT THE GAG IS, I JT LLED LAST WEEK’S N**** TO CLEAN UP HIS MS.” AS A ONE-OFF SNAP ’S FUNNY, BUT A CLOSER LOOK AT KEKE’S SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS THAT SHE’S LERALLY TRYG TO MAKE “THE GAG” TO A BRAND. EVERY OTHER POST IS “THE GAG” THIS AND “THE GAG” THAT, WH KEKE PRENTG “THE GAG” AS NEW SLANG TO HER YOUNG DIENCE. HER EXPLANATN OF WHAT “THE GAG” IS ON SETH MEYERS NATURALLY LED TO WHE JOURNALISTS VERG AND GETTG WRONG. “WHENEVER YOU'RE CRAZY, JT PUT ‘THE GAG’ THERE AND ’S ALL FE. IT’S THE TCH, ’S THE UP, ’S THE TCH, ’S THE ONE THG," KEKE EXPLAED TO SETH LIKE SHE WAS RECG GOOGLE-TRANSLATED AMERIE {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 GAG” IS A TERM THAT’S LONG BEEN ED BLACK GAY CULTURE, WH VARIATNS OF “WHY YOU GAGGG?” AND “I'LL MAKE THEM GAG” SPNG OUT OM . WORDS LIKE THIS, ALONG WH “THE KIDS” — A TERM KEKE SAYS SHE LLS ALL OF HER “PEEPS” — ORIGATED BALL CULTURE, WHERE “THE KIDS” ARE THE YOUNG MEMBERS OF A DRAG HOE LED BY AN OLR, MORE EXPERIENCED QUEEN. THERE’S NOTHG HERENTLY WRONG WH KEKE G THE WORDS, BUT TO BOIL DOWN SLANG THAT’S BEEN ED THE BLACK GAY MUNY FOR S AS “WHAT THE KIDS ARE SAYG ON SNAPCHAT” IS DISGENUO. EVEN MORE DISGENUO IS HER RPONSE TO BLACK GAY MEN, LIKE WRER MICHAEL ARCENEX, WHO POTED OUT HER APPROPRIATN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GOT THIS RPONSE:{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;}FIRST OF ALL, LET’S BREAK DOWN THE NONSENSE THAT RPONSE. “YOU JT LIMED YOURSELF TO A PHRASE” BELI EVERY NVERSATN ABOUT CULTURAL APPROPRIATN THAT’S EVER BEEN HAD. WHY LL OUT THE KARDASHIANS FOR MOIZG BLACK ATHETICS THAT ULD GET AN ACTUAL BLACK WOMAN FIRED OR REFERRED TO AS GHETTO? IT IS, AFTER ALL, JT A HAIRSTYLE. WHY GET MAD AT SGERS LIKE NICK JONAS G GAY CULTURE OR BLACKGROUNDS TO SELL RERDS? IT IS, AFTER ALL, JT MIC. BUT THEN AGA, THIS UNRSTANDG OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATN IS TO BE EXPECTED OM THE WOMAN WHO, AFTER BEG CRICIZED FOR #ALLLIVMATTER RHETORIC AFTER FERGON, FLEW TO ST. LOUIS AND SHOWED UP HIGH HEELS AND FULL MAKP AND POSTED PICTUR ON SOCIAL {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;}BUT THE GAG IS, I’M NOT HERE TO DRAG KEKE. I THK SHE’S GREAT AND POSSIBLY ANGELA BASSETT’S SECRET CLONE, OR AT LEAST A LOVE CHILD BORNE OM THE SET OF WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WH IT. SETH MEYERS? YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO SEE MANY BLACK GAY MEN GRACE HIS STAGE TO EXPLA “THE GAG” THEMSELV — CERTALY NONE OM THE ST OF SCREAM QUEENS, THE SHOW KEKE‘S CURRENTLY PROMOTG, BEE THE GAG IS, RATHER THAN HAVE ANY BLACK GAY CHARACTERS HIS SHOWS, RYAN MURPHY WOULD RATHER A KEKE PALMER OR A NENE LEAK WHO N THROW SHA, SERVE FOR THE KIDS, AND SET FIRE TO PARIS ALL BY {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
• DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEKE PALMER AND ‘THE GAG’ON THE SPIRUAL BOND THAT EXISTS — AND IS SOMETIM BROKEN — BETWEEN STRAIGHT BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK GAY {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;}CELEBRIBY IRA MADISON IIIAUGT 2, 2016/8:59 {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 IRA MADISON IIIAUGT 2, 2016 / 8:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEKE PALMER AND ‘THE GAG’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-02T12:59:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-02T12:59:24.000+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":"IRA MADISON III","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}A FEW WEEKENDS AGO AFTER BNCH, I WAS JT BUZZED ENOUGH TO SPEND MONEY ON THE FILM MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDG DAT. RUG WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN AN OTHERWISE MDLS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CEPLEX, THERE WERE CHARACTERS PLAYED BY AUBREY PLAZA AND ANNA KENDRICK, ACTG “GHETTO” AND LIVERG L FULL-ON “BLACCENTS.”{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;}ADOPTG THE PERSONA OF A BLACK WOMAN IS NOT UNMON FOR NON-BLACK PEOPLE WHO SET OUT TO LIVER A CERTA TYPE OF IRONILLY RACIST EDY. IGGY AZALEA ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A REER OUT OF . THERE IS BON QUI QUI. KYLIE JENNER STTS AROUND WH A NEW BLACK FASHN STATEMENT OM THE ’90S EVERY WEEK, AND LNCH THOANDS OF STYLE PIEC. THEN THERE ARE THE WHE GAY MEN WHO POST OPRAH MEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVE GRDR PROFIL WH NAM LIKE “VLA DAVIS,” “TARAJI P. HENSON,” AND, OBVLY, “OPRAH,” BEE ISN’T JT SO FUNNY TO INTIFY AS A BLACK WOMAN WHEN YOU AREN’T ONE? WHEN TO CULTURAL APPROPRIATN, ’S OFTEN BLACK WOMEN WHO END UP THE BUTT OF 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;}PERHAPS THIS IS WHY THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A SYMBTIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK GAY MEN. STRAIGHT, MASCULE MEN HOLD SOCIETY'S GREATT POWER AND N WIELD MISOGYNY AS A WEAPON: WOMEN FALL PREY TO THAT AND SO DO GAY MEN, WHO ARE HISTORILLY SEEN AS EFFEMATE AND STEREOTYPED AS LSER THAN. IT’S FORMED A BOND WH WOMEN AND GAY MEN FOR S. LOOK AT TELEVISN SHOWS LIKE WILL & GRACE AND SEX AND THE CY. BUT WH BLACK WOMEN AND GAY MEN, ’S MORE THAN JT IENDSHIP AND TRADG DICK JOK MASKED POP-CULTURE REFERENC: THE BOND IS SPIRUAL. BLACK GAY CULTURE WAS BIRTHED OM THAT {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;}NOTHG PTUR THIS MORE THAN THE DOCUMENTARY PARIS IS BURNG. THE 1990 FILM THAT PTUR THE LIV OF YOUNG GAY BLACK MEN ON THE G OF SOCIETY MONSTRAT HOW HEAVILY DRAG CULTURE BORROWS OM BLACK WOMEN. WHILE DORIAN COREY MIGHT HAVE GIVEN THE FN OF SHA AND READG, THE ARE THGS HAVE EXISTED THE BLACK MUNY FOR YEARS, A D LANGUAGE BETWEEN BLACK WOMEN TAKEN TO EXAGGERATN BY BLACK GAY MEN DRAG AND BALL CULTURE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY CREATE A LIFE OF S OWN. THK OF AS A SP-OFF THAT BE A SERI S OWN RIGHT: THE FAY MATTERS TO PERFECT STRANGERS OR THE FRASIER TO CHEERS. BLACK WOMEN MAY HAVE SPIRED MUCH OF BLACK GAY CULTURE, BUT WE’VE CERTALY MA OUR OWN 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;}THIS ISN’T TO SAY THAT ALL STRAIGHT BLACK WOMEN AND ALL BLACK GAY MEN ARE BT IENDS. SPIRUAL BONDS ASI, BLACK WOMEN N’T FULLY UNRSTAND WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A BLACK GAY MAN. STRAIGHT BLACK WOMEN ARE JT AS PABLE OF HOMOPHOBIA AS STRAIGHT BLACK MEN. IN A POPULAR SCENE OM THE REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA, FOR STANCE, NENE LEAK TOLD CYNTHIA BAILEY'S HBAND THAT HE WAS “ACTG LIKE A BCH.” AND THE MOST RECENT SEASON VOLVED HOMOPHOBIC JOK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ACTRS KIM FIELDS’S HBAND WAS GAY. IT’S THOSE MOMENTS, OR MOMENTS LIKE SEEG THE GEO, EXTREMELY TALENTED KEKE PALMER ON LATE NIGHT WH SETH MEYERS, THAT FEEL LIKE A {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;}AS OF LATE, KEKE HAS BEEN G SNAPCHAT TO CREATE MEM AND ENGAGE WH HER FANBASE A WAY THAT’S REHG FOR A YOUNG ACTRS HER AGE. INSTEAD OF CHIDG KARDASHIANS OVER HOW THEY DRS, KEKE IS BY BEG A 22-YEAR-OLD. THAT MEANS AKEELAH IS NO LONGER TALKG ABOUT THE BEE — NOW SHE'S TALKG ABOUT THE D. IN ONE SNAPCHAT, SHE SAYS: “MY NEW N**** JT FUCKED UP MY LIFE, BUT THE GAG IS, I JT LLED LAST WEEK’S N**** TO CLEAN UP HIS MS.” AS A ONE-OFF SNAP ’S FUNNY, BUT A CLOSER LOOK AT KEKE’S SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS THAT SHE’S LERALLY TRYG TO MAKE “THE GAG” TO A BRAND. EVERY OTHER POST IS “THE GAG” THIS AND “THE GAG” THAT, WH KEKE PRENTG “THE GAG” AS NEW SLANG TO HER YOUNG DIENCE. HER EXPLANATN OF WHAT “THE GAG” IS ON SETH MEYERS NATURALLY LED TO WHE JOURNALISTS VERG AND GETTG WRONG. “WHENEVER YOU'RE CRAZY, JT PUT ‘THE GAG’ THERE AND ’S ALL FE. IT’S THE TCH, ’S THE UP, ’S THE TCH, ’S THE ONE THG," KEKE EXPLAED TO SETH LIKE SHE WAS RECG GOOGLE-TRANSLATED AMERIE {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 GAG” IS A TERM THAT’S LONG BEEN ED BLACK GAY CULTURE, WH VARIATNS OF “WHY YOU GAGGG?” AND “I'LL MAKE THEM GAG” SPNG OUT OM . WORDS LIKE THIS, ALONG WH “THE KIDS” — A TERM KEKE SAYS SHE LLS ALL OF HER “PEEPS” — ORIGATED BALL CULTURE, WHERE “THE KIDS” ARE THE YOUNG MEMBERS OF A DRAG HOE LED BY AN OLR, MORE EXPERIENCED QUEEN. THERE’S NOTHG HERENTLY WRONG WH KEKE G THE WORDS, BUT TO BOIL DOWN SLANG THAT’S BEEN ED THE BLACK GAY MUNY FOR S AS “WHAT THE KIDS ARE SAYG ON SNAPCHAT” IS DISGENUO. EVEN MORE DISGENUO IS HER RPONSE TO BLACK GAY MEN, LIKE WRER MICHAEL ARCENEX, WHO POTED OUT HER APPROPRIATN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GOT THIS RPONSE:{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;}FIRST OF ALL, LET’S BREAK DOWN THE NONSENSE THAT RPONSE. “YOU JT LIMED YOURSELF TO A PHRASE” BELI EVERY NVERSATN ABOUT CULTURAL APPROPRIATN THAT’S EVER BEEN HAD. WHY LL OUT THE KARDASHIANS FOR MOIZG BLACK ATHETICS THAT ULD GET AN ACTUAL BLACK WOMAN FIRED OR REFERRED TO AS GHETTO? IT IS, AFTER ALL, JT A HAIRSTYLE. WHY GET MAD AT SGERS LIKE NICK JONAS G GAY CULTURE OR BLACKGROUNDS TO SELL RERDS? IT IS, AFTER ALL, JT MIC. BUT THEN AGA, THIS UNRSTANDG OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATN IS TO BE EXPECTED OM THE WOMAN WHO, AFTER BEG CRICIZED FOR #ALLLIVMATTER RHETORIC AFTER FERGON, FLEW TO ST. LOUIS AND SHOWED UP HIGH HEELS AND FULL MAKP AND POSTED PICTUR ON SOCIAL {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;}BUT THE GAG IS, I’M NOT HERE TO DRAG KEKE. I THK SHE’S GREAT AND POSSIBLY ANGELA BASSETT’S SECRET CLONE, OR AT LEAST A LOVE CHILD BORNE OM THE SET OF WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WH IT. SETH MEYERS? YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO SEE MANY BLACK GAY MEN GRACE HIS STAGE TO EXPLA “THE GAG” THEMSELV — CERTALY NONE OM THE ST OF SCREAM QUEENS, THE SHOW KEKE‘S CURRENTLY PROMOTG, BEE THE GAG IS, RATHER THAN HAVE ANY BLACK GAY CHARACTERS HIS SHOWS, RYAN MURPHY WOULD RATHER A KEKE PALMER OR A NENE LEAK WHO N THROW SHA, SERVE FOR THE KIDS, AND SET FIRE TO PARIS ALL BY {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

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