BET Prais Lil Nas X's First Gay Kiss At BET Awards. Rapper Flam Crics, Celebrat 2 Years Out; 'I Love Who I Am And Whatever I Deci To Do' - Towleroad Gay News

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Lil Nas X spoke out about the prsur of beg an openly gay black artist a new profile wh 'Out' magaze.

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LIL NAS X MAK BET AWARDS HISTORY WH GAY "MONTERO" MAKEOUT"LGBET," THE OUT RAPPER TWEETED AFTER HIS SHOW-STOPPG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 28, 2021/2:13 {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:2359PX;WIDTH:3539PX;}BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR BETLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 27: LIL NAS X PERFORMS ONSTAGE AT THE BET AWARDS 2021 AT MICROSOFT THEATER ON JUNE 27, 2021 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. 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ALTHOUGH HE LEFT HIS SATANIC STRIPPER POLE AT HOME THIS TIME, HE STILL MANAGED TO MAKE SOME VIEWERS CLUTCH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OUT RAPPER'S PERFORMANCE OF "MONTERO" WAS A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON'S TO CLASSIC "REMEMBER THE TIME" MIC VIO OM 1992, PLETE WH ANCIENT EGYPTIAN IMAGERY. AFTER DANCG WH SOME FIERCE PHARAOHS, NAS X CLIMBED THE PYRAMID STAIRS ONSTAGE. HE CLOSED OUT THE PERFORMANCE BY SHARG A STEAMY KISS WH ONE OF HIS MALE BACKUP {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:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWTER WAS SET ABLAZE BY THE SAME-SEX SMOOCH, WHICH WAS FIRST KISS BETWEEN TWO BLACK MEN TO AIR DURG THE BET AWARDS THE SHOW'S 20-YEAR HISTORY. CELEBRI LIKE DIDDY PRAISED THE ACT, BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE ONSCREEN LIP-LOCK. ONE TWTER ER BLASTED LIL NAS X FOR THE KISS, WRG, "DON'T E AIN CULTURE FOR SHS LIKE THIS!!! 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CAN WE HAVE HIM PERFORM AT EVERY AWARDS SHOW?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, CHECK OUT MORE TWEETS PRAISG HIS "MONTERO" {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;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;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;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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Tonight, Lil Nas X add himself to the eternal ledger of History’s Inic Smooch when he shared a very gay, very hot kiss wh one of his dancers at the 2021 BET Awards. Lil Nas X spoke out about the prsur of beg an openly gay black artist a new profile wh Out magaze.

BET PRAIS LIL NAS X’S FIRST GAY KISS AT BET AWARDS. RAPPER FLAM CRICS, CELEBRAT 2 YEARS OUT; ‘I LOVE WHO I AM AND WHATEVER I DECI TO DO’

The reign of Montero the culture ntued at Sunday's BET Awards when out gay rapper Lil Nas X end his srchg performance by lockg lips wh one of * bet awards gay performance *

“Growg up the Atlanta area, I [saw] a lot of microaggrsns toward homosexualy, ” the sger and rapper told wrer Tre’Vell Anrson. Nas revealed that while he was preparg for his explicly homoerotic BET Awards performance of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name), ” he wnsed a viral vio which a young black boy om the Atlanta area was abed by his fay members, wh the word “gay” shaved to the si of his head.

As a te boundary-breaker, Porter beme the first openly-gay Black man to w an Emmy 2019 and ntu to pave the way for the generatns behd him. On Monday — after htg the BET Awards red rpet wearg a drs and lockg lips wh one of his dancers onstage — the "Brg U Down" sger, 22, rpond to homophobic ments about his performance and said even he's still workg on featg his securi surroundg his sexualy.

Replyg to someone sharg a vio of an olr gay man cricizg his "sexual" performance, Lil Nas X ma clear he's gog to jt keep beg himself, even if he wants to wear a drs. And, while replyg to someone tweetg "beg gay don't mean you have to look or act the part of a fem, " Lil Nas wrote, "wearg tradnal male clothg and g lebron mem will not help you make straight iends bro give up. Lil Nas X, who me out as gay 2019 and has sce won two Grammys, has been embraced by the LGBTQ muny for livg out loud and takg the subsequent backlash stri.

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