There’s already a ton of queer insecurities, issues with masculinity, internalized phobias, gay shame, guys obsessed with “proving” that they’re not “gay”, guys nonchalantly promoting hetero superiority or homo inferiority, guys who can’t maturely deal with fluidity or contradictions or their mental health issues or where they are in the gender, sexual, comfort, affection, emotional investment, commitment spectrum. The problem is that there is already so much stuff on social media from queer dudes talking about how they’re tired of being “gay” or talking about how they “miss pvssy” or whatever cringe-y shit. But I guess he is still just 22, and a lot of his persona is doing/saying sassy, emotional and “subversive” stuff for attention/shock. He as well needlessly got into it with someone who tried to come for his album sales. LNX could stand to be a bit more careful with how he uses social media. But it’s still kinda cringe-y, because there are plenty of queers who do Tweet insecure, tacky, problematic shit like that. I’m sure the Tweet was meant to make fun of all that. There’s also a lot of people who reduce folks to sex or body parts (dicks and pvssy), which is tacky and often misogynistic or misandrist. There are also guys who “threaten” to “go straight” when they experience a breakup or get their heart broken. There are also a lot of insecure guys who treat homo dynamics as shallow or treat their non homo behaviors or their dimensions/fluidity as something that makes them superior to homo’s.
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There are plenty of queers who treat “gayness” as a costume, which they take on and off at their convenience. Related: Lil Nas X might not have come out if he was still living with his parents.Some of LNX’s trolling/marketing/attention-whoring does get a bit grating.
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It includes his sophomore single, Panini, which has so peaked at number five in the United States. Old Town Road is included on the star’s debut EP, 7, which also features collaborations with artists such as Cardi B and Travis Barker. He said he wants to open doors for LGBTQ artists in country and hip-hop because “homosexuality is not accepted in either”. But I don’t wanna live my entire life – especially how I got to where I’m at, not doing what I wanna do.” Shortly after he came out, he told BBC that he didn’t have anything to hide: “It’s something I was considering never doing, ever, taking to the grave.
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It spent 19 weeks in the pole position, three weeks longer than the two previous record holders, One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (1995–96), and Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (2016). Earlier this year, the song became the longest-running US number one of all time. The country-rap anthem, which featured a popular remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, is also the fastest song in history to reach the prestigious chart milestone. According to Billboard, Old Town Road has reached sales (and streaming equivalent sales) of 10 million units. Last month, he also became the second openly gay man, after Elton John, to earn a diamond-certification for a song. He beat out country icons such as Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks, and Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne and Blake Shelton. The American rapper – who became the first artist to come out as gay while having a number one song (Old Town Road) – took home the award for Musical Event of the Year at this year’s Country Music Awards, becoming the first openly gay man to do so.