‘What’s wrong with you all?’: Internet Defends Harry Styles after Toxic Homophobes Demand He Prove His Queerness By Having “S*x With a Man”
The singer and actor extraordinaire, Harry Styles recently won album of the year at the Grammys and rightfully proved it as Harry’s House. The dreamy boy has had thousands go crazy for him since the good old One Direction days. He has created his own empire and is notably the most successful band member after its split. From hit songs to serving looks, he can do it all. The singer loves to have fun and experiment with his looks and what he chooses to wear. But the one thing he hates most is being put into a certain type of box.
For this very reason, millions on the internet hate him for allegedly “queerbaiting”.
Why accusing Harry Styles of queerbaiting is wrong
Assuming someone’s s*xual identity and then blatantly accusing them of such serious allegations is somewhat stupid. Harry Styles is deemed straight on the basis of his dating history, however, he has neither denied nor confirmed any of the facts. His choice of gender-fluid clothing has garnered him such vile comments. The accusation thrown against the singer is using queer aesthetics to please his target demographic and meanwhile being homophobic, is pretty ironic. Therefore, being scrutinized, questioned, and picked apart just for choosing to express himself is outdated. Adding to it, Styles has also dealt with a lot of issues about his s*xual life and how he was perceived since he dealt with fame as a teenager. He said to Better Homes & Gardens,
“For a long time, it felt like the only thing that was mine was my sex life. I felt so ashamed about it, ashamed at the idea of people even knowing that I was having sex, let alone who with,”
The now infamous Vogue cover fueled more hate in the conversation which wasn’t its intention at all. Although the hate is understandable, given the history of the LGBTQ+ community and the struggles faced by them for years, it doesn’t justify accusing a person without knowing the whole truth.
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Many defended Styles from the unnecessary hate
Harry Styles’ loyal base of fans has supported him through thick and thin. However, this time, the people who are not exactly a fan of the singer also came forward in defense of the singer. The conversation was again started by a tweet that slammed the tone-deaf people.
https://twitter.com/giangyhai/status/1622743277291159558
After which many chimed in with their responses,
Didn’t they do this to an 18 year old actor and forced him to come out to stop the “queer baiting” hate train he was getting
— Colin – Cause A Scene 🎶 (@ColinsCity) February 7, 2023
i dont even like harry styles but its so fucking annoying when u guys say “he hasnt come out as gay he’s a queerbaiter” (mind u real ppl CANT queerbait idiots) when he literally said he does NOT wanna label his sexuality n even if he did why try to force him to come out ???
— auggie (@dippersdiaries) February 6, 2023
https://twitter.com/giangyhai/status/1622743416252559361?t=hJYRM3op2aOS-1AjIuiYag&s=19
the issue is that we don’t know his sexuality and yet his fans keep insisting that he’s queer on *his* behalf. we cannot assume that he is straight but we also cannot assume that he’s queer and paint him as a “queer icon”. half the ppl saying he’s queer are larry shippers like…
— 𝒆𝒍 (@evidenceofel) February 7, 2023
Undoubtedly, he is an icon and he does not need to prove anything to anyone.
Source: Twitter
