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sukibenders · 5 months ago

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*taps mic* Celebrities do not owe you insight into their sexuality, nor do they have to define or abide by your standards of how they act regarding their sexuality. You do not know them personally enough to inspect their private lifestyle in such a way, and even if you did that behavior still isn't warranted. Just because celebrities are more known to the public, doesn't negate the fact that they are people with feelings and aspects of their lives that they might prefer to keep quiet about. Sexuality, in general, is an intimate thing, that everyone experiences and expresses differently, and having random strangers deny or question their queerness does more harm than good. Stop acting like you're entitled to it.

#“but-but they played this queer character in this role-” okay and? it's literally their job. as long as the character they played wasn't #riddled with harmful stereotypes or other problematic things than that fact alone still doesn't give you the right to hound the actor on #whether or not they're queer same thing goes for musicians #“but queerbaiting-” was primarily used towards media not real life people bc that often needs proof which often involves #searching and inspecting these people's private lives behind the scenes (which is problematic) and opens up more can of worms bc #you have to ask yourself why you view these people as queerbaiting without knowing them personally? what aspects of queerness do you feel is #not being met and why does it necessarily have to be?#conversations like this can also rise double standards and other negative aspects within the queer community itself with for example #bisexuality where an actor could be seen with/or dating someone of the opposite gender and be questioned if they're really bi #even though the whole (one) definition of bisexuality involves being attracted to two or more genders #this happened with kit connor #ive also seen this happen with asexuality and people trying to worm their way into famous people's sex lives---very weird #even more so if a celeb came out as one sexuality but changed to one that better fit them now all of sudden their queerbaiting 🤨?#there's also a dangerous precedent when race is involved bc often times poc queer individuals are with the brunt of this criticism bc they #often don't abide by view of queerness that is primarily driven my many (not all) yte queers #you can see this with megan thee stallion & victoria monet both singers who are bi but are often denied by members of the queer community #bc of their relations with men (even though that doesn't/shouldn't negate their sexuality at all) and are sometimes demanded that they act a #certain way only for on the flip side to be accused of aiding into the fetishization of wlw relationships it's very flip flop #the singer khalid was literally outed recently!#this can be very harmful especially for celebs who are probably still navigating who they are for themselves #this ties into how celebs aren't treated as human and bc they are famous certain people believe they are entitled to every aspect of them #stop harassing people #lgbtq #lgbtq community #queerness #queerbaiting #celebrity culture

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