Harry styles

[johnjohnston]

Being able to act, sing, dance was really big back in the day. Being a “triple treat” really allowed some people to find a footing when they wouldn’t have been given much of a chance otherwise. And I’m not here for telling people to not take their careers where they wish to take them. But there’s no doubt a certain privilege when you already are a big pop star and have a substantial fan base. You’re gonna be given opportunities even if your acting ability doesn’t warrant those opportunities.

I’m kinda glad an unabashedly “queer” male actor didn’t get that role and that Styles is the centerpiece for the movie’s promo. This seems to be another sanitized, solemn, made mostly for the straight/hetero-leaning white women type of “gay movie” and another one that seems too centered on hetero relationships and doesn’t investigate queer-dom or homo dynamics or homo love beyond sex. Rather Styles gets cast in something like that than a project with actual potential or one that could be groundbreaking or must-see.

 

[Snack217]

Demanding someone to come out of the closet and slap a label on themselves is the most hypocritical thing an lgbtq+ person can do.

Ive said this example like 10+ times on this thread:

Elton John, one of the most known, biggest gay icons in the world, didnt come out as gay until about 25 years into his career, he even married a woman, and denied being gay while dressed extremely flamboyant, waaay more than pretty much all out of the closet artists of the time.

By the logic some of you apply to Harry, Sir Elton John, was a queerbaiter for 25 years.


If Harry doesnt want to label himself as anything, its his right, and any lgbtq person here should know that

 

[JopneJappa]

My main issue is I don’t think he should have been cast to play a gay character. We have enough actual queer actors in 2022, we don’t need cis straight white men playing gay anymore. And yes I know he dodges questions about his sexual orientation, but that doesn’t make him queer. Just my opinion obviously.

Disagree with this. An actor should get a role if the actor can convincingly portray the character physically and emotionally. An actor's sexuality, gender, religion, political/social leanings should not affect their selection. Only in some specific cases ethnicity/race may be considered. Although I agree that lgbtq actors have been discriminated in the past and some even now, but things are changing.

In Harry’s case however, I think he's not a good actor. Give him any role, there will be many others who will do that far better than him. Didn’t even like him in Dunkirk. Seems like he's only there to sell the movie to his fans.

 

[Markus.Bittencourt]

Sir Elton John, was a queerbaiter for 25 years

denied being gay

well…

 

[deleted9878571]

I think queerbaiting can get really mucky so I personally don’t want to label anybody as doing that w/o truly knowing their sexuality. However, I think this whole thing of him being ambiguous and making these erroneous generalizations about queer experiences and cinematic portrayals and whatnot make me wonder how much authority someone like him has to speak on this stuff.
Whether he is a member of LGBTQ community or not, I personally feel like it isn’t his place to speak for queer people unless he more explicitly embraced that identity. Because it doesn’t seem like he’s at all in touch with the queer experience from the things he’s been saying, like his actions even in relation to queer ambiguity seem to be catering towards his majority straight white female audience than actual beneficial representation for gay men.

 

[debanche]

Demanding someone to come out of the closet and slap a label on themselves is the most hypocritical thing an lgbtq+ person can do.

Ive said this example like 10+ times on this thread:

Elton John, one of the most known, biggest gay icons in the world, didnt come out as gay until about 25 years into his career, he even married a woman, and denied being gay while dressed extremely flamboyant, waaay more than pretty much all out of the closet artists of the time.

By the logic some of you apply to Harry, Sir Elton John, was a queerbaiter for 25 years.


If Harry doesnt want to label himself as anything, its his right, and any lgbtq person here should know that

There's a difference between denying you're gay under plausible deniability when being openly gay was a death sentence on your career and made you associated with pedophiles and predators, which was the case when Elton was young, and implying that you ARE gay or bisexual when those things are seen as an interesting positive thing to be!

Harry Styles may or may not be queer but the fact that he wasn't able to say anything whatsoever about LGBTQ films when interviewed speaks volumes, no?

 

[Bad_Bussy_]

Here we go again.

 

[foryouandme]

Here we go again.

It never stops lmao

 

[here4now]

It never stops lmao

yeap, and for good reasons...

 

[foryouandme]

yeap, and for good reasons...

which are..?

 

[Warder20]

Is he? Isn’t he? Who cares? Quit sniping at each other like tween girls and get over yourselves.

 

[here4now]

which are..?

i dont care enough to talk about them, dont worry im sure someone will. Now im gonna go look at naked men.

 

[foryouandme]

i dont care enough to talk about them, dont worry im sure someone will. Now im gonna go look at naked men.

then don’t bring it up in the first place??? Lmfao

 

[blade__runner]

 

[blade__runner]

Titties are out today.

 

[blade__runner]

 

[blade__runner]

 

[Volumen]

ha. No lie, as I clicked into this thread I was literally thinking “love this dude’s tits.”

Just one post in and the goods have already been delivered.

 

[alexandersworld]

 

[Hdhdhdhdhd14-]

Great chest