MUSIC

Who Cares If You're a "Top or Bottom" - Troye Sivan and the Tokenization of Gays

One rude interview question to Troye Sivan pointed out how gay identity is treated like an open invitation to peer into someone's personal life—as if queerness is an alien species that needs to be examined.

Troye Sivan at the 31st Annual Elton John Aids Foundation Academy Awards

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Troye Sivan is a 24-year-old, South African-Australian singer who's also gay—that is, he's not interested in being tokenized as a gay singer who's here to share about all the gay sex he's having with his gay boyfriend in their sparkly, gay life.

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MUSIC

Taylor Swift's Best Song from Every Album

Swift's best song isn't "All Too Well." Sorry Swifties and music critics.

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour

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Taylor Swift is a master lyricist who captures the imagination of anxious, boy-obsessed adolescent girls across the nation, and who became a global pop phenomenon.

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CULTURE

Julianne Hough Is "Not Straight": When Mixed Orientation Marriage Is Healthy

Even in today's inclusive LGBTQ+ culture, we seldom speak about marriages between people of different orientations.

Julianne Hough and Nicky Hilton Rothschild

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This week we learned that Julianne Hough is in incredible shape, that despite being married to a man she's "not straight," and that it's not even that odd for some spouses to have different sexual orientations—or did we?

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