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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

Photo by Kyle Grillot (EPA/EFE/Shutterstock)

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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