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In a strange departure from the left's typical support for gender ambiguity, flamboyant pop star Harry Styles is reportedly under fire from some progressive critics for refusing to say publicly whether or not he is bisexual.

The backlash apparently stems from a recent interview he conducted with Better Homes & Garden, published on Tuesday, in which the former boy band singer turned solo act offered a controversially dodgy answer on the subject.

Citing his desire for personal privacy, Styles rebutted the media's frequent attempts to find clarity regarding his sexual orientation, calling the concept "outdated," anyways.

"I've been really open with it with my friends, but that's my personal experience; it's mine," he told the magazine. "The whole point of where we should be heading, which is toward accepting everybody and being more open, is that it doesn't matter, and it's about not having to label everything, not having to clarify what boxes you're checking."

Some evidently found his reasons for not disclosing who he's slept with to be fair enough. But according to EuroNews, others were left dissatisfied.

The outlet reported that some critics on social media "critiqued his privilege as an ostensibly straight man to be able to remove himself from discussions while still embracing a queer aesthetic."

The concept is reportedly known as "queerbaiting," and it loosely describes a scenario in which someone adopts the aesthetics of queer culture without committing to identifying with LGBT culture at large.

"To critics, queerbaiting allows people a free ride on the aesthetic without the personal difficulties associated with openly identifying as queer in a heteronormative world," EuroNews reported.

In Styles' case, queer critics charge that he is benefitting from LGBTQ+ support without publicly coming out as bisexual.

One might think that Styles' increasingly outward embrace of the LGBTQ+ movement would be celebrated by those in the camp.

But it seems the pop star's Pride flag-waving and extravagant dress-wearing are not enough in the new transgender-crazed world. He needs to reject the heteronormative lifestyle in full or go back to being a normal masculine male.

"Translation: I’m a straight man that wants to keep my queerbait marketing strategy," one critic charged.

They added: "If he is actually queer it would be more important for him to voice that than keep it ambiguous. People in our community (especially black people) are constantly at risk for showing who they are and doing it flamboyantly, and that’s the reason we’re at the place we are now."

Translation: I\u2019m a straight man that wants to keep my queerbait marketing strategyhttps://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1519002262395314180\u00a0\u2026
— \ud83e\udd8bda vinky\ud83e\udd8b (@\ud83e\udd8bda vinky\ud83e\udd8b) 1651102101

"Ding ding ding!!!" one person replied in approval of the message.

Another critic wrote: "That would be nice if that was the case, but queerness is under attack constantly. Especially in some states where u can't even say gay. We can't all live in 2050 where ambiguous sexuality is the norm. We are living in 2022 and we need allies who will be loud and stand with us."

That would be nice if that was the case, but queerness is under attack constantly. Especially in some states where u can't even say gay. We can't all live in 2050 where ambiguous sexuality is the norm. We are living in 2022 and we need allies who will be loud and stand with us.https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1519002262395314180\u00a0\u2026
— jeromanoff \ud83d\udd2a\u29d7 (@jeromanoff \ud83d\udd2a\u29d7) 1651079886

"No hate but it seems more like a marketing strategy than anything else, he is benefiting from the sexual ambiguity around him, if he comes out as gay or bi....he'll be less relevant cuz there is nothing new about a queer person wearing a dress or painting his nails," added another.

no hate but it seems more like a marketing strategy than anything else, he is benefiting from the sexual ambiguity around him, if he comes out as gay or bi....he'll be less relevant cuz there is nothing new about a queer person wearing a dress or painting his nails
— Narimene ISSAAD (@Narimene ISSAAD) 1651016920

Still another commenter voiced a similar rebuke, saying, "I respect that he wants to preserve his own experiences, but then, he shouldn't sell it like it doesn't matter, especially when people die in the middle of these speeches, I believe we need and must talk it out loud and proud, today more than ever."

i respect that he wants to preserve his own experiences, but then, he shouldnt sell it like it doesnt matter, especially when people die in the middle of these speeches, i believe we need and must talk it out loud and proud, today more than ever
— DANTAS (@DANTAS) 1651001734

And the list went on. It's a strange new world.

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Noah Cyrus appears to call Candace Owens a racist slur, then instantly regrets it



Noah Cyrus, the little sister of Miley Cyrus, is in hot water after seemingly lashing out at Candace Owens and calling her a racist slur.

The hullabaloo started last week when Owens critiqued a Vogue photoshoot featuring pop star Harry Styles wearing a dress.

"There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack," Owens wrote on Twitter. "Bring back manly men."

That prompted a response from Styles, who shared a photo of him wearing effeminate clothing and eating a banana with the caption: "Bring back manly men."

Noah Cyrus jumped into the social media fray and defended Styles by seemingly besmirching Owens with a racial slur. Conservative commentator Rob Smith posted a screencap of the Instagram Story post from Cyrus, which featured Styles wearing a dress and she wrote, "He wears this dress better than any of u nappy ass heauxz."

Any one of woke liberals care to explain to me how @noahcyrus calling me a “nappy ass hoe” is not racist? I’m all… https://t.co/mJlxciI8Kq
— Candace Owens (@Candace Owens)1607031441.0

Cyrus quickly deleted the post and then issued an apology, claiming that she didn't know that the word "nappy" was racially insensitive and that she was "mortified" by the words she wrote only hours earlier.

"I am mortified that I used a term without knowing the context and history, but I know now and I am horrified and truly sorry," she posted on an Instagram Story. "I will never use it again. Thank you for educating me. I in no way meant to offend anyone. I am so so sorry."

The apology by Cyrus did not mention Candace Owens by name.

Owens shared a video on her Instagram addressing the contretemps with Cyrus. The conservative firebrand told Cyrus, "Please do not ever in your over-privileged life think that I will allow that statement to go by, unchecked. Also, who knew Hannah Montana had a sister?"

On Twitter, hundreds of people lambasted Cyrus over using the racial slur. Many of them were also not huge fans of Candace Owens.

The word "nappy" has historically been used as a derogatory term to describe the hair of black people.

In 2007, radio host Don Imus was fired by CBS Radio and his show was pulled by MSNBC for comments made while talking about the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The shock jock described the Rutgers University women's basketball team, which had nine black players, as "nappy-headed hoes."

Before he died on Dec. 27, 2019, the "Imus in the Morning" host said he had few regrets in his iconic, yet controversy-laden radio career. He determined that calling the Rutgers basketball players "nappy-headed hoes" was one of his biggest regrets.

During a March 2018 CBS "Sunday Morning" interview, Imus said he regretted the Rutgers incident "cause I knew better."