Harry Styles Opens Up About Labeling His Sexuality And Feeling 'Ashamed' About Sex While In One Direction

Better Homes & Gardens. June 2022.\n\nPhotographed by Tim Walker.pic.twitter.com/9BLnsmGHDK

— Harry Styles. (@Harry Styles.) 1650991572

Harry styles is % WRONG \nBLACK PEOPLE & Women can't live without Labels. Labels create VISIBILITY,Unity & POWER. #LGBTQ don't have #EQUALITY without Defining ourselves Publicly, because generally our unique qualities are Invisible.Defining ourselves Publicly creates #Equalitypic.twitter.com/P7PriBQwrc

— Daniel Newman (@Daniel Newman) 1651083537

I feel like we should be talking about our queerness more than ever rather than just saying it doesn\u2019t matter

— Lee Dawson (@Lee Dawson) 1650995878

this is indirect erasure, we had enough

— fran (@fran) 1650993414

You know what else is \u201coutdated\u201d? Gay bashings.\nAnd yet, here we are, still dealing with it.

— Paul (@Paul) 1651097780

Tremendously disrespectful to all queer people being attacked and marginalized right now for their sexuality and gender identity. \n\nIt's all quirky and fun for millionaire music stars, not so much for trans youth in Alabama and other red states.

— join (@join) 1651001281

this sounds very straight

— ember (@ember) 1650995535

Harry Styles isn't queer. Nick Jonas isn't queer. \n\n"It's not your business for him to out himself"\n\nQueer people are murdered on the daily for being themselves. If he can't see the need for visibility, then he's not queer.

— PlasticMan (@PlasticMan) 1651007591

In other words, marketing

— Raini the Goat (@Raini the Goat) 1650993358

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

Your sexuality IS important when you make it your whole brand and campaign but still refuse to give concrete answers

— Sephirate is a pirate\u2077 (@Sephirate is a pirate\u2077) 1651007098

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

The thing is Harry doesn't have the obligation to come out as queer, I agree with that. BUT once he's a public person and uses signals from LGBTQ community in his art, I think it would be important for the community if he spoke up more openly about it

— Jota (@Jota) 1651010158

This is just backwards thinking disguised as woke and it fits perfectly in our LGBT+ phobic society. Sexuality shouldn't be hidden if you're not in trouble and yet people find stupid reasons to hide it. You wouldn't find the colour of your hair "personal"...

— poshbottomd (@poshbottomd) 1651010571

He gets to enjoy all the privileges of being perceived as straight and all the queer support for allegedly being queer...

— poshbottomd (@poshbottomd) 1651010694

celebrity who talks about living in a world without labels Celebrity terrified of losing straight fanbase. Celebrity very aware of LGTBphobia and still uses it as a protective shield.

— Minimai (@Minimai) 1651079697

Can people stop f**ing saying he\u2019s queer bating and it\u2019s marketing! He\u2019s saying we don\u2019t have to put a label on our sexuality and don\u2019t have to explain/let people know what we are as long as we ourself knows!! Then it doesn\u2019t matter what other people think we are!!

— Ella \ud83c\udf3b Saw Louis!!! (@Ella \ud83c\udf3b Saw Louis!!!) 1651006322

People claiming he is capitalizing on queerness by queerbaiting are very contradictory. People pressuring him to define his sexuality are the ones attempting to capitalize it. Why your community wants to claim he's part of it while he has not said he is?

— you should just (@you should just) 1651057490

so someone who doesn\u2019t want to label their sexuality is queer baiting? Its like people think the default sexuality is straight. he\u2019s literally just being who he WANTS to be. he\u2019s not trying to do anything, he\u2019s being who he is and he doesn\u2019t need to explain himself

— gracie\ud83e\uddc3 (@gracie\ud83e\uddc3) 1651025737

https://twitter.com/TheHarryNews/status/1519022765701046272\u00a0\u2026\n\nReading this made me sympathize. Because I personally understand where he was coming from. Not 100%, of course not, but 60% give or take, lol. The unfair expectations but mine are at a very miniscule scale. But it's the principle of it all.

— Jodi B. (@Jodi B.) 1651025366