Harry Styles on his sexuality

[VTV 12,769]

So Larry is real.

[RahrahWitch 6,977]

I get it it's his sexuality and he owes nobody an explanation but I get the frustration some people might feel since it's equally likely that he's just another straight dude queer baiting for personal gain.

I wish interviewers would stop asking him about it, Let him hint all he wants but he's obviously not comfortable with his sexuality enough to answer so it's pointless talking about it.

[Nycboy 985]

My issue is that Harry never gives a strong enough reason for being so wishy washy on the subject.

You value privacy? Great. But that’s not a strong enough reason. Sorry, but every celebrity values privacy. And if that is your reason, i’d expect you to more globally address similar issues, like paparazzi, media, stalking, etc. (aka the price of fame).

I would love to ask Harry: What is so inherently BAD about discussing sexuality? I’d appreciate him way more if he addressed the criticism directly and offered his argument as to why it’s important for him to stay quiet on the subject. HELP ME UNDERSTAND YOU HARRY. We live in an age of sex positivity. Dismissing sex as a topic simply because it’s sex sounds…puritanical.

Until then, I can’t help but think that he’s playing a dangerous game. All types of sexualities exist and representation of them is important. I think that’s why so many of us are devoted to Gaga… because she spoke openly about LGBT issues and offered us representation at a time when we couldn’t find it elsewhere. Even a vague answer like “I’m still figuring it out” or “I don’t consider gender when I fall in love” would offer tons of visibility. What he’s doing now is like saying “I don’t see color” on race issues.

And after all of this media circus, if he is straight I will feel like he used my community. However, if he comes out as straight but talks about how straight guys can be femme or queer, I would respect that. 

[OMonster 14,636]

There are heavy rumours and some 'evidence' that points to Harry being gay but, for whatever reason, closeted. It might potentially link to historic contracts he signed with SyCo Records who are speculated to have closeted him and Louis Tomlinson. Potentially, he may choose to stay silent so as to not have to open up a can of worms and talk about the whole 'Larry' thing which could land him in hot water. I don't know. This quote feels very intentional though. He has publicly been pictured with women, but not men. This quote essentially confirms those pictures aren't of him and a partner... no? He's saying: "I've never been publicly pictured with a romantic interest". So that's quite interesting tbh. 

Although in the same article, he also appears to dispel all the 'Larry' stuff, commenting how difficult it is for any partner he has to have to deal with a 'side of Twitter' who are 'really crazy' and believe in something that's 'not real'. 

My personal take is that he and Louis were maybe together during the very early days of 1D. They were forced into the closet and signed contracts to not disclose their sexualities, which was very commonplace back in 2000s and early tens. They obviously broke up and Harry now (and Louis) won't comment on their sexualities because it could be seen as 'confirmation of Larry, which they don't want to do because that was in the past and is no more. I feel that's why Harry expresses his sexuality but isn't explicit about it because he wants to be himself but to not have to confront the past and risk a whole of drama about he was closeted and how he's stayed quiet for so long. 

[SpadesToStart 2,849]

My take is that if you are a mega-star and identify as queer in some capacity, you owe it to the community to be somewhat open about it. 
We don’t live in a post-sexuality world. Representation is important, and there are still so many people who aren’t able to live their truth.

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master queer baitor

[LibraOctober98 3,494]

Am I the only one that thinks it's gross that they're pulling the "gay stories don't have to be about sex, they can be tender and about love blah blah blah" like... Sex is important and will always be relevant, and you can have sex while being in love. What. ESPECIALLY coming from someone who isn't gay (or what the heck ever) saying things like "a lot of gay sex is just two guys going at it," that just irks me. Like what the hell do you know??

[OMonster 14,636]

6 minutes ago, SpadesToStart said:

My take is that if you are a mega-star and identify as queer in some capacity, you owe it to the community to be somewhat open about it. 
We don’t live in a post-sexuality world. Representation is important, and there are still so many people who aren’t able to live their truth.

I agree. But would your opinion change if speaking about his sexuality meant that he'd be indirectly 'mobilising' a whole community on Twitter who believe him and Louis are still together? It wouldn't end nicely. He'd have to confront not 'coming out' sooner, confront all the 'Larry' rumours and either completely dispel them or - more likely - say nothing (because 'it' happened but it's in the past) and have it hang over his head for the rest of his life... even more so if he recognised he wasn't straight. I don't know.

I have some sympathy for him to be honest. I think he and Louis probably were a 'thing' many, many years ago and were closeted because of how the industry/society was back then. He's now left unable to really speak out about his sexuality because of the whole can of worms it would open regarding all of that.

[GipJo 2,851]

You guys know artists can screen questions or refuse answering them if they want to right? If he in fact doesn't want to talk about it, he can just ask them to avoid these questions. Yet here he is, always giving those vague statement over and over again.

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4 minutes ago, LibraOctober98 said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's gross that they're pulling the "gay stories don't have to be about sex, they can be tender and about love blah blah blah" like... Sex is important and will always be relevant, and you can have sex while being in love. What. ESPECIALLY coming from someone who isn't gay (or what the heck ever) saying things like "a lot of gay sex is just two guys going at it," that just irks me. Like what the hell do you know??

I agree! to me, being gay is inherently about sex. It’s a SEXuality. I know i’m gay because I like to have sex with men, and that is the only reason. lol. 

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1 minute ago, OMonster said:

I agree. But would your opinion change if speaking about his sexuality meant that he'd be indirectly 'mobilising' a whole community on Twitter who believe him and Louis are still together? It wouldn't end nicely. He'd have to confront not 'coming out' sooner, confront all the 'Larry' rumours and either completely dispel them or - more likely - say nothing (because 'it' happened but it's in the past) and have it hang over his head for the rest of his life... even more so if he recognised he wasn't straight. I don't know.

I have some sympathy for him to be honest. I think he and Louis probably were a 'thing' many, many years ago and were closeted because of how the industry/society was back then. He's now left unable to really speak out about his sexuality because of the whole can of worms it would open regarding all of that.

If this was true, they would blacklist questions regarding his sexuality.  Instead he thrives off the attention this gives him.

[DelusionalGaga 29,488]

If you don't want to talk about your sexuality then don't. Celebrities literally have the power to tell an interviewer if they don't want to address a certain topic. The fact that he keeps stating "I'm not going to discuss my sexuality teehee" but that's literally what he ends up doing? He wants people to think he's queer so bad without any of consequences that come with being queer, it's so desperate at this point 

[monstertoronto 8,884]

I really don’t think people should be angry that he isn’t talking explicitly about his sexuality.  People go on journeys of self-discovery. Celebrities know that once they say anything definitive to the media it’s referred to again forever. Statements live forever. How many of us have taken some time to figure out our sexuality before feeling comfortable declaring it to friends and family.  Imagine having to do that to the “world” and hundreds of thousands of strangers. Also, if he’s living and dressing the way he likes and some of it gets “coded” As looking gay by others thats on them. Self expression should be feee of labels, men should be able to dress how they want without worrying about coming off as gay, or in Harry’s case, without having to confirm that he is gay/bi.  

[GipJo 2,851]

1 minute ago, monstertoronto said:

I really don’t think people should be angry that he isn’t talking explicitly about his sexuality.  People go on journeys of self-discovery. Celebrities know that once they say anything definitive to the media it’s referred to again forever. Statements live forever. How many of us have taken some time to figure out our sexuality before feeling comfortable declaring it to friends and family.  Imagine having to do that to the “world” and hundreds of thousands of strangers. Also, if he’s living and dressing the way he likes and some of it gets “coded” As looking gay by others thats on them. Self expression should be feee of labels, men should be able to dress how they want without worrying about coming off as gay, or in Harry’s case, without having to confirm that he is gay/bi.  

He is a celebrity, he could be exploring his sexuality, but he also could be queer baiting for personal gain, why couldn't people be angry with that possibility?

[codymonster 8,459]

53 minutes ago, TortureMeOnReplay said:

If he wanted to disassociate the two wouldn't he just come out as straight then? Also, doesn't he have a role playing a gay man in a movie? Sounds like he's associating them. 

I think he rejects being labelled. And he has every right to reject labels.