Hurrah, you get me! And I'm grateful for your comments on the non black-and-whiteness of same-sex encounters above.

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his (starlite-assigned) gayness was of the dejected "i'm never going to meet him/make out with him plus he's much too old" sort, rather than genuine gayness. ;)

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Well, I'm not ruling out its being genuine, but yeah, it was of the variety you mention.

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it sounds like his career (or the hype) will die as soon as he comes out/stays in… or not "stays in", but comes out as a straight person, if that's possible.

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Actually, while a lot of the hype has to do with his sexuality, a good chunk of it has to do with his cheeky unabashed poppy campness, which makes me glad. I don't think he'll ever have to come out as straight though.

And after listening to it on repeat for the last two days straight, I will admit that I like his music. But I may have been temporarily brainwashed. That "Do I attract you? / Do I repulse you / with my queasy smile? Am I too dirty / Am I too flirty/ Do I like what you like?" part of Grace Kelly is definitely enough to make me rather disregard my brain.

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sorry but you have to be a little bit bi or they'd be no point to it..

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The "point" would be the curiousity of experimenting, and the infatuation/interest with the perceived glamour/artiness/exoticness/nonsexual affinity with/of gay culture and wanting to be a part of that. ;-)