Why Queerbaiting Matters More Than Ever

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Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande, Madonna, and others have long been accused of manipulating labels to their advantage. But what does queerbaiting actually mean?

Historian Nadine Hubbs wrote in a 2009 academic study for the University of Nebraska Press that when law enforcement attempted to round up and question people they suspected to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community, political officials used queerbaiting as “information-gathering tactics.” Himberg says this strategy during the McCarthy era was

” — so the fact that younger generations are now courting LGBTQ+ audiences through explicit queer performativity is seen by many as a progress and a positive development. In fact, it’s become an expanding field of media and cultural studies, as Judith Fathallah explains in a recently published essay inFathallah claims that “a restrictive notion of ‘truth’ in discussions of queerbaiting” can close off the “very possibilities of transformation and open-ended configurations of sexuality.

 

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Thanks for the acknowlegement :)

Bisexual people exist.

What about when its vice versa🤔🙃😑

REAL PEOPLE CAN'T QUEERBAIT 👏👏👏

How did Harry Styles pay you not to mention his name in this article?

Madonna is queerbaiting in what way? She was bringing the community to the spotlight in a time that could destroy her career, not to look cool, unlike everyone else mentioned. She also has had relationships with women in the past. She's not even straight. Article is messy af!

Did you bitches really just imply Madonna? THEE MADONNA WHO FOUGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS IN THE 80s and 90s and is a BISEXUAL HERSELF was queerbaiting?

Most of these new artist scape goat is that they don’t label themselves🤣

Y’all leaving somebody out… I ain’t gon say who tho… but she definitely used queer-baiting among other things to further her rap career… if we gon tell it tell it all.

Nice Jonas was literally the first thing that popped into my head

So I guess we're just going to forget that Madonna had long-term intimate relationships with women such as Sandra Bernhard, Ingrid Crsares, and Erika Bell? Or that Madonna herself has stated she is bisexual in several interviews? Get it together, 🙄

Yall so extra asf😒

What about Harry?

Madonna fought for LGBT+ for decades, before it was the socially acceptable and encouraged thing to do in the west. She did so at the detriment of her own career because she believed in us. Please don’t mention her name in the same sentence as people who use us as a sales boost.

Madonna is the B in LGBTQ

LEAVE MY GIRL OUT!

Y'all be dragging harry into this? He's literally unlabeled he said that

Other peoples sexuality is none of your business

Looking forward to the day a same-sex kiss is not labeled a 'stunt' by the media 'Lil Nas X took the BET Awards stage in June 2021 and kissed one of his back-up dancers. The stunt immediately drew comparisons to Madonna’s 2003 VMA kiss with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.'

Madonna doesn’t deserve to be on here, she’s had at least one relationship and a fling with women, this all happened at a different time when being even gay adjacent would not have benefitted her in any way. Reframing her 🏳️‍🌈 advocacy like this is a shitty thing to do.

People are having so much of blind horniness with the thought of iamcardib and Normani are nude and rubbing titties and vags in WildSide mv. So, lemme break your expectations. It's just CGI and hugging to hide the baby bump. Now move your poles. CardiB

The amount of ignorance in the comments.... And y'all trying to teach lessons to who? Shut the fuck up please!

Let people express themselves however they wish, as long as they’re not hurting anyone.

Querer falar de Madonna é sacanagem, se ela quisesse levar dinheiro cima da causa ela não seria uma das principais artistas da década de 90' a incentivar e oferecer trabalhos a camunidade nos seus shows s julgar a sexualidade.

Dont talk about ari

Y’all need to learn that just because they choose to be in a heterosexual relationship does not mean they are “queerbaiting”.

Queer batting is what victims use to make it through the industry because the balance of it is on the backs of lgbtq

Madonna has not only had actual sex but relationships with women and social media has yet again created another moral panic in queerbaiting … project bland marches on.

Stream

It's ok ,Nick can do as he wishes

Who writes this stuff? This trash article here is queerbaiting. is held in high regard when it comes its publications/reports on the World of Pop Culture. I guess they, too, are needing to spew this kind of clickbait trash in order to get ahead. Sad DO BETTER, RS!

Publish the ENTIRE LIST of those u feel are 'QUEER BAITING,'MEG thee STALLION, BTS (it's a running story about the sexuality of these TALENTED MEN, 5th HARMONY,HOUSEWIVES of Every city'(a story line accusing one or more housewife of being bisexual or lesbian (every show). MORE?

And it's okay for musty styles to do it

do you guys actually know what “queer-baiting” means…

Y’all better stop asking where Harry is 👹👹

Eat sh!t RS

donrodolfo5 ded

And none of these artists did queerbaiting. These are real people who are expressing themselves. Besides, several of these artists help the lgbtqia+ community

if you’re going to mention Ariana, keep it at chart positions / release wise, otherwise stfu

Nick Jonas never did that, this article is disgusting

WTF!!!

Madonna has no business being mentioned in this article. She's never 'queer baited' the gay community. She's been standing up for us, championing us, and bringing our art to the masses from day one. She did it decades before it was a 'fashionable', pr driven, marketing strategy.

Ariana? ARIANA? ARIANAAA? oh hell no drop the addy

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People co-opting BLK Terms without even knowing the meaning.

que porra de discussão que não serve pra nada

This article is not it.

LGBTQ+ has made huge progress in having our life's normalize in the last 20 year as a result of our hard work as a community (15% US population), & with the help of our ALLIES!! Articles like this that divide and stops our Allies in pushing our agenda will only take us backward!

no ariana no clout :(

As a gay man, I stan Madonna for all the hard work she has done over 30 years as an ally of our LGBTQ+ community with her in-your-face approach to normalized our lifestyle. Articles like this quoting gay sites that are dividing our LGBTQ+ community and allies make me mad!!

The irony that you resort to clickbait for your biphobic article 🥴

Harry styles too hes the king of queerbaiting

bruh real people can’t queerbait. it’s not fiction. It’s their real lives. queerbaiting is an issue but NOT when it comes to REAL PEOPLE

What about Harry Styles ?

If you feel queer baited, YOU’RE THE PROBLEM. Put some teflon on those titties jeezuhs 🙄🙄🙄

Nick never did that, please don't be liars

Leave nickjonas and ArianaGrande out of it please

Calling Madonna a queerbaiter takes away from all the outstanding work she's done as ally. This is used toilet paper journalism at its worst....

ariana is unlabeled wtf is this also victoria the co-writer and co-singer is bi

REAL PEOPLE CANNOT QUEERBAIT. PLEASE STOP THIS SHIT

someone's getting fired ☹️🥴

keep ariana out of this

first of all, Ariana is unlabeled, don't even try it.. second of all, thanks for this photo of nick I will now be saving it into my gallery for research purposes

dont talk on ariana, she is our girl she can do whatever the fuck she wants

What a f bull shit!

Ummm arianas bisexual

madonna is bisexual leave her out of this

If someone is anti-gay or a passive ally, or if they are doing gay things inorganically, that is unfortunate. Otherwise, if we are at a place where queerness is an attractive and marketable element — GOOD! Market to me. Outrage over queerbaiting is so misplaced.

Um Cardi B is bisexual so how is their video queer baiting? That video was beautiful.

Don’t use Ariana’s name to attract viewers

not u all making the whole article to defend ur ‘girl’ n bringing other artists? ariana never labeled herself n that’s the fact

Clickbait material and tabloid journalism. Rollingstone not getting enough web traffic these days...bc it shows.

👽🎼

Don’t mention ari or Billie , their both unlabeled

don’t ever dare to speak on ari again

The whole concept of people being able to queerbait pisses me off so much. No one else knows or is entitled to know about what someone is figuring out on their own. Leave people alone to live their lives, it doesn't hurt anybody

HARRY STYLES?

stay away from ariana

They ate us up and we love too see it.

Nick was definitely queerbaiting. Didn't he perform his single at a gay bar shirtless?

Delete that article..seriosuly

How can I dislike this tweet

please stop this is so embarrassing

Queerbaiting doesn’t even exist this article is very unnecessary

Rolling Stone are u ok? I mean not you saying this stuff. Please update, and keep your mouth away from this HARDWORKER artists and legends

How are y’all gonna exclude Harry when he’s literally known for this 🥴

But I actually believe Madonna fucked women so

You sure about Madonna ? You know, the person who talked openly about LGBTQ+ issues way before it became the cool thing to talk about ?

KEEP EVERYONE OUT YOUR MOUTH!!

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