The reason I came out in is because I had so many managers and labels I went through; labels kept asking, "What are we going to do if people find out you're gay? You're just supposed to look amazing, sing your song and go home; you had no opinion. So I played straight in my personal and professional lives. So after being turned down by so many labels with them saying if I had a gay audience, they would push me. I wasn't going to gay parties and clubs, but I was under the impression that the gay community would look out for me.
WCT: I take it that hasn't been the case. TC: Are you kidding me? I have to fight tooth-and-nail just to get them to look my way. And this is where the conversation really gets complicated because, from my experience, the only gay boys who win are those who are truly a mess or who are drag queens. And if you're not a drag queen or "Yesss, queen" or "Work! I spent the first 20 years of my professional life being straight. I was recently booked for an event, but I was notified before it happened that I [was being pulled]; I was told, "Right now you're not poppin' and no one knows you.
When I wasn't out, things were moving much faster. I thought my brothers would come out and support me when I did. I'm just going to keep hoping. It seems like that experience was more of a minus than a plus for you. TC: Yeah, it was definitely a minus. Again, it was the same thing. Unfortunately, so many people were expecting me to turn up, act a fool or be saucy.
What I thought was a blessing in my life ended up being a curse because I got in the industry so early. When I was in the studio with Mariah, it wasn't "What's up, bitch? I don't have a problem with overly effeminate gay men, but that's not who I am. We're so much more than drag queens and effeminate men. TC: I had just moved back in with my mom, after a boy band I was in failed. My mother screamed and cried; she was scared, of course. WCT: And you were homeless at one point? I went to Atlanta, thinking it would be my big break.
I was working with a production company called Songbook Entertainment; their first hit was [sings Tyrese's "Sweet Lady"] and they also signed Trey Songz. Basically, they had an issue with me being gay, and there was the whole conversation of "You sound too white. It ruined me; they were so mean and nasty to me because they made me doubt my talent. So I slept on friends' couches and even a men's shelter; I was homeless for about a year. WCT: Let's move on to your music. I saw your video for the song "Blow" [available on YouTube].
It's a cool song, but you also catch attention for what you wear. TC: The pink coat? You know what's funny? I have so many horror stories about that coat. I saw a girl on with a long coat, and I said, "I want a pink coat. When we released the video, I got so much hate for the coat; people said, "It looks tacky!
WCT: Where is that song available? TC: It's everywhere, like iTunes. It wasn't "urban" enough. TC: Yes. I love someone who's fighting for their career.
She's been told "no" her whole career, and she kept fighting. We all have to fight in this industry. This shit is not easy and it's not fun. WCT: And how did the collaboration with Precious come about? Besides, with a gorgeous woman like Lara nearby, how could he walk away from any man's dream?
He fondled her at the Louvre and as upseting as that was at first, hehe, I think that act says enough- Kurtie's so straight. Well, there's no proof of any sexual orientation in the game, exactly. So I'll think of him as a bisexual. I wonder Have we ever asked ourselves if Lara is a lesbian? He loves ME!!! There is no evidence in any of the six Tomb Raider games or in either of the two Tomb Raider movies, that Lara Croft has bi-sexual tendancies.
Similarly with Kurtis in his one appearance to date. Celibacy, whether deliberate or not, is not automatically synonymous with bi-sexuality. Maybe he is bi. Well this thread is in fact stupid. It implicitly makes fun of sexual orientation. Which is not accepted on this forum. Both parties have their thread, and that's more than enough.
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