Dev Hynes Wants People To Stop Dissecting His Sexuality: “I’m Not Gay But I’m Not Straight”
Dev Hynes has called for blogs to stop dissecting his sexuality. The Brit, who performs under the stage name Blood Orange, set the record straight with a series of raw and honest tweets. “Someone just sent me a bunch of blog posts on tumblr dissecting/discussing my sexuality/views based on interviews & it’s so dark,” he began. “I don’t really do many interviews, and I try to be very honest about everything in my life if needs be.”
“It’s like when I was on the cover of OUT Magazine,” the producer behind Solange Knowles‘ critically acclaimed True EP continued. “Everybody was mad because i’m not ‘gay’. But I’m not ‘straight’ & have never claimed to be. They ignored I was 1 of few black males to be on the cover. I’ll probably delete all this, I never usually read this shit, it just saddens me really.” See Dev’s Twitter commentary below.
Someone just sent me a bunch of blog posts on tumblr dissecting/discussing my sexuality/views based on interviews & it's so dark.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) February 9, 2015
I don't really do many interviews, and I try to be very honest about everything in my life if needs be. It's like when I was on the cover..
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) February 9, 2015
.. of OUT Magazine. Everybody was mad because i'm not "gay. But i'm not "straight" & have never claimed to be. They ignored I was 1 of few..
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) February 9, 2015
.. black males to be on the cover. I'll probably delete all this, i never usually read this shit, it just saddens me really.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) February 9, 2015
if I sicken you then you have more problems in your life than you're aware of & you're not someone I would want listening to my music anyway
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) February 9, 2015
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