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'Is Ariana Grande bisexual?' Here's why that question is problematic

"Here we go again," I sighed, staring at yet another headline offering commentary on a star's supposed LGBTQ status. Key word: "Supposed."

Ariana Grande's latest single "Monopoly" prompted a flurry of renewed speculation about her sexual orientation, thanks to some cheeky lyrics and a gossip-hungry world: "I like women and men." The singer was quick to address the speculation via Twitter after a fan wrote, "ariana ain't gotta label herself, but she said what she said."

The pop star responded, "i haven't before and still don't experience the need to now which is okay."

Grande is (objectively!) correct: We don't require to put LGBTQ labels on celebrities — or any people, for that matter — who don't feel the demand to label themselves. And even if Grande never addressed the lyric, it still isn't information we require to know to go about our lives. But why perform we try and make it our business?

The truth is that it doesn't matter why. We shouldn't. It's damaging to the LGBTQ community at grand. It paints sexual orientation and gender individuality as something that's

Ariana Grande didn’t have to arrive out as gender non-conforming, but I’m content she (kind of) did

Ariana Grande and her foremost friend Victoria Monét just released “Monopoly,” a fiery pop-rap anthem about achievement and strong friendships. It echoes the sentiments of “7 rings” — which was released earlier this year and is currently in its ninth week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — but holds a key difference.

One simple line in the song’s post-chorus alludes to identifying as queer: “I like women and men (yeah).”

It seems silly when I type it out, but the lyric feels iconic for me as a longtime Ariana stan. It’s plain and light — much like I think the coming out process should be — and it doesn’t glue a label to the young, evolving artists who are still clearly coming into their retain.

Ariana has never publicly called herself bisexual — but in the hours after the song’s release, she tweeted and deleted that she doesn’t undergo a need to “label herself.” Victoria, on the other hand, tweeted “i also like girls” in November 2018. In the song video for her single “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored,” Ariana comes extremely end to kissing a woman in the very last second, whic

Ariana Grande Should Not Be Your White Queer Icon

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article for the Review about queer tropes in the music video for Ariana Grande’s song, “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored” (“Ariana Grande’s Melody Video Perpetuates Queer Stereotypes, Tropes,” March 8, 2018). Writing under the assumption that Grande was direct, I criticized the video for utilizing Grande’s brush with a girl as a “plot twist.” This portrayal, I argued, fed into a common trope that delegitimizes and fetishizes queer women. The article was written a month after the video was released, prior to any sign of Grande coming out. Then, at the beginning of April, Ariana released a song titled “Monopoly” with her partner Victoria Monét, who is bisexual. In the lyric, they both sing, “I like women and men.”

This was a bombshell for the queer community. While fans declared her a “bisexual icon,” I remained skeptical. Time and again, I’ve been baited by entertainment that presents sexual attraction between women purely for the benefit of the male gaze. From videos like Rihanna and Shakira’s “Can’t Remember to Forget You” to shows like Riverdale, the fetishization of queer women is

Wicked's Ariana Grande Addresses Glinda's Sexuality

Ariana Grande feels there is plenty to celebrate throughout Oz.

Especially as the Wicked actress reflected on the bond her character Glinda has with Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba, which she noted can certainly be interpreted as a queer allegory, along with many other aspects of the film and its source material, The Wizard of Oz.

"Glinda might be a little in the closet," Ariana told Gay Timesin an interview published Nov. 21, adding that "you never know" what would happen if Glinda and Elphaba were given "a little more time."

The 31-year-old also understands why many fans own shipped the characters over the years, explaining, "It is just a true love, and I think that transcends sexuality. It's just a deep security within each other."

"And trust and truth and just such a safe space for one another," she continued, "which is what all relationships should be—whether it's romantic or platonic."

And Ariana is not the only one who thinks Glinda is in the closet: K