6 Queer Quotes from Lil Nas X

To those who say he’s going too far:

“Throwing a little ass every now and then, touching on dudes and hugging them and kissing them at some points, I was like, should I even do this? I don’t feel like they’re going to love me like that. [People say] go where you’re accepted and stuff like that, but you can’t always just go where you’re accepted. You’ve got to go and break down those walls and say, ‘This is my space now too.’”

On social media criticism of his TV performances of Call Me By Your

Name: “Like the song is literally about gay sex. What y’all want me to do – play the piano while baking a cake? …people are still acting surprised that I am being gay and sexual in performances of a song about gay and sexual shit.”

In response to trolls:

“You’re right I am insecure about my sexuality. I still have a long way to go. I’ve never denied that. When you’re conditioned by society to hate yourself your entire life it takes a lot of unlearning, which is exactly why I do what I do.”

To those who accuse him of pushing a “gay agenda”:

“The truth is there is no attack. You view femininity as weakness. You don’t like gay black men because you are afraid of black men, as a whole, being viewed as weak. You cling on to your masculinity because without it you have nothing else going for yourself.”

Lyrics from his single Holiday: “I might bottom on the low, but I top shit.”

On overtaking DaBaby as Spotify’s most listened to male rapper (after DaBaby made homophobic comments):

“Now, that’s what I’m talking ‘bout! Now u can go cry in 2 ur soup Dababy.”