Backstage at the X Factor Tour (March 29, 2011)

I keep seeing posts speculating that Kendall Jenner is gay and she and Harry Styles are “mutual beards.” The story behind this is that he’s in a relationship with Louis Tomlinson and she’s dating Cara Delevingne. Now, I don’t give a fuck if you think Larry is a thing; I’m not going to ‘police your ship.’ I also have no idea how any of these people identify w/r/t sexuality and won’t assume any of their identies. But Cara Delevingne is in a relationship with a woman. Her name is Annie Clark and they are openly queer people in a high profile, public, committed relationship. I saw a (popular) post joking about how ppl want this week to go down: Harry and Kendall appear on the Ellen Show, when Cara and Louis appear from a closet and they all announce their relationships. There’s a related hashtag to promote the story. In this fantasy you’ve literally placed an openly queer women into a closet, an arguably violent move. You’ve erased her actual relationship to use her as a stand-in queer: as evidence of a “queer association.” It’s offensive and has real world implications. There are literally thousands of people engaging with this discourse.