The smiths gay
One would imagine that, at age 60, Morrissey — Brit-pop’s patron saint of all things smartly smarmy, sexually obsessive, slyly sensitive and dramatic — might have tamed his theatrical side and tamped down his impulse to provoke his devoted audiences.
And yet on the stages of Camden’s BB&T Pavilion on Monday night, Morrissey — divine since fronting The Smiths from 1982-87, and still handsome, nattily dressed in a suit and loosely knotted tie — spent a large part of the evening inaudibly testing and subtly prodding his fans.
With a radically conflicted persona, Morrissey has always pushed hot buttons of gender and sexuality politics. As the frontman of The Smiths, he claimed to be celibate while referencing gay subculture on stage and in lyrics. Since going solo, he has called himself a “humasexual,” and he very briefly discussed relationships with men and women in interviews and his autobiography.
Morrissey has long been a reluctant poster lad for the LGBTQ-plus movement. On Monday, however, images including Lypsinka and a dancing, smiling James Baldwin were projected on the screen behind him, an apparent ode to the gay community.
Starting his elongated set with a raging version
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system89
That’s not really a Smiths thing - they’re too busy being mopey.
Mopey = gay & emo.
system90
Gays love to dance and take E.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
EVERYONE loves to dance & take E…they just don’t know it yet.
As for this whol Morrissey/Smiths and the fans are gay thing…I believe you’re all getting male lover mixed up with homosexuality.
zick91
One of my friends who is the biggest Smiths fan I’ve ever some across is gay, or at least was same-sex attracted. He started seeing a girl a year or two ago and he has been going with her ever since. Regardless he loved The Smiths when he was into “swordfights” and all that. He also loves The Pixies. There is a gay following for The Smiths alright but they’re not conspicuously gay.
system92
That is the coolest friggin em-over I’ve ever seen on an em-u!
The genres that feature the largest element of gay fans are noise, metal and industrial music…they just tend to be closet gays so go under the ra(gay)dar.
At least the Smiths and House fans can concede they’re gay…unlike Ministry, Pantera, Slayer and of course Black Metal fans. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
system93
There is a gay monitoring fo
Gay social scene at Smith College?
StressedNovaKid1
I recognize Smith has sort of a reputation for LGBTQ inclusivity and all that, but I was wondering if anyone familiar with the gay scene (dating and otherwise) at Smith might have some personal insight to offer?
Thanks!
pauler800202
As a parent, all I can say is that there is definitely a lgbtq+ dating scene at Smith and I have heard some thoughts on that from my daughter, but I have no personal insight.
smithistory3
Hi, I’m a first year at Smith! I don’t personally have life in the queer matchmaking app scene (I am pan, but have a cis male boyfriend), but around 50% of Smithies determine as queer, so naturally the dating scene is huge. As a pan person, the social scene is amazing. There is honestly nowhere like Smith when it comes to safety, acceptance, and comfort for a queer person!
Springbird4
@smithistory
I am curious where you got the stat that 50% of Smithies identify as queer. While there is certainly a significant queer community at Smith, that number seems awfully high. Can you share your source please?smithistory5
@Springbird I cannot provide a source for you right now (I’ll try to
The Smiths, lead by advantage singer Morrissey and head guitarist Johnny Marr in the 1980s, changed harmony forever through their singular, sullen, and melodic sound that popularized the independent British rock scene to a scale never before imagined. And although the Smiths are heavily listened to today, I trust that many of the listeners ignore the truth that many if not most of The Smiths' songs feature homosexual themes and undertones that are the main spirit of the music. Hell, it is almost never mentioned, not on Wikipedia, not in common conversation. It is just another example of playing down one man's beautiful art - an art that is inextricably and amazingly, gay. Many gay teens will cite The Smiths as their favorite band for the most part because, strangely, for once, there is a group that understands our pain, and sings our lives. As Morrissey sang in his song, "Panic," ". . . burn down the disco . . . because the music they constantly play, it says nothing to me about my life," most of the love songs in this world that are heard publicly would never feature gay lyrics. And so in my notion, Morrissey, who has through the years constantly denied or remained aloof about his se.