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So is tyler the creator gay2/3/2024 It sounds like Tyler doesn't want to put a label on it, which is fair enough, but we'd be lying if we said we weren't a little curious about Tyler's previous relationships and how that manifested itself in his music. If that's not open minded, I don't know what is." "I had a boyfriend when I was fifteen in fucking Hawthorne. Now, in an interview with Know Wave's Koopz Tunes radio show, Tyler admits he had his first gay relationship as a teenager. So when Tyler released Flower Boy, which included lines like " I’ve been kissing white boys since 2004", many wondered whether Tyler was actually coming out or if this was a queer-baiting publicity stunt. That didn't really fly with many people and for years Tyler has attempted to distance himself from this homophobic image, including releasing anti-homophobic merch line in 2015. Tyler attempted to shrug off the criticism at the time by claiming his gay fans were okay with him using this language, as well as pointing out that other members of his rap collective, Odd Future (which included Frank Ocean and The Internet's Syd the Kid) were both queer and weren't offended by the homophobic remarks.
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