The term once addressed real fears – but it has become a means of policing identity as it ‘reduces sexuality to a tick box’
But assuming straightness or queerness based on a celebrity’s behavior or clothing rather than any concrete public statements or actions is a slippery slope, said Claire Sisco King, an associate professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University.
“It reduces the whole complexity of sexuality to a yes/no tick box, which is completely counter to what queerness really is,” she said. “The opposite of straight isn’t queer, the opposite of straight is gay. Queer can be a whole range of things that evade categorization – that’s sort of the point.”Take the case of Styles, who is perhaps the celebrity most relentlessly accused of queerbaiting.
It’s not just about eyeliner, though. Some celebrities accused of queerbaiting have already publicly identified as queer, suggesting accusers have delineated an unspoken code of right and wrong ways to express queerness. Targets include Lady Gaga anda sensual music video made with the singer Normani, responded on Twitter: “I don’t like this new ‘queer baiting’ word. I’m married to a man but I have [expressed] soo much about my bisexuality and my experiences [with] girls.
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