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Emma Loffhagen

Harry Styles is right — disclosing your sexuality is an outdated idea

It’s an extraordinarily rare occasion that Harry Styles attracts criticism. He is almost at the level of untouchable, among the ranks of Adele and Beyoncé, where to utter a word against him is akin to blasphemy.

However, the singer has come under fire for a recent interview in which he said “it doesn’t matter” what his sexuality is, and that the expectation to disclose it is “outdated”, renewing criticisms that he is “queerbaiting”.

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