Popstar Miley Cyrus has gotten candid in a new interview, opening up about her own struggles with faith. The 27-year-old singer also revealed that she left her church over its treatment of LGBTQ Christians.
“I was also brought up in the church in Tennessee at a time in the 90s, so it was a less accepting time with all that,” Cyrus said on an Instagram live broadcast of Bright Minded March 20. “I had some gay friends in school. The reason why I left my church is that they weren’t being accepted. They were being sent to conversion therapies. And I had a really hard time with that and I had a hard time with me finding my sexuality too.” Cyrus identifies as pansexual, and has dated men and women in the past.
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Cyrus also revealed that her reckoning over the treatment of queer people in the church led to her own spiritual awakening. “I think now you telling me that I’m allowed to redesign my relationship with God as an adult and make it how it feels most accepting to me would make me feel so less turned off by spirituality.”
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Cyrus herself came out in 2015. She told Elle: “A big part of my pride and my identity is being a queer person. What I preach is: People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever. What I’m in love with exists on almost a spiritual level.”
Cam
When she was at the height of her career she told her audience if they were anti-LGBT then she didn’t want them as fans. As far as I’m concerned, she is brave and that was fantastic…
THAT SAID……
Her comment of “People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever. What I’m in love with exists on almost a spiritual level.””
Is a bit ridiculous when you look at the people she’s dated. All I’m saying is, all these people who claim that they fall in love with people, not looks always seem to date hot guys. When she dates a very kind, generous, sweet, guy with a skin condition, wonkey eyes, and who is 30lbs overweight, then she can preach about not going for looks…when you were married to one of the Hemsworth brothers it sounds kind of not-believable.
Donston
It does come off like phony, hippy-dippy nonsense when you look at the dudes she’s had relationships with and the couple of women she’s supposedly dated. I think some of these “queers” don’t realize how problematic their words are and sometimes how corny and phony they comes off, especially many of these “queer women”. You say gender doesn’t matter and yet the only people you’ve had substantial relationships with have been cis males. So, gender definitely matters to some degree, at least at some point in your life. Secondly, there are people who are completely hetero or homo or do have overall preferences, affections, love, relationship ambitions that veer a certain direction. You need to respect those people and make sure that you’re only speaking for your dimensions and ambitions. While this is like the fourth time Miley has been directly or indirectly critical of “gay” and has presented herself as being some superior, more advanced being to “gay” or “straight” people. Then these “queers” wonder why some homosexual or gay-identifying folks take issue with them. You’re instigating as many problems as you’re trying to fix. Miley seems obsessed with trying to establish “queer cred” and it’s making her come off desperate and leading to her saying problematic, ignorant, goofy stuff. This is partly why I’d rather focus less on identity and more on living freely and honestly and understanding things like fluidity and the gender, romantic, sexual, emotional fulfillment, relationship contentment spectrum. This hyper focus on identity and the tendency of people to use their sense of selves and behaviors for political, sociological or ego reasons is more of an issue than ever. Still, I don’t resent Miley. She’s still rather young, and the girl has gone through some shit and is going down her own path. But stop with the problematic shit.
Cam
@Doston said “especially many of these “queer women”. You say gender doesn’t matter and yet the only people you’ve had substantial relationships with have been cis males. ”
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Agreed,
Anna Paquin is the example of a lot of these hollywood women who “Come Out”. She came out after she married a straight guy and is in a heterosexual relationship.
Donston
That’s not really my issue. People can date or be married to whoever they wish. If they still want to express their dimensions they can do so. I just don’t like this overcompensating instincts for people who mostly only indulge substantial hetero relationships. Then you got some who judge 100% homo people or people who are unabashed about relationship ambitions and who they want long term love with. It comes off very hypocritical, and it ends up supporting internalized homophobia and gay shame and more division. Though they claim to want bring people together. I’m tired of people indulging same-sex “relationships” for a few weeks and plastering it all on social media to “prove” how “queer” they are. I’m sick of the identity politics, the manipulation, the ego driven/social media driven nonsense, the oppression Olympics. Basically, everyone is annoying me. Just speak on your dimensions, your struggles, your journey and proceed to live your life.
succubus
she’s def waning
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
She has always been a supporter, going as far as to have a tattoo supporting Gay marriage on her ring finger.
That she is taking on “Christians” absolutely good on her!
batesmotel
Miley Cyrus was a teeny bopper I had never listened to until I heard her on an interview. She was asked why she never addresses the critics that say she’s got a Lesbian haircut. Miley said, “There’s nothing wrong with being a Lesbian, that’s why I didn’t address it.” I thought, “I didn’t know she was gay friendly.” I’ve always liked her since.
Donston
Well, this is also the same person that claimed “gay” men only liked Mariah Carey because they mostly care about looks and posturing. I am a lil tired of giving “queers” and “allies” passes to for contributing to a lot of the hate and division that they claim to want to end. Now I don’t resent Miley. But the girl has a lot of growing up to do. Her massage is starting to fall too much into the vein of “I’m special and I want my “queer cred”, rather than just promoting accepting people, freedom, honesty and people doing that they want to do.
Donston
Typos galore in that post.
ScottOnEarth
While appreciate any form of LGBTQ advocacy, Miley’s ‘support’ of the community really seems to stem from her her need for attention and the shock value of it all. It’s getting contrived and insincere at this point.