Troye Sivan on his “very strange” relationship with masculinity after being named GQ’s Man of the Year
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It’s not lost on me the irony of me winning ‘man’ of the year when I did drag for the first time this year [in the music video for “One of Your Girls”]. I feel more in touch with my femininity than ever, and I think it speaks to a point I’d really like to make, which is that my relationship with masculinity has been very strange my entire life.
I existed in this grey area between not being invited to sleepovers for girls’ nights and not getting along with any of the boys.
Unlearning and de-programming all of that has taken so many years and lots of people. I’m so lucky to have incredible women in my life. I pull so much from them, and their strength and power is something I’m in awe of.
I also have incredible men in my life. And the biggest thing for me has been the queer people in my life that I’ve met along the way. These are people I look to for self love first and foremost, and for love of each other and love of community.
Troye Sivan, 28, discussing navigating both the masculine and feminine sides of his personality while accepting GQ Australia’s Man of the Year award.
Check out Sivan looking snatched in drag alongside Ross Lynch in the “One of Your Girls” video and then peep more of his stylish photos from Insta below:
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It would have been amazing if there had been someone like Troye around when I was a teen. The closest we had was David Bowie & Prince, who were amazing but never really felt this approachable.
Man of the Year or Twink of the Year? They aren’t the same.
As an androphile it is disappointing how our society continues to feminize the very things that make men and women different. I’m starting to believe some will not be happy until we all proclaim to be non-binary trying to erase any distinctions between men and women.
There is a reason GQ is no longer relevant and is a shadow of its former self.
Baron, I’ve noticed that most people here never reply to you on a serious level. So I’ll give it a shot. Surely you know about the Kinsey scale of sexual orientation. Anyone who’s kept his eyes open knows that a similar scale can be used to describe the spectrum from “alpha male” masculinity on one end to “girly” femininity at the other. You could put all people on one scale, or you could have separate scales for men and women. Either way, you’d have to be living under a rock to not know there are gradations of men and women all along those spectrums. It’s always been that way, even though historically people not near one of the poles have usually tried to hide their true natures.
Allowing people to express their true selves is not an effort of society “to feminize the very things that make men and women different.” It’s just freedom and acceptance of diversity. Nothing to fear, nothing to lament.
And The entire gay community is turning against trans freaks. On a national scale you bring nothing to the table short of perfectly distilled chaos. Your attempts at destroying women and family are futile. You’re going down as we speak.
Dip, you are not the entire gay community. I’m sure you only talk to people who agree with you but you need to realize you are not the community. Just a narcissistic part of it.
Pietro, are you really just 22? You increasingly come across as a rather bitter older guy. I say that as a straightforward observation, not a snarky gibe. Troye is one of the higher profile gays out there, and it seems de rigueur for Qweerty to do a story when he’s in a high profile place. And a high profile guy talking femininity and masculinity on a personal level in today’s environment seems an interesting story. I certainly found it interesting.
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bachy
Can’t be any stranger than Lagoona Bloo’s relationship to femininity.
monty clift
Lmao. So many train wrecks in drag….
ShaverC
I thought drag was juts one big train wreck.
dbmcvey
Conservative trolls all agreeing with each other. As usual.
Diplomat
As a trans lefty freak, I guess you’re also in support of trans women (doesn’t exist) flopping their bare fake tits on the white house lawn.
dbmcvey
Oh look, and here’s another conservative troll chiming in. We knew you’d be here eventually diplo. Thanks for affirming who you are once again.
Diplomat
How does it feel to swirl down the toilet bowl?
dbmcvey
You tell me dip. I’ve never done that.
dbmcvey
It would have been amazing if there had been someone like Troye around when I was a teen. The closest we had was David Bowie & Prince, who were amazing but never really felt this approachable.
Darson
I call transition in less than 5 years. But at least he’s prettier than Dylan.
Mostlikelytobedownvoted
Ruuuuuuuuuude.
LumpyPillows
I doubt it. he’s just playing around with clothes and makeup. No big deal, although everyone makes it a big deal theses day. It’s just dress up.
Besides, Dylan never transitioned anything. He’s just a transvestite attention whore.
dbmcvey
No. He likes being gay.
Baron Wiseman
Man of the Year or Twink of the Year? They aren’t the same.
As an androphile it is disappointing how our society continues to feminize the very things that make men and women different. I’m starting to believe some will not be happy until we all proclaim to be non-binary trying to erase any distinctions between men and women.
There is a reason GQ is no longer relevant and is a shadow of its former self.
Chrisk
The 50s are calling and they want you back. That or maybe 1 million moms has an opening.
dbmcvey
So, “androphile” means you’re insecure in your masculinity so you have to worry all the time “is what I’m doing butch enough?”
DennisMpls
Baron, I’ve noticed that most people here never reply to you on a serious level. So I’ll give it a shot. Surely you know about the Kinsey scale of sexual orientation. Anyone who’s kept his eyes open knows that a similar scale can be used to describe the spectrum from “alpha male” masculinity on one end to “girly” femininity at the other. You could put all people on one scale, or you could have separate scales for men and women. Either way, you’d have to be living under a rock to not know there are gradations of men and women all along those spectrums. It’s always been that way, even though historically people not near one of the poles have usually tried to hide their true natures.
Allowing people to express their true selves is not an effort of society “to feminize the very things that make men and women different.” It’s just freedom and acceptance of diversity. Nothing to fear, nothing to lament.
dbmcvey
Good response Dennis.
But the responses Baron gets are as serious as he is.
bachy
@DennisMpls: nice to see a legitimate argument instead of crass, juvenile name-calling.
Diplomat
Please, an androphile? You’re a gay man, just leave it at that. As judge Judy says Keep it simple Stupid.
dbmcvey
Uh-oh! The conservative anti-gay trolls are turning on each other.
Diplomat
And The entire gay community is turning against trans freaks. On a national scale you bring nothing to the table short of perfectly distilled chaos. Your attempts at destroying women and family are futile. You’re going down as we speak.
dbmcvey
Dip, you are not the entire gay community. I’m sure you only talk to people who agree with you but you need to realize you are not the community. Just a narcissistic part of it.
Pietro D
No reading ever again on T S………. Can we have other matters discussed? You concentrate on him too much as you do on the shithead Gus K.
DennisMpls
Pietro, are you really just 22? You increasingly come across as a rather bitter older guy. I say that as a straightforward observation, not a snarky gibe. Troye is one of the higher profile gays out there, and it seems de rigueur for Qweerty to do a story when he’s in a high profile place. And a high profile guy talking femininity and masculinity on a personal level in today’s environment seems an interesting story. I certainly found it interesting.
dbmcvey
A hugely popular, out of the closet pop star. Why would this site have stories about him? Crazy, right?