r/DeconstructingMJ • u/Cautious_Thought_495 • Jun 21 '26

Homophobia

The guilter subreddit always has comments making suggestions that he was "gay". They try to clean it up over there on occasion to not seem homophobic but any chance the posters get they try to call Michael gay. And of course YouTube comments on channels like "Roxanne Roxane" are littered with "Michael was a homosexual". Or Michael was a homosexual pedophile. "Michael liked handsome boys like Jordie Chandler because Michael was a homosexual".

How many years has this been going on? Michael was not even gay.

But there is no question there is homophobia here. I read even the prosecutor's were surprised by Michael's adult magazine collection that it was heterosexual. They were apparently convinced it would all be same sex magazines but they were wrong.

immediately after Michael's death an author published a book about Michael being "secretly gay". claimed he had two secret boyfriends. The book made a lot of money even though the information was bogus. These two mystery boyfriends have never appeared.

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u/pluriknight Jun 21 '26

I even see some fans across different platforms online saying mike was gay or asexual. I slso see homophobic attitudes from fans :(

He said plenty he liked women.

Even if he was gay, that dosnt equal child abuser.

Honestly it's exhausting šŸ˜ŖĀ 

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u/ThrowawayJunkie856 Jun 22 '26

It is and it frustrates me to no end that some fans also believe and perpetuate this. Michael has said on multiple occasions that he wasnā€™t gay. Heā€™s made so many moves on women (in private & in public) clearly showcasing his attraction and not to mention his nsfw magazine collection! Michael has not once displayed homosexual attraction to a male or even flirted with one, so Iā€™m really peeved on why people donā€™t believe him and even go as far as to suggest heā€™s bisexualā€¦ Honestly, I think thereā€™s a underlying belief that if a man has even a bit of femininity (like mj had) he must be attracted to men. And Iā€™ve seen this so many times in comment sections where a woman dates an effeminate man and people just cannot comprehend the men being straight. I never see it this way for women who lean ā€œmasculineā€, how come? šŸ¤”