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Mykki Blanco: 'One of the Things I'll Never Do is Make Excuses for Heterosexual People'

The queer rapper discussed the importance of pronouns while on tour.

Mykki Blanco
Photography: Scott Kaplan

During a sit-down conversation from Mykki Blanco's recent world tour, an interviewer asked the queer rapper if he understood why pronouns were confusing to ill-informed individuals. "There are so many variations within the spectrum of gender," she said to Blanco. "And everyone wants to be called exactly how they feel. Can you understand that's a bit confusing to some people?"

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Blanco responded, saying, "I understand that people can have trouble with it, but who cares? Get on board, that's life." He continued, "One of the things I'll never do is make excuses for hetereosexual people. Our whole entire world is ran for the most part by a patriarchal heterosexual agenda, and I'm sorry, but if it's too confusing for you now, watch this program, read a book, read a magazine [...] Life is an ongoing journey."

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After sharing this month his "Hideaway" music video, which reflected on living openly with HIV, Blanco announced this week he'll be performing at Glastonbury 2017 to celebrate Block9's 10th anniversary. See the full lineup, below.

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