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Jeffree Star Says Nonbinary People’s Use Of They/Them Is ‘Going Too Far’
The YouTube star believes people who use ‘preferred pronouns’ are going overboard with labels.
Jeffree Star is standing by his controversial comments about nonbinary people and the use of they/them pronouns. Newsweek reported that the Youtuber and makeup guru made a series of inflammatory remarks about people who use they/them pronouns.
Nonbinary is an umbrella term used by people “who experience their gender identity and/or gender expression as falling outside the binary gender categories of ‘man’ and ‘woman.’
During Star’s visit with Tennessee Titans player Taylor Lewan’s podcast, Jeffree claimed that the increase in nonbinary gender identities and the use of they/them pronouns is due to people being “bored” while staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“That’s why the conservatives like me because I’m just real. You’re not ‘they’ and ‘them.’ You’re trans, you’re male, or you’re female. People get so mad when I say that… how are you a ‘they?’ What does that mean?” Jeffree Star explained. “It’s stupid, is what it is,” he said. “But you need someone like me, who looks like me, to say it. Because if you say it, it turns into: ‘You’re homophobic, you hate trans people, you hate…
