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The term is also frequently applied by queer men to female pop stars such as Madonna, Ariana Grande, and Britney Spears. However, Martin’s labeling, and the kind of attention Bunny is receiving, is not just innocent doting from fans. Bunny is being positioned as doing comparable, or even more significant, activism than actual queer people in the Latinx community. This positioning extends to a recent LA Times profile (where Bunny confirmed he was straight and had a girlfriend, but said “it does not define me”) and various think-pieces celebrating his “new masculinity” or how he “bridges LGBTQ and Latinx identities”.
It becomes obvious there is more capital to be gained from wearing the queer activism of the moment like a costume than actually living and embodying it. If Bunny really wanted to dispel homophobia within reggaeton music, he would use his large platform to feature the queer and trans artists that are frequently silenced and ignored within the genre. Taking issue with Bad Bunny receiving praise for his activism is different than critiquing his actions. It’s a further indictment of how media and popular culture prefers its queerness to be served. As the queer hosts of music podcast Only Stans observed, when discussing Bunny’s Yo Perreo Sola visual shortly after its release: “People tend to celebrate these queer aesthetics from a very decidedly heterosexual male as opposed to celebrating the queer people who originate them and live these sort of ideals in their day-to-day lives.” When Bad Bunny blurs gender lines, it’s framed as “ending” toxic masculinity and homophobia.