For Britney Spears's LGBTQ+ fans, FreeBritney feels like a chance to halt a cycle of tragedy.
. “But on the other hand, she’s only in her early 70s, so it shouldn’t be surprising she’s still alive. Recently it tweeted ‘Liza Minnelli outlives Prince Philip,’ but she’s literally 25 years younger than he was, so why are we expecting her to be dead?”
Spears has also been stalked by expectations of destruction. But for her LGBTQ+ fans, Free Britney feels like a chance to halt a cycle of tragedy. Scratching beneath the surface, there is guilt: not just about how Spears has been mistreated, but also for the long lineage of women who were failed in life and are now idolized in retrospect. We can change this narrative by rejecting the idea that the demise of queer icons—particularly women—is somehow inevitable.
The end of Spears’s conservatorship won’t solve all her problems. But it is a step toward finally putting her in control of her own life and story. Her bombshell testimony in June felt like the start of that process. As she spoke, it struck me that 24 minutes must be the longest we have ever heard her speak uninterrupted. Finally, there were no paparazzi chasing her or journalists bringing her to tears.
,” her last big hit before her 2007 struggles. “People can take everything away from you, but they can never take away your truth,” she said. For Spears and her LGBTQ+ fans, these words would be important on the road ahead. Now they ring truer than ever.Sign Up Now
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