The 29-year-old pop star's music is offering visibility to a new generation of queer women — a dream she’s longed to fulfill since she was a kid
Hayley Kiyoko’s epiphany arrived at an NSYNC concert. The pop singer-songwriter says she “came out of the womb wanting to perform,” but often felt a sense of dislocation as a young gay girl growing up in a straight world.
“I wanted the validation of women that male superstars get,” says Kiyoko, who grew up “doing everything I did because of girls.” When she reached high school — a fundamentally unrelatable environment for her, where girls grew even more “guy crazy” — she felt bereft of that validation. “I didn’t get to date women, or go on first dates, or go to dances with people I wanted to. I missed out on being asked out.
Instead of keeping the adoration for herself, though, Kiyoko chooses to share it with her community. Wthen 78 bras were thrown at her during her 2018 tour, she donated all of them to the homeless charity I Support The Girls. And Kiyokians are just as much a community as they are a fanbase. It’s common for fans to attend her concerts on their own and to leave with lifelong friends.
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