Therefore, Jaden’s foray into women’s fashion isn’t just savvy marketing but a statement about the fluidity of gender, style and our evolution of thought around all of society’s “do’s and don’ts”. It’s this perceived “gayness” or better yet “otherness” that has some black men’s stylistic expression stifled and their misogyny on full display as a tactic to show how “straight” they are. Beckham’s been called “soft” and a range of feminine words for dancing with male friends and dying his hair. His excuse for getting into a fight and suspended last month was that he claimed another player called him a gay slur. Recently, we’ve all had a front row seat to the witch-hunt for NFL player Odell Beckham’s sexual orientation.
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