13 revelations from Harry Styles about his sexuality and gender-fluid fashion – from clapping back at ‘queerbaiting’ claims in Rolling Stone to that Gucci Vogue cover
- Styles stars as a gay man in upcoming film My Policeman, prompting more ‘queerbaiting’ criticism – especially as he’s only been linked to women IRL, such as girlfriend Olivia Wilde
- The former One Direction member spoke to Rolling Stone about his sexuality for its September 2022 issue and has previously staunchly defended his choice to wear a Gucci dress on his Vogue cover
Harry Styles is in the headlines again: he’s starring in upcoming romantic drama My Policeman, scheduled for release in the US in October this year after premiering at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival. The online buzz isn’t just due to fan excitement, though – some netizens have taken issue with him playing the lead role of Tom, a gay policeman in 1950s Britain, adding to the “queerbaiting” criticism that’s followed him around in recent years.
Styles responded to those comments – as well as ones about his relationship with Don’t Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde – in a cover story for Rolling Stone’s September 2022 issue.
But Styles has been at the centre of multiple conversations about sexuality and gender-fluid fashion before this, making headlines when he posed in a Gucci dress in the December 2020 issue of Vogue for instance.
So how has Styles pushed fashion boundaries, and what has he said about his own sexuality?
1. 2013: he was “pretty sure” he was not bisexual
The comment came after a GQ interviewer asked Styles to address rumours about him and his friend Nick Grimshaw being in a relationship.
After the singer said that they’re “just friends,” the interviewer asked: “So you’re not bisexual?” In response, Styles said, “Bisexual? Me? I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure I’m not.”
2. 2014: his date being female was “not that important”
