- Influencer Mark Bryan told the cast of “Queer Eye: Germany” that he wasn’t “fighting” the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Brian made a name for himself by posting gender-nonconforming outfits online.
62-year-old influencer Mark Bryan, who made a name for himself by posting gender-nonconforming outfits (usually wearing heels and skirts), said in a recent viral clip that he was “fighting against LGBTQIA+.” Instead, he said it actually made it “worse” for him as a cis, heterosexual male.
In a short exchange featured in the German documentary series Beyond Fashion, Bryan distanced himself from the LGBTQIA+ community.
“I’m trying to separate myself from the LGB community because of the gay community where I used to wear skirts and high heels.” Because now I’m considered gay … I want to wear skirts and high heels without being labeled sexually.”
Jacobs told Bryan that he saw him in the article and thought, “That guy is fighting us. It’s not like I’m there…”
The model, who describes himself as a “straight cis man” who “loves wearing heels and skirts every day,” has been featured in Interview Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar photo shoots, has amassed over 647,000 followers on Instagram, I recently walked in Paris. fashion week. He’s also a father, robotics engineer, and football coach, and in his October 2020 interview with Paper Magazine, he credited moving to Germany, saying that in Germany people I said I was more tolerant of things like this. Show off your “hybrid style” in public.
“I think they made it difficult for themselves,” Brian told Jacobs, referring to the LGBTQ+ community.
Jacobs said, “I am very sorry to have exacerbated your situation.
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On November 7, Bryan posted an apology on his Instagram story after the interview caused an uproar online.
“My message is that what I wear does not define my sexuality or gender. I understand that it may not have been. I’m really sorry that I was wrong.”
“I said I wanted to be seen separately from the LGBTQ+ community. It’s not because I’m homophobic or because the community has issues. I just have something different…with what I wear.” , that’s what I wanted to express, but depending on the words chosen it didn’t work — the same thing I meant when I said it made it hard for me The same goes for fashion.Fashion shouldn’t define your sexuality.”
“I’m not homophobic…why do homophobes wear skirts and high heels?” he said. A representative for Brian did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment.
Avi Jakobs posted in reply to her Instagram story on November 7th.
“I’m going to give him room for doubt…” She said, according to Pink News’ translation: People fought for it to be accepted in the first place. “
“Claming queer people for homophobia is a very good example of why it’s important to know your own history while enjoying the benefits of their fight.
