Kanye West: "I felt that I got discriminated against in fashion also for not being gay"

[Miles Archer]

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West last month suddenly announced a show of his military-inspired Yeezy line during New York Fashion Week, angering some more established designers.

"I felt that I got discriminated against in fashion also for not being gay, whereas in music you definitely get discriminated against if you are gay," West, who manages to stay persistently in the spotlight, told the fashion website Showstudio.com.

West stressed his support for LGBT rights. His wife, reality television star Kim Kardashian, is the stepdaughter of Caitlyn Jenner, who has brought widespread awareness to transgender issues by transitioning to be a woman.

West, who is African American, said he initially feared about "black radio hosts possibly making jokes about it, because the black culture generally is so homophobic."

[LuvNewcastle]

1. It might have been something else,

like maybe his being an asshole. That's what a lot of the people who know him have said.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. So Kanye West is saying that reverse discrimination is a real thing? nt

[snooper2]

3. That is a pretty life-like wax figure he is standing behind!

[KT2000]

4. no - the clothes were hideous nt