Yo Mika! What's the big idea?

If other blog postings on Mika are any indication of what I can expect by way of comments on him, I'm turning the comments option off.
Oh Mika, are you are victim of the time like the poor old Billy Brown you sing of? If you're unfamiliar with this budding U.K. pop star, turn your radio on for a bit. I've chosen to muse a bit about him here for a few reasons. Firstly, I adore him! I'm not entirely sure if I can discern this adoration of his sugary sweet music from his sugary sweet good looks though. Frankly I don't care. Of this I am sure; although a whole lot of us would like to claim Mika for our own daydreaming purposes, he does not seem to piss off "straight folk" nearly as much as he does "gay folk".

The issue: The ambiguous, campy performer has notoriously refused to confess to the world whether or not he is gay or straight. To repeated questions of his sexuality, Mika has responded that there are other ways to discuss sexuality outside the typical gay/straight dichotomy. No one seems to have considered asking him if he identifies as anything outside of this. Not that he would answer anyways. Even though Mika's ambiguity frustrates many, he has a substantial gay fan base. As a result he has been on the cover of several prominent gay magazines in the U.K. Despite this, Mika continues to insist that he owes no one an explanation about his sexuality.

On the flip side Mika's flamboyancy annoys the hell out of at least a few straight men I know. He makes gay lots of gay men down right angry though! Mika's is a cowardly closeted gay man. He's an affront to the struggles and injustices suffered by the gay community. He's a public figure ashamed of himself, who sets a miserable, and dangerous example for young closeted gay boys and men too. There are a couple of songs on his cd such as Billy Brown though, that make this "traitor to gay men"argument weak in my opinion. Songs like Billy Brown compel others however to accuse Mika of being a savvy straight musician exploiting the gay community with catchy, campy tunes, his coyness and fabulous hair, for maximum record profits. Both agree on one thing at least: this post-gay business is kind of insulting and boring. Anyhow, Mika's sexuality has never come up in class, so my choice in musing about it all might be questionable topic for this forum. I just find it interesting in light of much of the class' content on identity. I mused for a bit myself on Mika's sexuality when first hearing his music. I watched all kinds of interviews and music videos before resolving that I in fact had a shot with Mika on account of him actually being straight and misunderstood. That was before his postmodern musings on sexuality. Why does it matter anyway? We can't seem to cope with being denied the right to construct boxes for people, especially when this comes to sexuality. I don't think Mika's ashamed of his sexuality, a shrewed business man, or "post-gay". I think he's a awesomely weird musician/performer uninterested in conforming to cultural norms with either his music or sexuality. Relax, Take it Easy!