CONFESSION OF A POP IDOL
“COULD I WEAR THIS TO MY WEDDING? IT’S VERY POWER LESBIAN. ‘I DO!’”
At her Attitude magazine photoshoot in London, Hayley Kiyoko is rocking a corseted ivory ensemble by Balmain that’s part-blushing bride, part-Game of Thrones body armour, part-world-conquering cricketer. ‘Powerful’ doesn’t cut it. She looks suitably celestial for a woman known for preternaturally perfect pop songs like ‘What I Need’ and ‘I Wish’, who’s been nicknamed ‘Lesbian Jesus’ by fans who routinely propose marriage and orchestrate makeshift ceremonies.
“If they’re legal, I’m married to, like, 18 people!” she laughs.
We return to the subject of weddings when I tell the star about a ceremony I attended the weekend before, and the invasive, mocking questions about my sex life I fielded from a straight man. Kiyoko, who is half-Japanese, says she’s been the only non-white, non-straight person at weddings in the past. “Weddings are a great example of places where [microaggressions] happen,” she says. “You’re brought together with people of different backgrounds who you might not necessarily choose to hang out with by this couple… I’ve been to many where I’ve tried
