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apparently cishet people don& #39;t know that the song bohemian rhapsody is about freddie mercury accepting his queerness???
the song& #39;s sections mirror different stages of acceptance. in the opening, he& #39;s still wrestling with his identity. he feels like he& #39;s unintentionally killed the person he used to be, the person his mother loves, by simply trying to be himself.
hmm i wonder what truth about himself he had to "leave you all behind and face" hmm i guess theres zero historical hints as to what this famously queer person was wrestling with at the time!!
the middle section is the most interesting. he& #39;s using names of demons and religious figures not as specific references, but to illustrate to the spiritual magnitude of the internal battle he& #39;s facing. he feels like his sexuality is "monstrosity"--and begging it to "let me go"
it& #39;s important to note that a lot of queer people have feelings like this as they come out. particularly for freddie--born to a conservative and religious family in the mid-1940s, and coming out in the mid-1970s--it& #39;s eminently understandable he would struggle like this.
but you get the payoff you want in the song& #39;s thematic climax, where freddie finally unchains himself from his past. he invokes stoning, an old testament punishment for homosexuality, as he does so. he& #39;s fierce and no longer willing to compromise on who he is or what he deserves.
"extreme silliness." this is how the bbc described bohemian rhapsody in the opening to a whole article about the track. bish the only thing silly about it is the fact that non-queer ppl have been singing along for 45 years and still have no idea its about being a giant homo
the beeb is right about one thing: i can& #39;t think of a single song more universally known that is also more universally misunderstood--probably because understanding queerness has never been a priority of cishet music+art critics. if you read this thread tho, now u know 
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