Hetlor

English Etymology en het Taylor heterosexual. Proper noun en fandom slang Opposition to the Gaylor theory; belief that singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is not secretly gay. en Gaylor en Joe Packer How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners w:Salon.com https://web.archive.org/web/20230725215606/https://www.salon.com/2022/10/31/taylor-gaylor-swift-qanon-conspiracy-esoteric-writing/ 31 October 2022 Of course, all these hidden messages could be nothing but the overactive imagination of a group of largely queer Swift fans that want to claim the singer as their own. The Gaylors refer to this as the "Hetlor" thesis (Hetlor being a deeply unfortunate portmanteau of heterosexual and Taylor). Just because people see hidden messages does not mean they are there. on en Patrick Lenton How 'Queerbaiting' Became Weaponised Against Real People VICE https://web.archive.org/web/20230502213833/https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vkny/how-queerbaiting-became-weaponised-against-real-people 4 November 2022 Dr McCann raises the Taylor Swift fandom as an example, where the "Gaylor" faction (fans dedicated to queer readings of her songs) would butt heads with the straight "Hetlor" faction. Noun en fandom slang Someone who opposes the Gaylor theory. en Gaylor en Madison Malone Kircher Taylor Swift Has Led Her Fans Down Another Gay Rabbit Hole Slate https://web.archive.org/web/20230602044340/https://slate.com/culture/2021/11/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-very-first-night.html 22 November 2021 If you know anything about Swiftdom, it may not surprise you that there are two camps that are having it out over this particular song currently. These are the Hetlors ("het" as in heterosexual), who are fans that affirm Taylor Swift's straightness and frown upon queer interpretations of her lyrics, and the Gaylors, who are, well, the opposite. en Nell Geraets Queer as Folklore: Why are fans arguing over Taylor Swift's sexuality? w:The Sydney Morning Herald https://web.archive.org/web/20230630014130/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/queer-as-folklore-why-are-fans-arguing-over-taylor-swift-s-sexuality-20221012-p5bp8i.html Sydney w:Nine Entertainment 17 October 2022 0312-6315 769755715 Several Gaylors used TikTok and Reddit to express their disappointment, triggering backlash from Hetlors and others who argued a celebrity's sexuality shouldn't be a topic for public debate. en 2024 Yvonne M. Eadon 'You Could Hear a Hair Pin Drop': Queer Utopianism and Informal Knowledge Production in the Gaylor Closeting Conspiracy Theory Social Media + Society https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241242797 One video in the dataset features a masculine presenting bisexual creator of color defending his position as a Hetlor. en en eponyms en Taylor Swift