Olly Alexander says expressing his sexuality was met with ‘extreme resistance’ and ‘hostility’ from record label

Olly Alexander (Image: Attitude/El Hardwick)

Olly Alexander has spoken about the pushback he’s received over the course of his career when it’s come to expressing his sexuality in his music and visuals.

Alexander, speaking in an exclusive interview for the latest cover of Attitude, was asked about whether he had noticed that despite the recent surge in popularity for queer female-centric music led by acts like Chappell Roan, boygenius and Billie Eilish, the same interest does not appear to exist for explicitly queer music from men.

“Well,” Alexander says, “it’s not gone unnoticed that I was much more popular when I was in a band with two straight people.”

The former Years & Years frontman was then asked if he’d had to fight to express his sexuality how

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