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You are here: Home / Civil Rights / LGBTQ Rights / LGBTQ Rights Are Human Rights / Thursday Evening Open Thread: Lil Nas X Is A Good Man

Thursday Evening Open Thread: Lil Nas X Is A Good Man

by Anne Laurie|  March 31, 20225:55 pm| 29 Comments

This post is in: LGBTQ Rights Are Human Rights, Music, Something Good Open Thread

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If a bit of a troll, in a good cause…

“Little” ?????? https://t.co/vbCINpvqHj

— MONTERO (@LilNasX) March 30, 2022

Backstory (see also):

Last year, Lil Nas X celebrated the release of his then-upcoming album, Montero, with a baby registry (https://t.co/z6bUfx3Cvh), asking fans to donate to an LGBTQ+ organization of their choosing. That registry garnered almost $500,000 and now, those seeds are bearing fruit.

— Kisandey (@IamKisandey1) March 30, 2022

The money raised will now be distributed across the COMPASS Initiative, a campaign from Gilead Sciences aimed at stopping the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern U.S.

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 31, 2022

Thank you so much to @LilNasX for partnering with @BeOurCOMPASS for his Montero baby registry!!!
Funds donated to The Normal Anomaly Initiative are going towards helping create an experience for Black Queer people, that will in turn go back into our programming. pic.twitter.com/6Uhd3ORin8

— The Normal Anomaly Initiative (@_NormalAnomaly) March 29, 2022

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29Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    March 31, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    ?

  2. 2.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 31, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Doing the right thing.  Lil Nas X, /highfive.

  3. 3.

    Dan B

    March 31, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    It’s great when celebrities use their fame for good.  He has the talent and sex appeal to be an egotistical price but seems to have zero cynicism.  Lil Nas X for the win!

  4. 4.

    Origuy

    March 31, 2022 at 6:31 pm

    Lil NasX is a class act. Since this is a Good Things thread:

    Inside the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Quest to Understand a Rare Carnivore

    The Hoopa tribe of Northern California have been monitoring the population of fishers, a member of the weasel family, since 2005. Fishers are culturally significant as well as endangered.

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    March 31, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    Anne Laurie, you are 100x more clued in to popular culture than I am.  My hat goes off to you.

  6. 6.

    Brachiator

    March 31, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    The money raised will now be distributed across the COMPASS Initiative, a campaign from Gilead Sciences aimed at stopping the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern U.S.

    Very cool story.

  7. 7.

    Ohio Mom

    March 31, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    (Goes off to google who Lil NasX is)

  8. 8.

    eclare

    March 31, 2022 at 7:13 pm

    Such a good story.  His videos are masterful, mini-movies.

  9. 9.

    UncleEbeneezer

    March 31, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    Lil Nas X is great.  Anyone who can make Conservatives cry as easily and brilliantly as he does gets my full approval.  And yes, his videos are amazing!

  10. 10.

    eclare

    March 31, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer:   I replied to your post about the Jan 6 investigation downstairs.  It’s as if no one here has watched The Wire.

  11. 11.

    Lums Better Half

    March 31, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    This is awesome.

    i’m afraid I don’t understand the “baby registry” aspect though.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    March 31, 2022 at 7:43 pm

    @Lums Better Half: Me neither!

  13. 13.

    Old School

    March 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm

    @Lums Better Half: The new album was his “baby.”

  14. 14.

    Lums Better Half

    March 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm

    Artist as parent of an artistic work (the album)?

    Damn ninjas!

  15. 15.

    eclare

    March 31, 2022 at 7:48 pm

    His album was his baby…

  16. 16.

    Benw

    March 31, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    Lil Nas X rules. Montero is a bop. Fun fact: Old Town Road is Trent Reznor’s lone #1 song

  17. 17.

    Alison Rose ???

    March 31, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    That is so awesome. Now I’m gonna go listen to Montero all the way through again for the……I don’t know, 645th time?

  18. 18.

    MomSense

    March 31, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    Love Lil Nas X.  I have been following him since he was a YouTube influencer – long before Old Town Road.

  19. 19.

    West of the Rockies

    March 31, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    @Ohio Mom:

    Short answer:  he is a compelling and talented young entertainer.

  20. 20.

    PaulB

    March 31, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    Lil Nax X goes “undercover” and responds to posts on Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram. A highlight:

    Fan: “How does Lil Nas X make money?”

    Lil Nas X: “Nas make song about horse. Nas make song about sandwich. Money come.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_JjNnGUOfE

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    March 31, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    Not someone within my cultural awareness purview.

    Is the X as in Malcolm or just a coincidental affectation?

  22. 22.

    eclare

    March 31, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    @PaulB:   Great video!

  23. 23.

    eclare

    March 31, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    @NotMax:   To me nothing implies Malcolm X, but others here may know more.

  24. 24.

    Lyrebird

    March 31, 2022 at 10:13 pm

    @Lums Better Half:

    @WaterGirl:

    The baby registry is amazing, he is a mensch.  I read somewhere that the cover was a send-up of another musician’s album cover – I think – with his pregnant wife or significant other.

    Here he says it was from a joking comment from his stylist, though.

  25. 25.

    opiejeanne

    March 31, 2022 at 10:22 pm

    This is how I was introduced to Lil NasX:

    https://youtu.be/r7qovpFAGrQ

  26. 26.

    Ohio Mom

    March 31, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    @West of the Rockies: I googled him, he’s adorable.

  27. 27.

    opiejeanne

    March 31, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    @Ohio Mom: He is, and the video I linked to is fun.

  28. 28.

    Another Scott

    March 31, 2022 at 10:49 pm

    @opiejeanne:  Zooks!

    925M+ views!

    Excellent!

    There’s a longer “movie” version, with 631M+ views. Zooks…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  29. 29.

    eachother

    April 1, 2022 at 9:19 am

    “Old Town Road”  got me through the disorientation of the early pandemic times.  An awards version below.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Vjvz1NPN8

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