i found this post recently : https://www.tumblr.com/canichangemyblogname/817446132727873536/hr-fans-arent-ready-to-hear-this-and-i-will-be?source=share
Apparently this is critiquing Hudson's humour, specifically how he finds it easier to joke about gay sex acts while reinforcing his attraction to women from a gay man's perspective. I mean yes he's jokes aren't coming from a place malicious intent but the post suggests it's create a sense of machismo by distancing himself from the queer aspect. Since many of us believe he's queer, this kinda gave me a pause not going to lie
The post is gone, so I can’t comment on what it says specifically.
However, based on what you wrote here, I must say, I do find it interesting that thus far, the conversation surrounding Hudson’s sexuality is pretty much: how many ways can we dismiss the possibility of him being attracted to men?
Because in what ways does a guy joking about gay sex negate his own potential sexuality being queer? If of course, he’s not being derogatory. And how often have we seen or heard Hudson specifically imply he’s only into women?
Did this post specify those instances? Because from off the top of my head, I will use his SUE podcast as an example. He details exactly what he thinks pubes should look like on men, and sort of insinuates he likes it on women as well, before pivoting and saying he’s talking about himself. Not to call him a liar, but I think that was his media training jumping in to save his ass. However, point is, if Hudson were single, therefore no one knew if he liked women at all, would anyone have assumed he did from that comment?
And I would like an honest answer, from anyone who chooses to respond, because I genuinely think it would be, “No.”
The current perception of Hudson’s sexuality is based solely on the fact that he is dating a woman. Wholly and completely, because he has no exes posting about him, no rumors of exes, no old posts popping up that insinuate anything about an ex, and thus far, none of his friends post about him and any exes. All we know is he has a girlfriend he’s committed to, and likes queer storytelling.
And not to come across as overly parasocial, but from what I’ve seen online, Hudson and Katelyn have been together since they were around 21. Yet as we know, he stopped pursuing performing arts to do sports instead to fit in with boys, and did not get back into acting and filmmaking until he was 17. I know I point this out a lot, but it is important if we’re going to discuss hypotheticals such as, what struggles Hudson could’ve faced as a young queer or questioning kid.
So if 17 is when he started interacting with filmmaking again in a serious way, and he was making queer short films by the time he was 19… why is it so important for people to decide on his behalf that queerness is nothing more than a joke to him? He then got a girlfriend at 20 or 21 and has been with her for the last four or five years.
I understand being cautious or simply having a difference of opinion on the topic, and I’m not saying all of my interpretations are correct. What I am saying, is I don’t understand why Hudson Williams has become the pillar of expectation when it comes to perfectly performed queerness.
Why does his potential queerness have to be fully defined, easily understood, and relatable to everyone? He is a 25 year old who seemingly forced himself to do “boy things” to fit in as a kid, then took a leap going back into “queer things” as he moved into his early adult years. He then started dating someone who happens to be a woman. Meaning, it is still possible Hudson is aware he likes guys, yet has never interacted with one in a romantic or sexual way.
If that is the case, does he have to? No. Sexuality and expressions of it differ for everyone, but again, if this is how things went for him, what else can he do short of coming out, to get people off his ass? Haters have deemed him queerbaiting and homophobic, and others have supposedly deemed him an ally who repeatedly asserts his heterosexuality, but from where I’m sitting, it kind of just seems like people are choosing to interpret everything that could suggest he’s queer as him being a shitty/stereotypical straight guy.
He doesn’t give any clear answers on his sexuality at all, in fact, and again, if he were single, meaning there was no Katelyn to sway anyone’s opinions on his romantic interests, would his flamboyance and ambiguity around sexuality not lead directly to the assumption that he isn’t straight? Would his comments and likes related to bisexuality not lead to the assumption he is bi?
Or are we only ever meant to believe his flamboyant speech is typical straight Canadian man speech, his flamboyant mannerisms are mockery, his comfort in relation to gay sex equals comfort because he knows he’s straight (a thing he has yet to state), and his interest in queer storytelling is either a cash grab or perfect allyship?
Anyway, yes, Hudson could be a great straight ally, but at the same time, why is he not allowed a closet? From Jordan Firstman all the way down to stans on the internet who dislike him, suggesting he might be in the closet is viewed as blasphemous and homophobic. All because he’s dating a woman. Yet somehow, that rhetoric isn’t considered biphobic.
Thus, the tone is set. Hudson can be an ally all he wants and people are waiting with open arms for him to make a statement saying so, but he can’t be presumed queer nor closeted until he dumps his girlfriend.