In case youre not familiar with the word, "queer" is an umbrella term used to describe people who have fluid gender identities and sexual orientations, per the Human Rights Council . And, while Miley is married to Liam (a man), she has also been spotted kissing and holding hands with Victorias Secret model Stella Maxwell (a woman) in the past. She kinda-sorta addressed that relationship with Elle UK in 2015, saying, "Stellas awesome, but as soon as you hang out with someone, you get labeled as in a relationship. And Im like, you cant just assume that everyone Im sitting at dinner with is a date." (Many fans think Mileys song "Shes Not Him" from her 2017 Younger Now album is about her relationship with Stella.)
Flash forward to 2019: Miley's interview with Vanity Fair delves into how marrying a man didn't change her views on-or place in-the LGBTQ community. "The reason that people get married sometimes can be old-fashioned, but I think the reason we got married isnt old-fashioned-I actually think its kind of New Age," she said. "Were redefining, to be f-cking frank, what it looks like for someone thats a queer person like myself to be in a hetero relationship."
"A big part of my pride and my identity is being a queer person," she continued. "What I preach is: People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever. What Im in love with exists on almost a spiritual level. It has nothing to do with sexuality. Relationships and partnerships in a new generation-I dont think they have so much to do with sexuality or gender. Sex is actually a small part, and gender is a very small, almost irrelevant part of relationships."
Miley went on to say that getting married was "kind of out of character for me" and that she and Liam "definitely didnt need [marriage] in any way" to define their relationship. Still, she says, she took a cue from Hillary Clinton and started to realize that she and Liam were "stronger together."
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"Thatll make me get emotional. Thats what she meant by it," Miley said. "Like, who gives a f-ck if hes a guy, if Im a girl, or if he was a woman-who gives a f-ck? We really are stronger together. One is the loneliest number." Miley also said she feels "zero percent different" being married than she did before.
In her personal essay, Miley further explained her views on romantic love. Shes "inspired by redefining again what a relationship in this generation looks like." Sexuality and gender identity are "completely separate" from partnership, Miley wrote. "I wore a dress on my wedding day because I felt like it, I straightened my hair because I felt like it, but that doesnt make me become some instantly 'polite hetero lady.' (PS: Straight women are badass, too.)"
"My relationship is very special to me, it is my 'home,'" she continued. "I feel less misplaced when we are in the same room, no matter where that is, but just because something changes in my relationship doesnt mean something has to drastically change in my individuality." (Preach!)
Speaking of home, Miley also referenced losing her physical home with Liam due to wildfires in Malibu this fall. "What Liam and I went through together changed us. Im not sure without losing Malibu, we wouldve been ready to take this step or ever even gotten married," she wrote. "Who can say? But the timing felt right and I go with my heart."
She ended on this poignant note: "Ive said it before, and in this I will always be certain: if you think Im a rebel without a cause, you arent paying enough attention."
