Despite being a vocal member of Australia's LGBTIQ+ community and enjoying a meteoric rise to fame, international pop sensation Troye Sivan is hesitant to accept the role of 'gay icon'.
Speaking to ahead of his new album's release, Sivan said that a more diverse group of LGBTIQ+ voices needed to be heard and celebrated in the mainstream media.
“With people like Hayley Kiyoko and Brockhampton, we’re starting to get, finally, a diverse group of different LGBTQ perspectives," Sivan said.
He continued: "That’s why I politely don’t want to take on that ‘gay icon’ thing."
"I’m one voice of so many that are missing, and so I’m just trying to tell my story, and right now I’m having so much fun in my life, I feel confident, I’m just enjoying myself, and so that was really important to me to express…"
"I just don’t represent everybody," Sivan added - "because I’m extraordinarily lucky. I come from a middle-class white family in Australia, and all of my dreams have come true by 22. I had the easiest coming out in the world."
"I don’t ever want to take that on really, because there are plenty of other people who need to be heard first.”
Troye Sivan’s new album, Bloom, is out August 31.
