æz ɐ ɹɪzˈʌlt, ðɪ ɐtˈɛndənt kɑːnvɚsˈeɪʃənz ɪn ˌɛldʒˌiːbˌiːtˈiː ænd stɹˈeɪt mˈeɪnstɹiːm mˈiːdiːə ɚɹˈaʊnd ðə sˈʌbdʒɛkt tˈɛnd tə ɡɹˈævᵻtˌeɪt təwˈɔːɹd ðə spˈɛkjʊlətˌɪv kwˈiːn pˈɛnz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt sˈɪŋɡəl "jʊɹ ɡˈɜːlfɹɛnd"ænd ðɪ ɐpˈɑːkɹɪfəl ðə bɹˈiːf kɚɹˈɪɹ ʌv sˈɛlfpɹəklˈeɪmd "ɡˈeɪ ɹˈæpɚ" kˈɔːʃʌn, hˌuː wʌzðə sˈʌbdʒɛkt əvə flˈɜːɹi ʌv mˈeɪnstɹiːm pɹˈɛs fɹʌm tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn tə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː, jˈɛt fˈeɪld tə ɹᵻlˈiːs ɐn ˈælbəm ɔːɹ sˈɪŋɡəl θɹuː hɪz ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ɹˈɛkɚd dˈiːl wɪð kˈɪmoːɹə lˈiː sˈɪmənz bˈeɪbi fˈæt ɪmpɹˈɪnt.
As a result, the attendant conversations in LGBT and straight mainstream media around the subject tend to gravitate toward the speculative (Queen Pen's 1998 single "Your Girlfriend") and the apocryphal (the brief career of self-proclaimed "gay rapper" Caushun, who was the subject of a flurry of mainstream press from 2001 to 2003, yet failed to release an album or single through his reported record deal with Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat imprint).