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Line 64: ==Personal life== Wrabel is openly gay. He is invested in promoting LGBTQ+ rights as a member of this community. His song "11 Blocks" is autobiographical describing his feelings about his first love who had moved 11 blocks away from him in California.<ref name=logo>{{cite news \|url=http://www.newnownext.com/11-blocks-wrabel/09/2016/ \|author=Adam Salandra \|title=Queer Singer Wrabel Moves Us With "11 Blocks" \|~~publisher~~work=~~Logo~~ [[NewNowNext]] \|date=September 21, 2016 \|access-date=May 17, 2017 }}</ref> In his song "Bloodstain", directed by [[Isaac Rentz]], the [[music video]] displays suffering and heartache in a relationship, while the star Wrabel is fighting for his life.<ref name=gaytimes>{{cite news \|url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/68843/wrabel-sings-sex-love-dramatic-new-music-video/ \|author=Lewis Corner \|title=Wrabel sings of same-sex love in dramatic new music video \|~~publisher~~work=[[Gay Times]] ~~(UK)~~\|date=April 10, 2017 \|access-date=May 17, 2017 }}</ref> The music video to his 2017 song "The Village", directed by [[Dano Cerny]], depicts a [[transgender\|trans]] teenager struggling with [[gender dysphoria]], using a [[breast binding\|binder]] to flatten his chest and dealing with hostile family members, with the lyrics discussing the same topics.<ref name="Billboard: The Village">{{cite news \|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7882329/wrabel-village-video \|title=Wrabel Depicts a Trans Teen's Struggle in Moving 'The Village' Video \|author=Tatiana Cirisano \|work=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]] \|date=August 1, 2017 \|access-date=April 16, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="YouTube: The Village">{{Cite AV media \|url=https://youtube.com/tilsrO-3gcQ \|title=Wrabel - The Village (Official Video) \|author=Dano Cerny \|author-link=Dano Cerny \|publisher=Wrabel \|via=[[YouTube]] \|date=July 31, 2017 \|access-date=April 16, 2021 }}</ref> The video includes a caption "In nature, a flock will attack any bird that is more colorful than the others because being different is seen as a threat" and ends with a caption "Dedicated to all the colorful birds" and the [[hashtag]] "#TransRightsAreHumanRights".<ref name="Billboard: The Village"/><ref name="YouTube: The Village"/> In an interview about the song and video with ''[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]'', he described it as "the most important thing to me that I have ever done and probably will ever do. It's the closest thing to my heart."<ref name="Billboard: The Village"/> He wrote the song in February 2017, shortly after [[Donald Trump]] [[social policy of Donald Trump#LGBT anti-discrimination laws\|removed federal protections for trans students in public education]], and asked his management to rush the release of the video after [[Department of Defense Instruction 1300.28\|Trump announced a ban on trans military personnel]], with the video including a visual reference to Trump's ban.<ref name="Billboard: The Village"/><ref name="YouTube: The Village"/> ==Discography==

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