Interestingly enough, the bands you mentioned which flirt with gay identity, appearence-wise, are, lyrics-wise, bout as hetero as you can get. Most emo (with a few very notable exceptions who, I would say, go most of the way to saving the genre) is straight and straightlaced, filled with cliched heteronormative lyrics that, more often than not, border on misogyny in the way they paint their subjects a parade of mostly nameless, personality-lacking girls, as nothing more than faceless heartbreakers.

Just because groups like Fall Out Boy are smart enough to fill their lyrics with self referential/self conscious humor and wordplay, that doesn’t mean they’re in any way bold enough to say something new. I like emo. I like a lot more emo than I would ever admit to anyone on a first date. But the genre’s getting pretty tired. They might act the part, but if they would take even a little step towards towards thinking a little less hetero, it’d go a long way.

PS: My Chemical Romance are an awful, awful band from an awful awful part of New Jersey.