Why Rod Stewart's gay ballad 'Geie' was ahead of s time

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A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said n refe to make weddg webs for gay upl poted durg her lawsu to a requt om a man named “Stewart” and his hband-to-be.

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ROD STEWART: 'I WAS SURROUND BY GAY MEN THE 70S'

Forty years ago, Rod Stewart released The Killg of Geie, a groundbreakg sgle about the murr of a gay man – now tragilly relevant aga the light of events Orlando * stewart gay *

Its subject uldn’t be more horribly relevant, given this past weekend’s massacre years ago this Saturday (18 June), Stewart released The Killg of Geie Parts I and II, the first major pop song to tell the tale of a gay man who died, part, bee of his sexual om solely a sad tale, Geie also ranked as the first chart h to prent a gay man wh not only empathy but admiratn.

Cocintally, the song’s 40th anniversary arriv durg gay pri month.

BGRAPHY REVEALS STEWART 'PRUMED GAY'

Rod Stewart, one of the greatt rock ‘n’ roll sgers, is still current wh his new DNCE -release. What many don’t know is 40 years ago he wrote the first pop song to addrs gay rights. * stewart gay *

A few h songs addrsg gay subjects had appeared before Stewart’s track.

Before Geie, however, there had never been an earnt song portrayg the hardship and joy of a gay person’s life for a mass dience.

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THAT’S BEE THE 26-YEAR-OLD ACTRS HAS PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY, AND IS PROUD THAT HER VISIBILY IS HAVG A POSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A RECENT TERVIEW WH LONDON'S SUNDAY TIM, THE NEWLY SHORN STAR SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS DATG PATTSON, “THE PUBLIC WAS THE ENEMY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HATED THAT TAILS OF MY LIFE WERE BEG TURNED TO A MODY AND PEDDLED AROUND THE WORLD,” SHE SAID. “BUT NSIRG I HAD SO MANY EY ON ME, I SUDNLY REALIZED [MY PRIVATE LIFE] AFFECTS A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN JT ME. 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NEWS ANOTHER TERVIEW WEDNDAY (MARCH 8). “NOT TO DIMISH THE POT, BEE I THK THAT SAYG THGS SO BLUNTLY IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN'T EVER DONE THAT IS BEE THERE IS AN AMBIGUY TO THAT AND I WANTED THGS TO BE REALLY REAL FOR ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE NTUED, “I’M SO UTTERLY PROUD THAT I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE BE LIKE, 'THANK YOU,' AND I'M LIKE, 'NO, THANK YOU.' IT'S KD OF MUTUAL, FULL CIRCLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAILED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

A person don't need to intify as eher gay OR straight — there are so many people, such as the celebs, who intify as queer, bisexual, pan, or label-ee. * stewart gay *

Stewart says that 1976, he didn’t tend to wre a gay story per se. “If someone said to me, ‘S down and wre a song about a gay man, ’ would have ightened the daylights out of me, ” he tells the Guardian.

Geie’s narrative follows a gay kid om a small town who’s rejected by his parents, g him to flee to New York Cy where he be the toast of the town. The tale ends tragilly when, after leavg the theater one night, Geie ns to a gang of New Jersey kids who target him for beg gay and murr him. ”The sger says he had a sympathy to Geie’s story bee “I was surround by gay men at the time.

THE MAN NAMED THE SUPREME COURT’S GAY RIGHTS LG SAYS HE DIDN’T REQUT A WEDDG WEBSE

For s, Rod Stewart's name has been synonymo wh gtg quarts of cum. The mor go that he sucked off (and swallowed) so many sailors a gay bar San Diego that he land the hospal and need to have his stomach pumped. What a lightweight. * stewart gay *

I had a gay manager and a gay PR guy. Long John Baldry, who disvered me, was gay.

’”This superficial, glam-spired acceptance of homosexualy prevalent the era is reflected the song’s openg l: “In the days of changg ways/So-lled liberated days/A story to md of a iend of me... ” However, unlike a lot of glam rockers, Stewart don’t portray homosexualy as somethg exotic and other: “Geie boy was gay I gus/Noth’ more or noth’ ls/The kst guy I ever knew. ”Though the ath of Geie nforms to an old stereotype of gay liv endg badly, the empathy the song proved stirrg to a generatn of gay people starvg for public portrayals of any kd.

IS PATRICK STEWART GAY? RUMORS OF HIM BEG GAY

Kristen Stewart opens up about choosg to e out as gay on "Saturday Night Live." * stewart gay *

“I’ve had gay people thank me for the song many, many tim, ” Stewart said. One of Hollywood's most notor womanisers, Jam Stewart, was prumed gay by movie boss bee he was ially so shy wh girls.

At the end of all, Stewart quipped, "I'm, like, so gay, du.

What many don’t know is that 40 years ago, Stewart wrote the first mercially succsful pop song to addrs gay rights. The song is about a young gay man who is murred the “so-lled liberated days” of the mid-1970s.

LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS

A Colorado web signer who the U.S. Supreme Court led uld refe to make a weddg webse for gay upl had ced a requt om a man who says he never asked to work wh her. * stewart gay *

“The Killg of Geie” is the first succsful pop song wh a gay man at the centre of the story. In the song, Stewart normalized gayns.

KRISTEN STEWART ON 'GRAY AREA' OF ONLY GAY ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

The answer to the qutn of whether or not Patrick Stewart is gay remas largely unknown. While there have been some ditns that he may be, nothg has been nfirmed and he has never publicly intified as such. Ultimately, only Patrick Stewart himself n answer this qutn fively. * stewart gay *

They st him out, “a victim of the gay days seems.

Gay rights not yet won. Above all, “The Killg of Geie” rri what Stewart has lled “a pro-gay msage, ” as he put his 2012 tobgraphy, Rod.

BREANNA STEWART AND WIFE MARTA XARGAY SECRETLY HAD A BABY

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Forty years later, what we might like to thk of as our own liberated days, progrs has unqutnably been ma on issu such as same-sex marriage and gay and transgenr rights. Geie boy was gay I gus,. Geie boy was gay I gus.

A victim of the gay days seems. But while our society often tends to label people as eher "straight" or "gay, " 's important to regnize that sexualy isn’t always fed that way. Ahead are 26 celebri who fall outsi of the strict gay or straight bary.

THE GUARDIAN MISTAKENLY OUTS PATRICK STEWART AS GAY ELLEN PAGE STORY

” Earlier this year, Stenberg also shared that they intify as ImagKristen StewartKristen Stewart is "like so gay, du.

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Kristen Stewart on 'gray area' of only gay actors playg gay characters .

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