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- BEHD THE SCEN 2000 WHEN SUPREME COURT LIBERALS THOUGHT NAZI AND DRED STT REFERENC GAY RIGHTS DISSENT WERE DISTRACTG
- DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?THE "ILLOIS" SGER HAS RELEASED A NEW EP AND T-SHIRT FOR PRI.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019/10:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2205PX;WIDTH:3308PX;}KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: MICIAN SUFJAN STEVENS PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 90TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT THE DOLBY THEATRE AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER ON MARCH 4, 2018 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"PRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUFJAN STEVENS' MIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN NSIRED PART OF THE QUEER MIC NON—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTIST HIMSELF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LISTENERS HAVE WONRED FOR YEARS IF STEVENS WAS SGG ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY, AND WHILE THE ILLOIS SGER HAS NEVER FORMALLY E OUT, HE DID JT RELEASE A NEW EP FOR PRI MONTH, ALONG WH A PRI SHIRT HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, SUFJAN STEVENS IS RELEASG TWO NEW SONGS ON THE TOPIC OF LOVE: 'LOVE YOURSELF' AND 'WH MY WHOLE HEART,' AVAILABLE ON LIMED-EDN 7” VYL LATE JUNE AND ON ALL DIGAL PLATFORMS MAY 29, 2019," READS STEVENS' NEW"LOVE YOURSELF" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'LOVE YOURSELF' IS BASED ON A SKETCH SUFJAN WROTE 20 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGAL 4-TRACK MO HE RERD 1996 IS CLUD AS WELL AS A SHORT STMENTAL REPRISE. 'WH MY WHOLE HEART' IS A PLETELY NEW SONG THAT SUFJAN WROTE AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO 'WRE AN UPBEAT AND SCERE LOVE SONG WHOUT NFLICT, ANXIETY, OR SELF-PRETN.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO SIGNED A SUPER CUTE NEW PRI T-SHIRT THAT SAYS HIS NAME DIFFERENT RABOW LORS—BUT ACT QUICKLY BEE ONLY 800 SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY WON'T SHIP UNTIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*ADDS TO RT*{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PORTN OF THE PROCEEDS OM THE EP AND T-SHIRT WILL SUPPORT TWO ANIZATNS THAT HELP HOMELS QUEER YOUTH: THE ALI FORNEY CENTER NEW YORK AND THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO NTRIBUTED SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHICH GARNERED HIM AN OSR NOMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTRIBUTG MIC TO THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME SOUNDTRACK AND DROPPG A NEW PRI EP? IS EVINCE POTG TOWARD STEVENS G OUT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVER THE SE, WE'RE STILL BUYG THAT {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
- DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S "EUROVISN""EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020/2:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5304PX;WIDTH:7952PX;}JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA - DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CRED JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIX © 2020BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020 / 2:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S \"EUROVISN\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST VIEWERS PROBABLY KNOW DAN STEVENS AS MATTHEW CRAWLEY OM DOWNTON ABBEY, BUT THE ACTOR EARNED A NEW LEGN OF GAY FANS WHEN HE EMERGED OM THE BATHROOM NOTHG BUT A TOWEL THE 2014 CULT FILM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE NEW NETFLIX ORIGAL MOVIE EUROVISN SONG CONTT: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, STEVENS PLAYS ALEXANR LEMTOV, THE "PRCE OF EUROVISN" WHO IS A RSIAN TRIBUTE TO GEE MICHAEL AND IS A CLOSETED POP SGER, JT LIKE THE REAL-LIFE WHAM! SGER.JOHN WILSON/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA- DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CR. JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX © {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM, LEMTOV IS ASKED IF HE IS GAY BUT RPONDS THAT HE N'T BE GAY BEE HE'S RSIAN—WHICH IS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RSIAN ERNMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SADLY, WE LIVE A WORLD WHERE SOME UNTRI AND THEIR ERNMENTS REFE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE'S SEXUALY. THEY ACTIVELY TRY TO STAMP OUT," STEVENS TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND TO REMEMBER THAT EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE. IT HAS A MASSIVE FANBASE ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS SOMETHG REALLY WORTH CELEBRATG AND CHAMPNG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO RELLS FILMG EUROVISN'S EPIC "SONG ALONG" MIL NUMBER, WHICH MASH UP CHER, MADONNA, ABBA, AND FEATUR PAST WNERS OM THE PETN LIKE CONCHA WURST AND NETTA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR THE REAL SUPERFANS, I THK. IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR . WE WERE JT LIVG OUR OWN EUROVISN BUBBLE THAT WE HAD CREATED, AND THEN WE WERE ACTIVELY MIXG WH REAL NTTANTS OM PAST NTTS AND THEY WERE ALL SO LOVELY AND SO EXCED TO BE PART OF . AND THEY ARE ALL CREDIBLE SGERS AND TO GET TO SG ALONG WH THEM SUCH AN AMAZG MELODY OF SONGS, CREDIBLY ARRANGED... IT WAS REALLY REALLY WILD. THE CROWD WAS SO EXCED TO BE WNSG . IT WAS JT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO HEAR MORE OM STEVENS, CLUDG HOW GEE MICHAEL SPIRED LEMTOV'S MANE OF HAIR, CHECK OUT HIS EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH NEWNOWNEXT THE VIO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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
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- WE CAN'T STOP WONRG IF SUFJAN STEVENS SGS ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY
- BEHD THE SCEN 2000 WHEN SUPREME COURT LIBERALS THOUGHT NAZI AND DRED STT REFERENC GAY RIGHTS DISSENT WERE DISTRACTG
- DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?THE "ILLOIS" SGER HAS RELEASED A NEW EP AND T-SHIRT FOR PRI.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019/10:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2205PX;WIDTH:3308PX;}KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: MICIAN SUFJAN STEVENS PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 90TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT THE DOLBY THEATRE AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER ON MARCH 4, 2018 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"PRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUFJAN STEVENS' MIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN NSIRED PART OF THE QUEER MIC NON—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTIST HIMSELF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LISTENERS HAVE WONRED FOR YEARS IF STEVENS WAS SGG ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY, AND WHILE THE ILLOIS SGER HAS NEVER FORMALLY E OUT, HE DID JT RELEASE A NEW EP FOR PRI MONTH, ALONG WH A PRI SHIRT HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, SUFJAN STEVENS IS RELEASG TWO NEW SONGS ON THE TOPIC OF LOVE: 'LOVE YOURSELF' AND 'WH MY WHOLE HEART,' AVAILABLE ON LIMED-EDN 7” VYL LATE JUNE AND ON ALL DIGAL PLATFORMS MAY 29, 2019," READS STEVENS' NEW"LOVE YOURSELF" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'LOVE YOURSELF' IS BASED ON A SKETCH SUFJAN WROTE 20 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGAL 4-TRACK MO HE RERD 1996 IS CLUD AS WELL AS A SHORT STMENTAL REPRISE. 'WH MY WHOLE HEART' IS A PLETELY NEW SONG THAT SUFJAN WROTE AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO 'WRE AN UPBEAT AND SCERE LOVE SONG WHOUT NFLICT, ANXIETY, OR SELF-PRETN.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO SIGNED A SUPER CUTE NEW PRI T-SHIRT THAT SAYS HIS NAME DIFFERENT RABOW LORS—BUT ACT QUICKLY BEE ONLY 800 SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY WON'T SHIP UNTIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*ADDS TO RT*{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PORTN OF THE PROCEEDS OM THE EP AND T-SHIRT WILL SUPPORT TWO ANIZATNS THAT HELP HOMELS QUEER YOUTH: THE ALI FORNEY CENTER NEW YORK AND THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO NTRIBUTED SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHICH GARNERED HIM AN OSR NOMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTRIBUTG MIC TO THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME SOUNDTRACK AND DROPPG A NEW PRI EP? IS EVINCE POTG TOWARD STEVENS G OUT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVER THE SE, WE'RE STILL BUYG THAT {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
- THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S
BEHD THE SCEN 2000 WHEN SUPREME COURT LIBERALS THOUGHT NAZI AND DRED STT REFERENC GAY RIGHTS DISSENT WERE DISTRACTG
As he began wrg an angry dissent a gay rights se 23 years ago, Supreme Court Jtice John Pl Stevens was parg the majory’s cisn agast a gay man to Nazi persecutn. * gay stevens *
Listeners have wonred for years if Stevens was sgg about God or beg gay, and while the Illois sger has never formally e out, he did jt release a new EP for Pri month, along wh a Pri shirt he signed.
"I have been gay my entire life, sce I was a child.
DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?THE "ILLOIS" SGER HAS RELEASED A NEW EP AND T-SHIRT FOR PRI.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019/10:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2205PX;WIDTH:3308PX;}KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: MICIAN SUFJAN STEVENS PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 90TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT THE DOLBY THEATRE AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER ON MARCH 4, 2018 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"PRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUFJAN STEVENS' MIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN NSIRED PART OF THE QUEER MIC NON—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTIST HIMSELF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LISTENERS HAVE WONRED FOR YEARS IF STEVENS WAS SGG ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY, AND WHILE THE ILLOIS SGER HAS NEVER FORMALLY E OUT, HE DID JT RELEASE A NEW EP FOR PRI MONTH, ALONG WH A PRI SHIRT HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, SUFJAN STEVENS IS RELEASG TWO NEW SONGS ON THE TOPIC OF LOVE: 'LOVE YOURSELF' AND 'WH MY WHOLE HEART,' AVAILABLE ON LIMED-EDN 7” VYL LATE JUNE AND ON ALL DIGAL PLATFORMS MAY 29, 2019," READS STEVENS' NEW"LOVE YOURSELF" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'LOVE YOURSELF' IS BASED ON A SKETCH SUFJAN WROTE 20 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGAL 4-TRACK MO HE RERD 1996 IS CLUD AS WELL AS A SHORT STMENTAL REPRISE. 'WH MY WHOLE HEART' IS A PLETELY NEW SONG THAT SUFJAN WROTE AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO 'WRE AN UPBEAT AND SCERE LOVE SONG WHOUT NFLICT, ANXIETY, OR SELF-PRETN.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO SIGNED A SUPER CUTE NEW PRI T-SHIRT THAT SAYS HIS NAME DIFFERENT RABOW LORS—BUT ACT QUICKLY BEE ONLY 800 SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY WON'T SHIP UNTIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*ADDS TO RT*{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PORTN OF THE PROCEEDS OM THE EP AND T-SHIRT WILL SUPPORT TWO ANIZATNS THAT HELP HOMELS QUEER YOUTH: THE ALI FORNEY CENTER NEW YORK AND THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO NTRIBUTED SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHICH GARNERED HIM AN OSR NOMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTRIBUTG MIC TO THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME SOUNDTRACK AND DROPPG A NEW PRI EP? IS EVINCE POTG TOWARD STEVENS G OUT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVER THE SE, WE'RE STILL BUYG THAT {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
The actor talks about how the gay drama picted subjects like HIV and effemate gay men, and his own cisn to bee a father. * gay stevens *
Though some of that live big ci n feel like half of the world is gay, 's a stark difference om many livg small towns. "I was takg my mom somewhere one day and she jt asked 'are you gay?
DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S "EUROVISN""EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020/2:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5304PX;WIDTH:7952PX;}JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA - DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CRED JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIX © 2020BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020 / 2:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S \"EUROVISN\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST VIEWERS PROBABLY KNOW DAN STEVENS AS MATTHEW CRAWLEY OM DOWNTON ABBEY, BUT THE ACTOR EARNED A NEW LEGN OF GAY FANS WHEN HE EMERGED OM THE BATHROOM NOTHG BUT A TOWEL THE 2014 CULT FILM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE NEW NETFLIX ORIGAL MOVIE EUROVISN SONG CONTT: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, STEVENS PLAYS ALEXANR LEMTOV, THE "PRCE OF EUROVISN" WHO IS A RSIAN TRIBUTE TO GEE MICHAEL AND IS A CLOSETED POP SGER, JT LIKE THE REAL-LIFE WHAM! SGER.JOHN WILSON/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA- DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CR. JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX © {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM, LEMTOV IS ASKED IF HE IS GAY BUT RPONDS THAT HE N'T BE GAY BEE HE'S RSIAN—WHICH IS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RSIAN ERNMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SADLY, WE LIVE A WORLD WHERE SOME UNTRI AND THEIR ERNMENTS REFE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE'S SEXUALY. THEY ACTIVELY TRY TO STAMP OUT," STEVENS TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND TO REMEMBER THAT EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE. IT HAS A MASSIVE FANBASE ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS SOMETHG REALLY WORTH CELEBRATG AND CHAMPNG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO RELLS FILMG EUROVISN'S EPIC "SONG ALONG" MIL NUMBER, WHICH MASH UP CHER, MADONNA, ABBA, AND FEATUR PAST WNERS OM THE PETN LIKE CONCHA WURST AND NETTA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR THE REAL SUPERFANS, I THK. IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR . WE WERE JT LIVG OUR OWN EUROVISN BUBBLE THAT WE HAD CREATED, AND THEN WE WERE ACTIVELY MIXG WH REAL NTTANTS OM PAST NTTS AND THEY WERE ALL SO LOVELY AND SO EXCED TO BE PART OF . AND THEY ARE ALL CREDIBLE SGERS AND TO GET TO SG ALONG WH THEM SUCH AN AMAZG MELODY OF SONGS, CREDIBLY ARRANGED... IT WAS REALLY REALLY WILD. THE CROWD WAS SO EXCED TO BE WNSG . IT WAS JT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO HEAR MORE OM STEVENS, CLUDG HOW GEE MICHAEL SPIRED LEMTOV'S MANE OF HAIR, CHECK OUT HIS EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH NEWNOWNEXT THE VIO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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
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"I was so sred of what actually meant to ll yourself gay so even the first man I dated, I still thought that afterwards I was gog to eventually meet a girl and get married bee that's what men did, " he said. "But I was steadfast that like 'I'm gay and I probably shouldn't have been talg to someone that was 20 but I'm not gog to therapy, '" he said. Apparently Bex Banks was the last to fd out he was gay.
Though he was engaged gay sex, he didn't intify as gay. At age 21, his mom had enouugh and mand an explatn for the gay porn she was fdg on the puter and phone.
"Once I had the nversatn wh my mom, I had no problem sayg I was gay, " he said. "I was actually rehab when I was 16 years old and I thk a part of why I end up gog to rehab was the difficulty I had wh acceptg myself as a gay person, " Sharok said.
THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S
For him, beg gay was a ath sentence beg that he grew up the 1990s durg the HIV/AIDS epimic and a fay member died of the disease. "At that pot was kd of like an emotnal avalanche and I jt let all out and told her that I was gay.
" Fran said that while they have grown to accept him, his fay still believ he shouldn't act on his homosexualy.
" At the time, Zevran was a gogo dancer performg gay clubs.
WE CAN'T STOP WONRG IF SUFJAN STEVENS SGS ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY
Then some gifs started appearg that ma the show seem, well, pretty gay.
BEHD THE SCEN 2000 WHEN SUPREME COURT LIBERALS THOUGHT NAZI AND DRED STT REFERENC GAY RIGHTS DISSENT WERE DISTRACTG
LGBT fans have a tenncy to latch onto any possible ference of a character beg gay and treat their queerns as fact. I totally unrstand that and have done myself, but ’s really a let down when you watch the show and disver wasn’t as gay as you were lead to believe.
Was gog to get gay?
DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?THE "ILLOIS" SGER HAS RELEASED A NEW EP AND T-SHIRT FOR PRI.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019/10:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2205PX;WIDTH:3308PX;}KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: MICIAN SUFJAN STEVENS PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 90TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT THE DOLBY THEATRE AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER ON MARCH 4, 2018 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID SUFJAN STEVENS JT COME OUT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-29T14:30:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"PRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUFJAN STEVENS' MIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN NSIRED PART OF THE QUEER MIC NON—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTIST HIMSELF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LISTENERS HAVE WONRED FOR YEARS IF STEVENS WAS SGG ABOUT GOD OR BEG GAY, AND WHILE THE ILLOIS SGER HAS NEVER FORMALLY E OUT, HE DID JT RELEASE A NEW EP FOR PRI MONTH, ALONG WH A PRI SHIRT HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, SUFJAN STEVENS IS RELEASG TWO NEW SONGS ON THE TOPIC OF LOVE: 'LOVE YOURSELF' AND 'WH MY WHOLE HEART,' AVAILABLE ON LIMED-EDN 7” VYL LATE JUNE AND ON ALL DIGAL PLATFORMS MAY 29, 2019," READS STEVENS' NEW"LOVE YOURSELF" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'LOVE YOURSELF' IS BASED ON A SKETCH SUFJAN WROTE 20 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGAL 4-TRACK MO HE RERD 1996 IS CLUD AS WELL AS A SHORT STMENTAL REPRISE. 'WH MY WHOLE HEART' IS A PLETELY NEW SONG THAT SUFJAN WROTE AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO 'WRE AN UPBEAT AND SCERE LOVE SONG WHOUT NFLICT, ANXIETY, OR SELF-PRETN.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO SIGNED A SUPER CUTE NEW PRI T-SHIRT THAT SAYS HIS NAME DIFFERENT RABOW LORS—BUT ACT QUICKLY BEE ONLY 800 SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY WON'T SHIP UNTIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*ADDS TO RT*{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PORTN OF THE PROCEEDS OM THE EP AND T-SHIRT WILL SUPPORT TWO ANIZATNS THAT HELP HOMELS QUEER YOUTH: THE ALI FORNEY CENTER NEW YORK AND THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO NTRIBUTED SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHICH GARNERED HIM AN OSR NOMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTRIBUTG MIC TO THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME SOUNDTRACK AND DROPPG A NEW PRI EP? IS EVINCE POTG TOWARD STEVENS G OUT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVER THE SE, WE'RE STILL BUYG THAT {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
I uld go on and on about those two, pecially the episo that fills their back story, but I’m lighted to say they aren’t the only nonilly gay characters the seri. It’s cute, ’s adorable, and ’s so betifully gay. To see a lbian character go through this kd of emotnal arc over such a long stretch of time jt prov how mted Steven Universe is to s gay characters.
I mentn this bee ’s powerful to see that relatnships, even gay on, n go sour. The show is great on s own mers, but what do for s gay relatnships and characters?
THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S
Most viewers probably know Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley om Downton Abbey, but the actor earned a new legn of gay fans when he emerged om the bathroom nothg but a towel the 2014 cult film The the new Netflix origal movie Eurovisn Song Contt: The Story of Fire Saga, Stevens plays Alexanr Lemtov, the "prce of Eurovisn" who is a Rsian tribute to Gee Michael and is a closeted pop sger, jt like the real-life Wham! The end of the film, Lemtov is asked if he is gay but rponds that he n't be gay bee he's Rsian—which is is exactly what the Rsian ernment believ.
But the people who shaped and advised those artists – the on who managed the stars of the classic rock age – were, by an outsized marg, gay terwoven muny clud Brian Epste (who brought the world the Beatl), K Lambert (who -managed the Who), Simon Napier-Bell (the Yardbirds, and a young Marc Bolan), Robert Stigwood (Cream, the Bee Ge), Billy Gaff (Rod Stewart), Ken Pt (David Bowie), Barry Krost (Cat Stevens), as well as Tony Stratton-Smh (who formed the visnary label Charisma for bands like Genis). In fact, was a gay man, Larry Parn, who svengali-d Bra’s very first rockers, om Tommy Steele to Billy Fury to Marty Wil.