Brian Epste was the Beatl' manager, even if the band didn't know he was gay at first. Here's what we learned om Cynthia Lennon.
Contents:
- THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BEATL' GAY MANAGER
- THE BEATL (AND CYNTHIA LENNON) DIDN’T KNOW THAT THEIR MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTE, WAS GAY
- QUEEN GUARIST BRIAN MAY: 'I DIDN'T KNOW' FREDDIE MERCURY WAS GAY
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAPTA WAS OPENLY GAY
- THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BEATL' GAY MANAGER
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What the public didn't know was that Brian Epste was gay. And 1960s England, fet about beg allowed to marry; gay men and lbians weren't allowed to openly walk the streets! It was lerally a felony to be attracted to a member of the same died lonely at the age of 32, never havg had a proper boyiend, and wh the lloquially known "Osr Wil laws" clarg homosexualy illegal still force.
The year was 1967, and was the "Summer of Love" -- as long as you weren't gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr. I know our circumstanc are not nearly the same as the obstacl Brian and other gay, bisexual, and transgenr people have faced over the years -- and, the se of marriage, ntue to face 34 of the Uned Stat -- but emotnally, Tracy and I uld relate and empathize. The Gays Hawaii for this year’s Sony Open, where Brian fished 72nd.
THE BEATL (AND CYNTHIA LENNON) DIDN’T KNOW THAT THEIR MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTE, WAS GAY
Unls you were an obssive golf fan, the arrival of Brian and Kimberly Gay onto the PGA Tour at the turn of the century was easy to miss.
QUEEN GUARIST BRIAN MAY: 'I DIDN'T KNOW' FREDDIE MERCURY WAS GAY
“Brian is a very quiet, laid-back, troverted guy who’s happy to be on the uch watchg football,” says Gay’s longtime swg ach, Joe Mayo. The Gay fay pos wh the Herage Classic trophy 2009.
(Upon signg, the Gays didn’t have to part wh the 20 percent that agents tradnally skim off the top of endorsement als.) There wasn’t time to get logoed hats ma for Brian’s first start unr the al Hawaii, so Kimberly bought blank ps at the mall and drove around Honolulu to fd an embroirer.
Brian Gay ralli to w Bermuda Champnship playoff.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
Inspired by her mom, Makley Gay is majorg sports management at Florida and simultaneoly pursug a master’s ternatnal bs.
Kimberly’s is not the only reventn the Gay hoehold. Mayo, who earned a modicum of fame for his sardonic Twter nom plume Trackman Matro, says that back then Gay generated 107 per hour of clubhead speed and 154 mph of ball speed wh his driver, rryg his tee shots barely 260 yards.
FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAPTA WAS OPENLY GAY
After learng to lift his left heel on the backswg and lengthen his turn, Gay’s speed quickly spiked to 117/173 and he began flyg up to 40 yards farther. The hard work began to pay off that fall Bermuda, when Gay tied for third.
Courty of Kimberly Gay.
And what do the victory mean to Brian Gay’s agent?
THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S
When they first met, however, the band didn't know that this lol bs owner was gay. He served as their manager for several years, even if most fans didn’t know he was gay until after his ath. The Beatl’ manager, Brian Epste, was gay.
“It didn’t occur to then that Brian was gay, ” Cynthia Lennon wrote. In the early sixti if you were gay you kept secret.