Freddie Mercury first girliend rells 'arnt sex' but knew he was gay after night out | Mic | Entertament |

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• FREDDIE MERCURY FIRST GIRLIEND RELLS 'ARNT LOVE' BUT KNEW HE WAS GAY AFTER NIGHT OUT
• FREDDIE MERCURY 'ME OUT AS GAY LYRICS TO H QUEEN SONG BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY'

FREDDIE MERCURY FIRST GIRLIEND RELLS 'ARNT LOVE' BUT KNEW HE WAS GAY AFTER NIGHT OUT

When Mercury reportedly told At he was bisexual, she said, "No Freddie, you're gay. Perhaps was gay shame, Mercury's ternalized homophobia echog society's belief that gay relatnships weren't "real" relatnships. In a world where any man who has sex wh men is tomatilly nsired gay no matter how much he profs a love of women, uld Mercury tly have felt torn between the two sis of himself?

He was rerdg artist the '70s and '80s, two s when the level of homophobia is difficult for anyone born after 1980 to fully prehend. In particular, Bra and the USA were sry plac for gay people, and the onset of AIDS gave license to the relig fulmators and right-wg zealots.

FREDDIE MERCURY 'ME OUT AS GAY LYRICS TO H QUEEN SONG BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY'

It's the first book to look tail at Mercury's battle wh HIV, not jt his stggle to keep his illns a secret (he announced he had AIDS only the day before he died), but also his sexual awakeng, his relatnships, and the aftermath of his ath, which was rife wh homophobia. The book tails that cultural homophobia and the way which affected Mercury's cisns around treatment and his public persona, even fluencg his cisn to stop appearg public.

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