Blue's Dunn Jam was so terrified of g out as gay that he dated Geri Halliwell - Daily Rerd

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• BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
• BOY BAND STAR DUNN JAM ‘PROUD TO BE GAY’
• BLUE'S DUNN JAM WAS SO TERRIFIED OF G OUT AS GAY THAT HE DATED GERI HALLIWELL

BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER

Former member of UK boy band Blue, Dunn Jam, has revealed that he is "fally fortable" his own sk, sharg a photo wh his new boyiend, Rodrigo Reis, on social, who me out as bisexual 2009, then as gay 2012, exprsed his gratu at the overwhelmg 'love' he had received om fans. "I posted this pic on my Insta yterday & uldn’t get over the amazg rponse, ments and love om people, " the 41-year-old father wrote on ntued: "I didn’t intify as a gay man for many years bee of my own issu wh g out, but fally I'm happy my sk & this guy next 2 me mak me proud 2 be gay. “She said, ‘You’re gay?

The mastream populary of boy bands wtern mic almost ensur that one or two members of each group intifi as gay, bisexual or queer. Most out gay boy band members talk about their early reer days of havg dual personas - the public heterosexual teen male, and the private gay dividual - creatg an thenticy paradox.

There have been sporadic attempts to create succsful all-gay boy bands to ter to the LGBTQ dance club crowd. Neverthels, there is a group of notable boy band members who publicly intify as gay, bisexual or queer.

BOY BAND STAR DUNN JAM ‘PROUD TO BE GAY’

Now he says he's all gay all the time (but uld still fancy a woman). And he Instagrams pictur like this 's what he said to Gay Star News about his sexual orientatn recently: "I thk to myself, I sleep wh men, so that mak me gay. Regardls of whether I sleep wh women or not, I'm still sleepg wh men so I'm gay.

OK, one more time: "But I still ll myself gay. I'm a gay guy. I like men, so that mak me gay.

I do say I'm gay, but I don't really re about labels. I don't really re if people want to ll me bisexual or gay.

BLUE'S DUNN JAM WAS SO TERRIFIED OF G OUT AS GAY THAT HE DATED GERI HALLIWELL

Boy band star Dunn Jam ‘proud to be gay’He was a teen heart-throb the early noughti — now Blue sger Dunn Jam is showg off the man who mak him “proud to be gay” Jam said he’s “proud to be gay” as he posted a picture of himself sied up wh Brazilian boyiend Rodrigo Reis.

”The 41-year-old star thanked fans for the “amazg” support and “love” sce he me wrote: “I didn’t intify as a gay man for many years bee of my own issu wh g out, but fally im happy my sk & this guy next 2 me mak me proud 2 be gay. ” RELATED: Boy band Blue clar bankptcyDunn said 2009 he was bisexual and me out as gay 2012, tellg his Blue bandmate Simon explaed: “When I told Simon, he enuraged me to speak to my mum, who was LA wh me a hotel at the time. ”Earlier this year, Dunn told Brish TV show Loose Women that g out as gay was the “bt thg he ever did” after years of “livg a lie”, who has a 14-year-old dghter lled Tiane om a prev relatnship, first started postg pictur of Rodrigo a month ago when they went to Amsterdam’s Tropikali Ftival.