In a new terview wh "The Chuck Shute Podst", KING'S X ontman Doug "Dug" Pnick talked about his years the metal Christian closet and the relief he felt after makg a clean break wh relign. "Beg told that if you're gay, 's an abomatn, and God hat that more than anythg els...
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- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
- 'I'M GAY,' ADMS REM ONTMAN
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- JARS OF GAY? FRONTMAN DAN HASELTE IS PRO-LGBTQ, PRO-TRANS, PRO-CHOICE
- KING'S X'S GAY FRONTMAN DOUG PINNICK 'BEGGED GOD' TO MAKE HIM STRAIGHT
- “IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
- GROUNDBREAKG BOOK DETAILS WHEN MAFIA CONTROLLED GAY BARS
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow. * gay frontmen *
Rock band REM's ontman Michael Stipe today revealed he was gay, endg years of speculatn about his 41-year-old sger told Time magaze he was a 'queer artist' who had been a relatnship wh a man for three revelatn after years of speculatn about his sexualy, and false mours that he had Stipe told the magaze he believed was the right time to reveal his sexualy. 'I was beg ma to be a ward about , rather than someone who felt like really was a very private thg, ' he told the said he had been a relatnship for about three years, scribg his partner as 'an amazg man' and addg that he was not a had prevly said he did not thk of himself as straight, gay or bisexual and had been relatnships wh both men or women, sayg: 'I'm an equal-opportuny lech.
Staff WrerA few months ago we broke the story that ‘Christian’ band Relient K me out as pro-LGBTQ after vg open and unrepentantly gay mician Semler to jo them on their upg tour and sellg LGBTQ merch. Active for over 20 years, the band still plays shows ocsnally but has yet to put out a stud album sce 2013’s 2014 the band drew wispread cricism after ontman Dan Haselte posed on Twter that he uldn’t see any reason why gay marriage shouldn’t be legalized and supported, offerg that nothg terrible uld possibly e om . "Beg told that if you're gay, 's an abomatn, and God hat that more than anythg else other than blasphemy of the Holy Spir, " he said (as transcribed by).
So I'm told that all my life and I'm gay. "Pnick, who kept his homosexualy quiet wh all but his clost iends, eventually me out a 1998 terview Contemporary Christian Mic magaze. The Judas Prit ontman helped to map out the blueprt of the sound and look of metal throughout the 70s and 80s, and a later he beme the first openly gay metal ontman.
'I'M GAY,' ADMS REM ONTMAN
Rock band REM's ontman Michael Stipe today revealed he was gay and had been a relatnship wh a man for three years, endg speculatn about his sexualy * gay frontmen *
“I thk that kd of experience is somethg that every gay guy go through – feelg isolated and feelg that you’re the only person the world who has those kd of feelgs. ”Halford is a trailblazer that regard, and told Metal Hammer that he’s glad he helped to break assumptns about gay people workg metal.
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* gay frontmen *
“There’s still a very bigoted attu towards homosexualy.
JARS OF GAY? FRONTMAN DAN HASELTE IS PRO-LGBTQ, PRO-TRANS, PRO-CHOICE
We have listed 30 sgers you may not have known were lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer. How many have you heard of? * gay frontmen *
”Halford don’t see himself as a gay in, though – to him, he’s a heavy metal sger a band. ” He fds amg that he has no relatnship wh the gay media, he stated, opg that they n’t stggle to nnect wh the world of heavy metal. “I’ve never been approached by any of those kd of publitns bee I thk heavy metal is still viewed by the wir media as still beg this very macho, male environment, ” he said, “and the gay media still treats wh some tachment.
KING'S X'S GAY FRONTMAN DOUG PINNICK 'BEGGED GOD' TO MAKE HIM STRAIGHT
Wh gay ontman Olly Alexanr, Years & Years hs pop’s sweet spot. * gay frontmen *
"I'm the gay guy the band, " he began. We have listed sgers you may not have known were lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer. You n almost feel his dience on the journey wh him, disverg the gay man he's gog to be.
He's fully fluent the language of the outre East London gay mimon, which is populated by endls fashn superstars who have stggled to fd a proper crossover pop figurehead -- spe the valiant efforts of Bright Light Bright Light, Frankmik, and Patrick Wolf. There aren't many gay ontmen bands, which I always fd que strange.
“IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN
What do mean to be a gay mician today?
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
On a few of the album’s tracks, Act -wrote wh gay micians Sam Sparro and Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters.
TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
His sophomore release om that year, Hi Nothg, was a lovely surprise. And whether he’s kept a low profile sce then bee he’s livg his life or bee ’s hard for an pennt mician to get tractn this world, he’s still the pg ballaer wh which a young gay man might fall love.
Yet back the ’70s was slim pickgs for openly gay artists, and we all knew how to read an artist that ma a joke about beg “bi-astal” (he even named an album that) while throwg himself across the stage like a hyperactive chore on a Broadway belter like “I Go to R. Long before I knew they were all gay (except for Cdy), I loved them for their crazy sound.
GROUNDBREAKG BOOK DETAILS WHEN MAFIA CONTROLLED GAY BARS
The late blu sger was well-nnected and openly gay the ’60s — he had a brief relatnship wh Dave Davi of The Kks. They’ve taken on gay social media apps (“Personal” om 2006 and “Lookg” om 2019”) and love to ms around wh gay clichés (“But I’m a Top”).
Currently on her mea culpa tour (for, amongst other thgs, supportg Tmp) and tryg to get the foc back on her mic, this mouthy bisexual MC threw away a lot of goodwill by turng her reer to a spectacle of wrong-footedns — her e of slurs agast gay men has been wily reported. Somewhat lost to history, Bean found the clive Uny Fellowship Church Movement and was rponsible for the early gay lib anthem “I Was Born This Way. Known for a quick w and sharp tongue, Belli followed up an unexpectedly short stt on Season 4 of RuPl’s Drag Race wh hilar mic parodi of pop hs that mocked Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay polics (“Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A)”), praised well-endowed men (“Love You Like a Big Schlong”) and skewered secret bedroom submissiv (“That Boy is a Bottom”).