Today Gay History: Dreamboat Artist Dunn Grant

Contents:

• A VOICE FOR THE PARTY: ERIC DUNN ON BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CONSERVATIVE MP
• BLUE'S DUNN JAM WAS SO TERRIFIED OF G OUT AS GAY THAT HE DATED GERI HALLIWELL
• GAY PRI?
• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• ESPN'S SARAH SPA LLS RAYS PLAYERS ‘BIGOTS’ FOR NOT WEARG GAY PRI PATCH
• ‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS

A VOICE FOR THE PARTY: ERIC DUNN ON BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CONSERVATIVE MP

Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter Blue sger Dunn Jam has revealed the extent of his fears around g out as gay the 44-year-old sger me out to his bandmat 2012, before publicly discsg his sexualy a new terview, Jam said he ed to “feel relieved” when mours circulated about him datg his female iends, cludg Geri Halliwell, Marte McCutcheon and Tara was not until he met his partner Rodrigo Reis that he “really felt fortable about my sexualy”, he, who will be performg at Pri events across the UK while wearg drag ensembl, told The Mirror that he ed to feel like “such a hypocre” when performg at Pri wh Blue.

Praisg his partner Reis for beg “so unapologetic” about beg gay, Jam said: “He was the first partner I had who wasn’t ashamed to hold my hand. She is the kd of girl bt mate every gay guy needs.” After years of feelg guilty about his sexualy, Dunn says he is happy at last.

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

She was jt relieved bee she thought I was gog to tell her I had ncer.” Dunn knows how important is for young gay people to have posive role mols after beg bullied as a child. “That is why is so important that Pri is so visible across the world bee shows no one has to feel alone or sred about beg who they were born to be.” Dpe tim changg, Dunn says he still receiv homophobic abe onle.

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GAY PRI?

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GAY PRI CALENDAR

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ESPN'S SARAH SPA LLS RAYS PLAYERS ‘BIGOTS’ FOR NOT WEARG GAY PRI PATCH

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‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS

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But he has ltle patience for ntenrs such as Derek Sloan, a first-time Ontar MP who has said that sexual orientatn is “scientifilly unclear, ” and Richard Dérie, who was barred by the party om nng and who publicly clared that beg gay is a choice. “If there’s a closeted teenager who’s gay a ral muny somewhere, sred of tellg their fai, sred of tellg their iends, sred of what the reactn would be – I’m hopg that they n fd spiratn, ” he said. For many years, Blue band member Dunn Jam was so sred of g out as gay, he pretend to date celeb pals Geri Halliwell and Marte McCutcheon.