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KISS' Pl Stanley addrs the persistent mor over the years that he's gay and opens up about what 's been like to work wh Gene Simmons all this time.

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KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS GAY RUMOR, DISCS WORKG WH GENE SIMMONS

There have been many mors about KISS over the years, but the one that's always taken volist Pl Stanley by surprise is that he's gay. Durg a chat wh New Zealand's The Breeze (seen above), Stanley was qutned about the crazit mor he's heard about told terviewer Robert Stt, "The odst, to me, was always — and 's always persisted over time -- is that I'm gay.

SHOUT OUT LOUD! THE OUT GAY MAN WHO MA KISS SUPERSTARS, GOT THEM TO ROCK HALL OF FAME

KISS's Pl Stanley has opened up about long-standg mors about his sexualy, sayg he wouldn't be ashamed to be a gay man.

"If I were [gay], I’d be proud to be whatever I am, " the 63-year-old rocker told New Zealand's The Breeze. "Commemoratg KISS's ductn to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, The Montreal Gazette published a profile of Bill Au, the legendary rock manager who disvered the band the early 1970s and who also happened to be an openly gay man. Also on HuffPost: Celebri Who've Faced Gay RumorsPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY DON'T MD IF YOU THK HE'S GAY

“Well, the odst, to me, was always — and ’s always persisted over time — is that I’m gay. See how he was able to say “I’m a heterosexual” whout beltlg gays? The mastream populary of boy bands wtern mic almost ensur that one or two members of each group intifi as gay, bisexual or queer.

KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY, ACTUALLY SAYS SOMETHG INTELLIGENT

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.

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