Lance Bass rells how he me out as gay to his 'N Sync band members, and Joey Fatone "walkg " on him wh his then-boyiend by surprise
Contents:
- BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
- BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
- AMERI’S FIRST ALL OPENLY GAY BOY BAND RELEASE DEBUT SGLE
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
* boy band member comes out as 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.
BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
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. The Backstreet Boys were at a drag show when they first realized they had a gay followg.
I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg, " A. ' Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women. As for any sort of gay mors surroundg him or the pop group, he don't re.
"Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay. Instead of me beg gay, I'm the fag hag, " he said. He's this olr gentleman om Tampa and he's gay, and he's been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U.
AMERI’S FIRST ALL OPENLY GAY BOY BAND RELEASE DEBUT SGLE
I thk he really hop that Nick might have a ltle b of gay.
" The 35-year-old McLean, who married 2011 and is the father of a ltle girl, long supported equal rights and the band's gay fan base. "We have a huge gay followg -- 's awome, " he told Out magaze back 2010.
"I, personally, am tryg to get more and more volved wh the gay and lbian movement, very much so. I've got que a lot of gay iends back L. And we make our mic for everyone, and whether you're gay, straight, black, whe, don't matter.