Contents:
- Q&A: SéAD O’CONNOR ON HOW GAYS CHANGED HER LIFE & GETTG HER ‘D*CK HARD’
- SEAD O’CONNOR: THE GAY TERVIEW
- NOTHG COMPAR: SéAD O’CONNOR, A PATRONISG GAY BYRNE, AND THE SHOCK WAV OF THAT PHOTO-RIPPG MOMENT
Q&A: SéAD O’CONNOR ON HOW GAYS CHANGED HER LIFE & GETTG HER ‘D*CK HARD’
The exceptn: this chat, durg which Séad relled her troductn to the gay muny – and how that muny gave her the urage to be herself, speak out and “take sh. So knowg that, and also beg a gay man who grew up Catholic, I n’t help but listen to “Take Me to Church” and thk ’s more than jt a song about romance.
When was the first time you felt a nnectn to gay people your life? I grew up Ireland and there was no such thg as “gay” the ’70s.
SEAD O’CONNOR: THE GAY TERVIEW
I had never even heard of “gay, ” except for there was a female impersonator who had a big TV show the ’70s, a guy lled Danny La Rue.
I ed to love his show, but I never knew there was any such thg as gay until I was 17. So I had actually never heard of any such thg as gay until I went to the Hippodrome, and put this way, I was really jealo that I was never gonna look that fuckg good.
I actually fd the whole gay muny an enormo spiratn to me bee, J, I’ve never taken the kd of sh gay people take.
NOTHG COMPAR: SéAD O’CONNOR, A PATRONISG GAY BYRNE, AND THE SHOCK WAV OF THAT PHOTO-RIPPG MOMENT
No, I know, but I suppose a way what I’m tryg to say is that ’s easier to take sh when you are spired by people such as those the gay muny. You told Entertament Weekly 2005, “I’m three-quarters heterosexual, a quarter gay. ” What actn of you is gay the days?
They uld be green, whe and orange, they uld be whatever the oppose of gay or straight is. Guys, whether they’re gay or straight, you all jt like to fuck and thk later. The exceptn: this chat, durg which Séad relled her troductn to the gay muny — and how that muny gave her the urage to be herself, speak out and “take sh.