Will Young: ‘One of the biggt sham for parents is still the possibily of their child beg gay’ | Eveng Standard

Contents:

• WILL YOUNG ADMS HE WAS 'ASHAMED' TO BE OPENLY GAY DURG HIS EARLY MIC REER
• POP STAR WILL YOUNG REVEALS CHILDHOOD ‘GAY SHAME’, EIGHTI HOMOPHOBIA
• IS WILL YOUNG FROM LOVE ISLAND GAY? WHO IS WILL YOUNG PARTNER?
• WILL YOUNG REVEALS HORRIFYG MOMENT GANG THREATENED TO STAB HIM AND SHOUTED ‘YOU’RE GAY’ HOMOPHOBIC STREET ATTACK
• WILL YOUNG OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SHAMG AND ADMS HE 'SAYS WRONG THG ALL THE TIME'
• TO BE A GAY MAN BY WILL YOUNG – OUT AND PROUD
• WILL YOUNG TAK CENTER STAGE AS A GAY MAN ALG WH GRIEF ‘SONG FROM FAR AWAY’
• WILL YOUNG: ‘ONE OF THE BIGGT SHAM FOR PARENTS IS STILL THE POSSIBILY OF THEIR CHILD BEG GAY’

WILL YOUNG ADMS HE WAS 'ASHAMED' TO BE OPENLY GAY DURG HIS EARLY MIC REER

But, to put that ntext, I was nervo about wearg red traers se people thought I was gay.

He has sce wrten a book about homophobia and gay shame, To Be a Gay Man. ”The real toxicy me om the media – such as the Mail on Sunday, which 2002 attempted to break the “news” about Young beg gay before he uld e out himself. “There was one sayg I was part of a gay bullyg rg – basilly abg boys at Wellgton – and I let go.

And there was a story once about my brother chasg after me wh a baseball bat when he found out I was gay, and I’m really mortified that I n’t go that far back and sue. But, unfortunately, the climate wasn’t so fivg for someone who was gay. “I very ocsnally still get now, blok gog: ‘I listen to your mic, but I’m not gay.

POP STAR WILL YOUNG REVEALS CHILDHOOD ‘GAY SHAME’, EIGHTI HOMOPHOBIA

To Be a Gay Man is out paperback on 29 April (Virg Books, £9. He publicly me out 2002 after wng the first ever seri of Pop Will Young has admted that he was 'ashamed' to be openly gay durg his early mic reer which was ed by other people 'reprsg' Leave Right Now hmaker, 40, ndidly discsed his sexualy durg an terview wh Gay Tim Magaze. Candid: Will Young has admted that he was 'ashamed' to be openly gay durg his early mic reer which was ed by other people 'reprsg' himWill also revealed that he never thought that he would have the choice to get married and have children.

Speakg to the publitn, he said on havg a mic reer and beg openly gay: 'I thk I was really ashamed of to be hont. " Interview: The Leave Right Now hmaker, 40, ndidly discsed his sexualy durg an terview wh Gay Tim Magaze'I was very angry about that for a few years.

IS WILL YOUNG FROM LOVE ISLAND GAY? WHO IS WILL YOUNG PARTNER?

'Will went on to reveal that he never thought that he would have the choice to get married and have children until the legislatn of same-sex marriage England and Wal 2013, which me to force ntued: 'Of urse there’s that ialism that you marry and have kids, I thk, jt bee one is gay, you’ve still grown up that environment so when me to the fact we uld get married – and even that sounds so archaic now – was great.

WILL YOUNG REVEALS HORRIFYG MOMENT GANG THREATENED TO STAB HIM AND SHOUTED ‘YOU’RE GAY’ HOMOPHOBIC STREET ATTACK

Speakg out: Speakg to the publitn, he said on havg a mic reer and beg openly gay: 'I thk I was really ashamed of to be hont.

WILL YOUNG OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SHAMG AND ADMS HE 'SAYS WRONG THG ALL THE TIME'

" One of the bt thgs about beg gay for me is always qutng. ' Read more: You n read the full terview Gay Tim Magaze available now both onle and stor worldwiWill went on to reflect on turng 40, he said: 'Yeah I’m 40 and I thought, "Oh that uld have happened" and hasn’t happened, and I’m like, "Okay fe, don’t matter.

" 'There’s probably ls prsure on me bee I’m gay, which would have been put on by society that I’ve then ternalised, to be a certa posn, and I jt don’t see like that. 'Will publicly me out 2002 after wng the first ever seri of Pop Idol, aged 23, he said at the time: 'I feel 's time to tell my fans I'm gay.

' (Pose star Billy Porter pictured character on the show) Old tim: Will won the first seri of talent show Pop Idol 2002, shortly before revealg his sexualy In 2017, on his podst lled Homo Sapiens, Will exprsed his tratn that when startg out his reer, dtry boss attempted to palise on his an example, he revealed that boss had once attempted to set up a kiss between himself and Gee Michael orr to h the headl. Will has also spoke about the horrific slew of homophobic abe he has received over the years, sharg that he was once threatened at knife pot for beg gay. You n read the full terview  Gay Tim Magaze available now both onle and stor worldwi.

TO BE A GAY MAN BY WILL YOUNG – OUT AND PROUD

In his book, To Be A Gay Man, which was published last year, he discs ternalised homophobia, beg a gay man the public eye and his g-out experience. ALSO READ: Ben Whishaw reckons a gay Bond would be ‘extraordary’ and ‘thrillg’. WILL YOUNG ON GROWING UP GAY.

Speakg at the ftival, Young shared that his first experience of “gay shame” was at jt six years old. The 42-year-old actor fearlsly add: “One of the biggt sham that n e on a parent is still the possibily of their child beg gay.

Homophobia fuelled by HIV/Aids epimic.

WILL YOUNG TAK CENTER STAGE AS A GAY MAN ALG WH GRIEF ‘SONG FROM FAR AWAY’

Havg grown up the eighti, he also spoke on homophobia that was pafully fuelled by the HIV/Aids epimic. The multalented entertaer also pared the Brish ernment’s attu towards COVID-19, to how the HIV/Aids epimic was handled and Sectn 28, a law passed 1988 that halted “promotg the teachg of the acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship. ‘TO BE A GAY MAN’.

In To Be a Gay Man, WIl Young discs the piece wrten about him The Mail on Sunday and says one of his biggt regrets is that he didn’t sue the publitn.

The book is mostly about Young alg wh “gay shame”, but also discs his childhood, reer and his overall experienc of beg a gay man.

WILL YOUNG: ‘ONE OF THE BIGGT SHAM FOR PARENTS IS STILL THE POSSIBILY OF THEIR CHILD BEG GAY’

For his performance the 2013 London revival of the mil Cabaret, he was nomated for the Lrence Olivier Award for Bt Actor a 2020, he published his book To Be a Gay Man, and has also -hosted the podst seri Homo took part 2016 seri of Strictly Come Dancg, but pulled out om the show midway for "personal reasons". Will Young opens up to Ia Dale about his stggl as a gay man | LBC.

As of January 2021, is not currently known if Will has a 2020, Will wrote the book How To Be A Gay Man, which he discsed his shame of beg gay the past, and the impact s had on his life and reer. Speakg about the book, he told Gay Tim, he said he was "ashamed" to be openly gay durg his early reer.