Annie Lennox Wish She Had Been Gay | On Top Magaze | LGBT News & Entertament

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• ANNIE LENNOX SOUNDS OFF ON BEG A 'GENR BENR,' HER GAY FAN BASE AND MORE
• ANNIE LENNOX WISH SHE HAD BEEN GAY
• LENNOX WISH SHE WAS GAY
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• ANNIE LENNOX ON FEMISM, GAY AND TRANSGENR
• ANNIE LENNOX: THE WORD ‘GAY’ IS IRRELEVANT

ANNIE LENNOX SOUNDS OFF ON BEG A 'GENR BENR,' HER GAY FAN BASE AND MORE

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsAnnie Lennox’s androgyno athetic led many the Eighti to qutn her sger and philanthropist is married to South Ain gynaelogist Dr Mch Bser and has two dghters, Tali and Lola, om her prev marriage to rerd and film producer Uri has long fought for LGBT rights and has a firm gay followg, yet scrib wrong aspersns about her sexualy as “weird”. "I want people to unrstand me as a person wh views, not jt performg songs, " she nversatn wh Lennox mak clear she has a lot of views, which she first publicised when she donned a man's su, promptg gossip that she was gay. We mt face and addrs those issu, pecially to clu younger men and boys, " she says, before addg that she is particularly surprised that more gay men don't see themselv as femists.

"I would like to see the gay populatn get on board wh femism. She's certaly been an outspoken lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights advote as well as an outspoken HIV/AIDS activist. "One day we'll get rid of this word 'gay, ' bee 's irrelevant, " she not.

If you thk about , ’s really not that long sce people were the closet about gay rights. What do you attribute to the loyalty of your gay fan base?

ANNIE LENNOX WISH SHE HAD BEEN GAY

I n’t answer for the gay muny. This is somethg I’ve been sayg to a lot of my gay padr: One day we’ll get rid of this word “gay, ” bee ’s irrelevant. might have been “easier” had she been gay.

LENNOX WISH SHE WAS GAY

“It's not like I thk beg gay.

if she had been gay. If you thk about , ’s really not that long sce people were the closet about gay rights. I n’t answer for the gay muny.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

This is somethg I’ve been sayg to a lot of my gay padr: One day we’ll get rid of this word “gay, ” bee ’s irrelevant. Sexualy - Gay or Nay. Correct our wiki/b - is she not gay or straight or of different herage?

She tells Bra's Saga magaze, "It's not like I thk beg gay uld be an alternative, 's isn't. Hathway, whose brother is gay, has repeatedly spoken out about LGBT+ acceptance and was given an Ally Award by the Human Rights Campaign 2008. She has been quoted as sayg “There are people who have said that I’m beg brave for beg openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoptn — basilly of gay rights — but wh all due rpect, I humbly dissent.

Lennox has been award a multu of honours for her mic and humanarian work cludg cln the Out Magaze ‘Top 100 Most Influential People Gay Culture’. Gran is a very vol supporter of LGBT+ rights and has prevly mented to the prs that homophobia is illogil and that wnsg turns her to a ‘ragg lunatic’.

ANNIE LENNOX ON FEMISM, GAY AND TRANSGENR

Her brother is gay and she has stated that ‘all of her bt iends are gay’.

Watson is quick to voice her support for LGBT+ rights to her 50 ln followers and fans on social media, and notably tweeted her support for Bra’s first out gay gby league player, Keegan Hirst, sayg “Courage is the choice and willgns to nont agony, pa, danger, uncertaty or timidatn”. He is a strong advote for LGBT+ rights and voiced his support of same-sex marriage the h song ‘Same Love’ which nmns homophobia hip-hop, society, and the media. Macklemore has been quoted as sayg: “Gay rights are human rights.

A close iend of actor and former Brish LGBT Awards wner, Sir Ian McKellen, Stewart sisted he was ‘utterly flattered’ when he is misintified as a gay man, tellg McKellen: ‘this is a very distctive honour that I’ve been award. ’ Stewart has also publicly clared that ‘supportg gay rights’ should be ‘natural’. Henry is a vol advote of LGBT+ rights, and has voiced that players beg able to be openly gay would be good for the game.

ANNIE LENNOX: THE WORD ‘GAY’ IS IRRELEVANT

Gay in releas new Christmas CD—and opens up about AIDS panmic, Perez Hilton's 'vic diatrib' and her own sweet dreams for the world. WCT: What do beg a gay in mean to you?

AL: [ Lghs] It means lots of gay men and women like me!