Alicia Keys Addrsed Gay Rumors About Her & How They Got Started

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• IS ALICIA KEYS GAY? INSI THE SGER’S SHADY MARRIAGE
• ALICIA KEYS SHAR STGGL WH FEMY, GAY MORS
• DEBUNKG RUMORS – IS ALICIA KEYS GAY? GET THE TTH HERE!
• ALICIA KEYS 'PROUD' THAT NEW YORK PASSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY JOCELYN VENAJUNE 28, 2011/6:00 PMBY JOCELYN VENAJUNE 28, 2011 / 6:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ALICIA KEYS 'PROUD' THAT NEW YORK PASSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-06-28T22:00:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-06-28T22:00:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOCELYN VENA","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOW||VIO|668685|{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALICIA KEYS IS ONE VERY, VERY PROUD NEW YORKER. AND THIS NEW YORKER ULDN'T BE MORE STOKED THAT HER HOME STATE PASSED THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL LATE LAST WEEK. KEYS RAVED ABOUT THE LAW AT MADAME TSDS TIM SQUARE, WHERE HER STATUE WAS BEG UNVEILED AS A PART OF THE SPIR OF NEW YORK EXHIB AT THE FAMED TOURIST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK THAT’S AMAZG," SHE SAID. "NEW YORK IS THAT TYPE OF CY … WE ARE A CY THAT NEEDS TO BE PROGRSIVE AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE DID THAT. THAT’S IMPORTANT. I'M A FAN OF THE FACT THAT WE PASSED THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEYS IS HARDLY THE FIRST CELEBRY, OM NEW YORK OR ELSEWHERE, WHO HAS RAVED ABOUT THE PASSG OF THE LEGISLATN, WHICH PROVIS SAME-SEX UPL THE RIGHT TO MARRY. EVERYONE OM LADY GAGA AND KATY PERRY TO JENNIFER ANISTON HAVE OPENED UP ABOUT THE HISTORIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S GREAT! I THOUGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE," ANISTON TOLD MTV NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND. "SO EXCG THIS TIME AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE GAY PRI WEEKEND. WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOW||VIO|668232|{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WAS JASON SUIKIS WHO HAD SOME NCERN FOR JAY-Z, AND BY FLT KEYS, NOW THAT THE BILL HAS BEEN PASSED. HE JOKED, "THE ONLY PERSON I FEEL BAD FOR IS JAY-Z, BEE HE'S GOG TO HAVE TO WRE A NEW VERSE FOR THAT SONG, 'EMPIRE STATE OF MD,' BEE NEW YORK JT GOT A LTLE MORE KICK-ASS!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE SURE IF YOU ASKED ALICIA AND HOVA NICELY, JASON, THEY WOULD LOVE TO UPDATE THE TUNE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GROWG UP HIP HOP’S ANDRE KG COM OUT AS GAY AND REVEALS HOW HIS FAMO FAY HAS BEEN HIS SUPPORT SYSTEM

IS ALICIA KEYS GAY? INSI THE SGER’S SHADY MARRIAGE

Alicia Keys first spoke about the many gay mors and securi that have followed her sce she entered the mic game on her blog last year, but ’s still tertg, so we wanna share wh you now.

ALICIA KEYS SHAR STGGL WH FEMY, GAY MORS

She also tailed how she rpond once the gay mors started.

BUT THEN SHE SAYS THE WORLD STARTED CALLING HER GAY WHEN SHE BECAME FAMOUS AND SHE THEN DID THIS...

”That mentaly followed her to her mic reer, where, bee of the way she spoke or rried herself, “people started llg me gay and hard and I wasn’t gay, but I was hard and although I felt fortable there, ma me unfortable that people were judgg me and so slowly I hid that si of myself, " she wrote that she put on drs and didn’t braid her whole head so people uld see the “real” her, but she wrote: “even though at that pot I’m sure I was more nfed (than) ever of what the real me was.

DEBUNKG RUMORS – IS ALICIA KEYS GAY? GET THE TTH HERE!

She recently terviewed wh LA Weekly, where she opened up about beg a lbian, g out, homosexualy mic and, of urse, who she thks is secretly gay. On the lack of out-of-the-closet gay urban artists:.

ALICIA KEYS 'PROUD' THAT NEW YORK PASSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY JOCELYN VENAJUNE 28, 2011/6:00 PMBY JOCELYN VENAJUNE 28, 2011 / 6:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ALICIA KEYS 'PROUD' THAT NEW YORK PASSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-06-28T22:00:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-06-28T22:00:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOCELYN VENA","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOW||VIO|668685|{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALICIA KEYS IS ONE VERY, VERY PROUD NEW YORKER. AND THIS NEW YORKER ULDN'T BE MORE STOKED THAT HER HOME STATE PASSED THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL LATE LAST WEEK. KEYS RAVED ABOUT THE LAW AT MADAME TSDS TIM SQUARE, WHERE HER STATUE WAS BEG UNVEILED AS A PART OF THE SPIR OF NEW YORK EXHIB AT THE FAMED TOURIST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK THAT’S AMAZG," SHE SAID. "NEW YORK IS THAT TYPE OF CY … WE ARE A CY THAT NEEDS TO BE PROGRSIVE AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE DID THAT. THAT’S IMPORTANT. I'M A FAN OF THE FACT THAT WE PASSED THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEYS IS HARDLY THE FIRST CELEBRY, OM NEW YORK OR ELSEWHERE, WHO HAS RAVED ABOUT THE PASSG OF THE LEGISLATN, WHICH PROVIS SAME-SEX UPL THE RIGHT TO MARRY. EVERYONE OM LADY GAGA AND KATY PERRY TO JENNIFER ANISTON HAVE OPENED UP ABOUT THE HISTORIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S GREAT! I THOUGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE," ANISTON TOLD MTV NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND. "SO EXCG THIS TIME AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE GAY PRI WEEKEND. WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOW||VIO|668232|{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WAS JASON SUIKIS WHO HAD SOME NCERN FOR JAY-Z, AND BY FLT KEYS, NOW THAT THE BILL HAS BEEN PASSED. HE JOKED, "THE ONLY PERSON I FEEL BAD FOR IS JAY-Z, BEE HE'S GOG TO HAVE TO WRE A NEW VERSE FOR THAT SONG, 'EMPIRE STATE OF MD,' BEE NEW YORK JT GOT A LTLE MORE KICK-ASS!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE SURE IF YOU ASKED ALICIA AND HOVA NICELY, JASON, THEY WOULD LOVE TO UPDATE THE TUNE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

I cid to do bee I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was g up. On gettg asked that qutn “Are you gay?

“I thk what happens is any person that graz any TV set is gay. I don’t know what is — ’s like you have to be gay to be on a TV show, ” she says. ” The often discreded se ntu, “She is currently a monogamo relatnship wh hband Swizz Beats, but before they got married, people were speculatg that Alicia was gay.

GROWG UP HIP HOP’S ANDRE KG COM OUT AS GAY AND REVEALS HOW HIS FAMO FAY HAS BEEN HIS SUPPORT SYSTEM

Brandi Carlile, an openly gay untry sger, also mented on the post, wrg, “Ok.