In his first gay prs terview, How to Succeed Bs Whout Really Tryg's Nick Jonas shar his blsgs wh stylish LGBT fans.
Contents:
- NICK JONAS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS GAY ROL
- NICK JONAS: 'MY FIRST TIME AT A GAY CLUB...'
- NICK JONAS TALKS BEG AN LGBT IN AND ADDRS ''GAY BAG'' ACCATNS
- NICK JONAS TALKS GAY-BAG CLAIMS: 'IT'S REALLY QUE SAD'
- NICK JONAS: I’M NOT A GAY IN
- NICK JONAS: I LEARNT TO ACCEPT GAY PEOPLE AT EIGHT YEARS OLD
NICK JONAS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS GAY ROL
The "Jealo" sger talks to Pri Source about partyg gay clubs and beg kd of a tease. * nick jonas lgbt *
” And although he was ngted – y, even the perfectn that is Nick Jonas als wh allergi that are “terrible” this time of year – he was more than happy to dish on LGBT rights, the night he and brother Joe end up at a Wt Hollywood gay bar, and touchg his… face. And I’m a heterosexual male who’s playg two gay characters on TV shows and really dog my bt to be the most acceptg and lovg person I n be bee I thk that’s the way we all should be.
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In September 2014, to promote his first post-group solo album, Nick Jonas, he ma an appearance at the gay nightclub BPM New York Cy and engaged a partial striptease, unbuttong his shirt for a crowd of adorg, half-naked, leather-clad patrons.
NICK JONAS: 'MY FIRST TIME AT A GAY CLUB...'
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" However, that same reviewer, echog the sentiments of many, acced Jonas of takg "a page out of the Jam Fran playbook, urtg the LGBT muny, aggrsively workg both the gay prs and New York Cy's club circu. ” Durg the publicy tour for his album, he equently vised gay bars, toyed wh the qutn as to whether or not he’d experimented sexually wh men by sayg, “I n’t say I have or I haven’t, ” among many other thgs.
If one was to look back even further, the term was ed to scribe “homophobic practic polics and law, ” Himberg says.
” The “Lavenr Sre” was a policy that was based on “unfound fear that gay men and lbians “posed a threat to natnal secury bee they were vulnerable to blackmail and were nsired to have weak moral characters, ” historian David K. ” Himberg says this strategy durg the McCarthy era was “about drawg out ‘spected homosexuals’ g var tactics cludg entrapment, blackmail, affiliatns wh var anizatns, and artistic tradns. Of urse, wasn’t too long ago that “gay panic” was a mon legal fense agast “cent advanc” — so the fact that younger generatns are now urtg LGBTQ+ dienc through explic queer performativy is seen by many as a progrs and a posive velopment.
NICK JONAS TALKS BEG AN LGBT IN AND ADDRS ''GAY BAG'' ACCATNS
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The youngt JoBro is stagg a take over: between his tour of North Ameri and starrg a buzzy new TV show, he has all jealo -- not to mentn watchg his scene-stealg turn on Fox's Scream, who plays preppy-boy Boone on the seri, tells that he choos his rol "not based on whether the character is gay or straight, but about what the story is and what the dience is gog to get out of . I thk that's a highly relatable story le that a lot of my fans, both gay and straight, have e and told me that that's been credibly important for them: to see the journey he's on and to know they're not alone, whatever is that they're gog through their life that mak them feel different or strange.
NICK JONAS TALKS GAY-BAG CLAIMS: 'IT'S REALLY QUE SAD'
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In the Febary/March 2016 Issue of Complex, the actor-sger nonted both accatns head-on: "As a heterosexual male, [I am] open and fortable about lovg my fan base, gay or straight, bee to me there is no difference, is my fan base. I'm very fortable my own sk and I'm thankful to have as many close gay iends as I have, people who have been so supportive my life, and have always been there for me. Never one to shy away om his re gay dience, Nick Jonas sat down wh Michigan's Pri Source to addrs his huge LGBT the terview, Jonas talks about beg a popular choice for drag kg impersonatns, how he feels when he steps to the gay club, and the speculatn on his sexualyOn Nick Jonas drag kg impersonatns "Well, 's an honor, you know, first of all.
"On vistg gay clubs"In the same way I feel like there's no difference wh my fans, gay or straight, the same thg appli to the club. Dpe all the cricism he receiv, 's important to note Jonas is one of the few male pop stars open enough to talk to gay publitns about LGBT issu and allyship. Dpe his stomach's butterfli over the loomg release date, the 22-year-old sger says he's never felt more nfint, and 's showg how he's promoted the album, cludg unabashedly urtg gay fans.
NICK JONAS: I’M NOT A GAY IN
"For the youngt JoBro, that's meant branchg out unexpected ways, cludg a recent homoerotic photo shoot forFlnt magaze durg which the sger-songwrer dched his shirt, dropped his pants, and grabbed his crotch - a homage to Calv Kle's inic 1992 ad mpaign wh Mark Walberg. It was ltle more than a ago when a 21-year-old Jt Timberlake took his first steps as a solo artist and served his own smolrg homoerotic photo shoot wh photographer Steven Kle for England's Arena Homme if Jonas is nscly followg the footsteps of Timberlake, he's also cid to add several pag to the former Nsync star's October he ma a move relatively unheard of om a heterosexual male pop star. Durg early promotn for his send sgle, he appeared at Manhattan gay clubs Up & Down and BPM where he danced on stage, flashed his abs, and posed for pictur next to male dancers drsed unrwear.
"He adds, "I don't know why more heterosexual male artists don't embrace their gay fan base, bee 's so important. At least, I feel like 's such an important part of my fan base, so I wanted to make an effort and was credible to be around my gay fans and celebrate.
NICK JONAS: I LEARNT TO ACCEPT GAY PEOPLE AT EIGHT YEARS OLD
Unlike the rock stars of another era, Jonas don't feel threatened by the adoratn of gay fans or worry that embracg will mean speculatn about his own sexualy. "Jonas is quickly shapg up as one of the bt exampl of a young LGBT ally now workg Hollywood - and he's jt gettg fact, he's already puttg plans motn to llaborate wh one of today's biggt young gay mic artists. As such, he's basilly tnip to a large hort of gay men and sce realizg that, the Jonas brother has seized his "gay in" stat wh vigor.
And though 's not his flt that man-lovg men like him, some of his latt actns are what gay Twter lik to ll problematic. And suatg otherwise as a hyper-sexualized celebry is the same kd of gaybag PR move that gay and out actor Noah Galv acced fellow actor Colton Hayn of mtg.
“Jonas knows he didn’t have gay sex, but he fely wants people to masturbate to him and then maybe by his album and fuck their boyiend to , ” Mic staff wrer Mathew Rodriguez told if you ask Jonas, he’s not gaybag the LGBT muny. “As a heterosexual male, [I am] open and fortable about lovg my fan base, gay or straight, bee to me there is no difference, is my fan base.