Nick Jonas talks gay-bag claims: 'It's really que sad'

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

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NICK JONAS: 'MY FIRST TIME AT A GAY CLUB...'

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NICK JONAS TALKS BEG AN LGBT IN AND ADDRS ''GAY BAG'' ACCATNS

" 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.

NICK JONAS TALKS GAY-BAG CLAIMS: 'IT'S REALLY QUE SAD'

” 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.

NICK JONAS: I’M NOT A GAY IN

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: I LEARNT TO ACCEPT GAY PEOPLE AT EIGHT YEARS OLD

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.

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.