For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre "love letters" to the LGBTQ muny.
Contents:
- BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
- MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
- WHO AMONG THE BACKSTREET BOYS MEMBER IS GAY?
- JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
- WHO WAS GAY THE BACKSTREET BOYS BOY BAND?
- WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?
- EXPLORG RUMORS TO DETERME WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY – BS ROUNDUPS
- 20 YEARS AGO, THE BACKSTREET BOYS USHERED MY GAYNSJT WHEN I WAS STARTG TO FORM MY FIRST SAME-SEX CSH ON MY CLASSMATE JOSé, THEIR MSAGE WAS EXACTLY I NEED TO HEAR: LOVE IS ALL THAT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}LIFEBY XORJE OLIVARAUGT 14, 2017/3:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BRENDA CHASE/STRGERBACKSTREET BOYSBY XORJE OLIVARAUGT 14, 2017 / 3:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"20 YEARS AGO, THE BACKSTREET BOYS USHERED MY GAYNS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-14T19:46:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-14T19:46:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"XORJE OLIVAR","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEANG EVER-SO SUALLY AGAST WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WHE-PATED WALL (ALTHOUGH LEAD SGER AND MY FIRST IMAGARY HBAND, BRIAN LTRELL, RTS AGAST A BRICK WALL), THE BACKSTREET BOYS ME TO MY LIFE 20 YEARS AGO, ON AUGT 12, 1997, BY WAY OF THEIR SELF-TLED BUT ALBUM. THE ALBUM VER FEATURED THE MOST ATTRACTIVE MEN THAT I HAD EVER SEEN ALL MY NE YEARS OF LIFE. IN THIRD GRA I BARELY KNEW WHAT POP MIC WAS, LET ALONE SEXUAL SIRE, BUT THE IMAGE GAVE ME URG THAT FIED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS SURE OF ONE THG: I HAD TO KEEP MY LOVE FOR KEV, HOWIE, BRIAN, A.J., AND NICK A SECRET. HOW WOULD I EXPLA TO MY CATHOLIC, MEXIN-AMERIN PARENTS THAT I WANTED MY OWN PY OF THE RERD THAT MY OLR SISTER PLAYED CSANTLY HER ANTI-SKIP PORTABLE CD PLAYER? THAT I WANTED TO GAWK AT THE Y PRETTY BOYS TRYG WAY TOO HARD TO LOOK TOUGH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BT PART ABOUT THAT ALBUM IS THAT WAS EVERYWHERE. DUE TO THE SIZE AND NVENIENCE OF CDS, I NEVER ULD PE THE PHOTO THAT SIGNALED MY EARLY SEXUAL ATTRACTN TO MEN. I SOON UNRSTOOD I SHARED THE SAME YEARNGS AS MY FEMALE IENDS, AND THOUGH THIS REALIZATN WAS UNSETTLG AT FIRST, MAND AN ANSWER: DID I LIKE BOYS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME” REMAS ONE OF MY FAVORE BACKSTREET BOY SONGS. IN THE MIC VIO, BETIFUL FEMALE MOLS PE AFTER THE BOYS DURG A PHOTOSHOOT, WHILE EACH SGER GIV A HEARTFELT SOLO BEFORE JOG TOGETHER FOR THEIR INIC FOLDG CHAIR DANCE. IT WAS UNNIABLY CHEY, GRA-A ’90S MP, BUT I WAS SOLD, AND MY HEART PULSED WHEN THE CHOS ME: I DON’T RE WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU’RE OM, WHAT YOU DID, AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME. JT WHEN I WAS STARTG TO FORM MY FIRST SAME-SEX CSH ON MY CLASSMATE JOSé, THIS WAS THE MSAGE I NEED TO HEAR: LOVE IS ALL THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-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 LOVE THAT I FELT FOR JOSé, THE KID WHO SAT ACROSS THE ROOM OM ME MY THIRD-GRA CLASS? THE ONE WHOSE HAND I MA SURE TO HOLD DURG A ROUND OF RED ROVER ON THE PLAYGROUND, EVEN AS HE REACHED FOR A GIRL’S? JOSé GAVE ME THE SAME SORT OF BUTTERFLI THAT BRIAN LTRELL DID, BUT JOSé WAS A TANGIBLE PRENCE MY LIFE, SOMEONE I ULD ENGAGE WH THE FLH—AND NOT MERELY OVER SOUND WAV. WHEN I’D GO HOME AFTER A LONG DAY AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I PICTURED JOSé WHILE I LISTENED TO BRIAN AND PANY CROON A SENSIVE BALLAD, PECIALLY “QU PLAYG GAM (WH MY HEART)” BEE, ULTIMATELY, I REALIZED THAT SPE HIS EAGERNS TO HANG OUT WH ME, HE WAS STILL JT ANOTHER STRAIGHT BOY OBLIV TO MY SCHOOLYARD FLIRTATN. “YOU WANT TO E OVER AND PLAY?” I ASKED, UGH, BUT YOU’RE NOT GOG TO SPEND THE NIGHT?, I’D THK, YOU’RE KILLG ME!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOOKG BACK, I CLEARLY MISREAD JOSé’S PLATONIC FEELGS, LIKE MANY GAY KIDS DO WHEN THEY’RE TRYG TO GET A HANDLE OF NEW AND STRANGE SEXUAL SIR. I’D OFTEN S MY ROOM BLARG "I’LL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART" OM MY SISTER’S CD PLAYER, WHICH I BORROWED CLANSTELY, HOPG THAT ONE DAY I’D FD THE ONE I ULD EVENTUALLY SG TO. AND AT NE YEARS OLD, WHO KNEW WHEN THAT’D {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I RECENTLY REVISED THE ALBUM AFTER 18 YEARS, AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY REMD OF S POP GENI. BACKSTREET BOYS WILL ALWAYS BE THE CD THAT ALLOWED ME TO REGNIZE MY SAME-SEX ATTRACTNS, AND HOWEVER MOR, ACT UPON THEM. 1997 WILL FOREVER-REMA A PERD WHEN YOUTHFUL CURSY AND SELF-DISVERY FLOURISHED, WHEN MIC AND FANTASY AND SELF NVERGED. MY GAY JOURNEY BEGAN 20 YEARS AGO, AND I N ONLY THANK THE BLEACHED HAIR AND RGO PANTS OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS FOR SHOWG ME S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BRIAN, I’M STILL WAG FOR YOUR {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
- WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?WIL213JUL. 13, 20061 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? LYRICSWE AREON FIREWE HAVEDIRBUT ONEIS THAT WAYONE BACKSTREET BOY IS GAYBUT WEDON'T WANT TOBE MEANSCE NOW HE'SA QUEENDON'T ASK PLEASEWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SAJTELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SHOWIETELL ME WHO?I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?NOW I N SEE HIMHE'S WOMEN'S CLOTHBUT HE DON'T NEED AIUDYEAHHE LIK VILLAGE PEOPLEHE'S PLAYG CROQUETHIS DOG IS APEKGEHE ISON FIREHIS BACKPERSPIRWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWHO'S GAY?HE'S ALWAYS SAYGA'T NOTHG BUT ABUTT-ACHEA'T NOTHG BUT AFKEI NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH ONE OF IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SBRATELL ME WHO?A'T SAYGNICK OR KEVTELL ME WHO?HE'S MAKG UP ASOUFFLéWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?OKAYWE'RE ALL GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *WHEN DID WIL213 RELEASE “WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?”?CREDSRELEASE DATEJULY 13, 2006WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? INTERPOLATNSI WANT IT THAT WAY BY BACKSTREET BOYSTAGSPOPPARODYEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
- AJ MCLEAN: THE GAY TERVIEW
BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
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The Backstreet Boys were at a drag show when they first realized they had a gay followg. I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg, " A. ' Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women.
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"Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.
MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
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Instead of me beg gay, I'm the fag hag, " he said.
He's this olr gentleman om Tampa and he's gay, and he's been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U. I thk he really hop that Nick might have a ltle b of gay.
WHO AMONG THE BACKSTREET BOYS MEMBER IS GAY?
" The 35-year-old McLean, who married 2011 and is the father of a ltle girl, long supported equal rights and the band's gay fan base. "We have a huge gay followg -- 's awome, " he told Out magaze back 2010. "I, personally, am tryg to get more and more volved wh the gay and lbian movement, very much so.
I've got que a lot of gay iends back L. And we make our mic for everyone, and whether you're gay, straight, black, whe, don't matter.
For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre "love letters" to the LGBTQ muny. For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre “love letters” to the LGBTQ muny. I started dog mil theater at a young age and I was troduced to a whole new world of people — gay and straight — and I fell love.
JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
I have a lot of gay iends and two of my bt iends have been together for almost 10 years. We have a huge gay followg and ’s a huge al. When were the Backstreet Boys first aware they had a gay followg?
Kev (Richardson) was obvly olr, so he had been around all his gays at Disney (when he worked there before Backstreet Boys) and he had been around drag queens before Nick (Carter) and me. I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg. ” Thkg back on , I’ve been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women.
WHO WAS GAY THE BACKSTREET BOYS BOY BAND?
Everyone always says, “When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay. Instead of me beg gay, I’m the fag hag. What do you thk of all the tert and hope om fans that there is a gay member the Backstreet Boys?
WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?
He’s this olr gentleman om Tampa and he’s gay, and he’s been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U. Who’s lour: a bunch of screamg girls or a bunch of screamg gays? Unfortunately, people that get bullied as much as some of the fans of ours have, or many of the young gay teens that got bulled to mtg suici, there a pot where starts on the other end – starts on the bully si.
I hope that the young teens, or even full-grown gay men and gay women that are still stgglg wh bullyg and still stgglg wh beg looked down upon, know that you n do this as long as you surround yourself wh the right people and believe yourself and stay te to who you are. Which one of the backstreet boys is gay?
They aren't gay.
EXPLORG RUMORS TO DETERME WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY – BS ROUNDUPS
Pl, only Lance Bass om 'N Sync is gay.
Or if you listen to the song 'Which Backstreet Boy is gay? nclus that fact 'they are all gay'. The 35-year-old boy banr is soundg off on everythg om gay marriage, the band's gay fan base, drsg drag (remember that 2012 photo shoot?
"Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women, " McLean said. "Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay, '" he said, addg, "No, they don't.
20 YEARS AGO, THE BACKSTREET BOYS USHERED MY GAYNSJT WHEN I WAS STARTG TO FORM MY FIRST SAME-SEX CSH ON MY CLASSMATE JOSé, THEIR MSAGE WAS EXACTLY I NEED TO HEAR: LOVE IS ALL THAT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}LIFEBY XORJE OLIVARAUGT 14, 2017/3:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BRENDA CHASE/STRGERBACKSTREET BOYSBY XORJE OLIVARAUGT 14, 2017 / 3:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"20 YEARS AGO, THE BACKSTREET BOYS USHERED MY GAYNS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-14T19:46:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-14T19:46:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"XORJE OLIVAR","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEANG EVER-SO SUALLY AGAST WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WHE-PATED WALL (ALTHOUGH LEAD SGER AND MY FIRST IMAGARY HBAND, BRIAN LTRELL, RTS AGAST A BRICK WALL), THE BACKSTREET BOYS ME TO MY LIFE 20 YEARS AGO, ON AUGT 12, 1997, BY WAY OF THEIR SELF-TLED BUT ALBUM. THE ALBUM VER FEATURED THE MOST ATTRACTIVE MEN THAT I HAD EVER SEEN ALL MY NE YEARS OF LIFE. IN THIRD GRA I BARELY KNEW WHAT POP MIC WAS, LET ALONE SEXUAL SIRE, BUT THE IMAGE GAVE ME URG THAT FIED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS SURE OF ONE THG: I HAD TO KEEP MY LOVE FOR KEV, HOWIE, BRIAN, A.J., AND NICK A SECRET. HOW WOULD I EXPLA TO MY CATHOLIC, MEXIN-AMERIN PARENTS THAT I WANTED MY OWN PY OF THE RERD THAT MY OLR SISTER PLAYED CSANTLY HER ANTI-SKIP PORTABLE CD PLAYER? THAT I WANTED TO GAWK AT THE Y PRETTY BOYS TRYG WAY TOO HARD TO LOOK TOUGH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BT PART ABOUT THAT ALBUM IS THAT WAS EVERYWHERE. DUE TO THE SIZE AND NVENIENCE OF CDS, I NEVER ULD PE THE PHOTO THAT SIGNALED MY EARLY SEXUAL ATTRACTN TO MEN. I SOON UNRSTOOD I SHARED THE SAME YEARNGS AS MY FEMALE IENDS, AND THOUGH THIS REALIZATN WAS UNSETTLG AT FIRST, MAND AN ANSWER: DID I LIKE BOYS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME” REMAS ONE OF MY FAVORE BACKSTREET BOY SONGS. IN THE MIC VIO, BETIFUL FEMALE MOLS PE AFTER THE BOYS DURG A PHOTOSHOOT, WHILE EACH SGER GIV A HEARTFELT SOLO BEFORE JOG TOGETHER FOR THEIR INIC FOLDG CHAIR DANCE. IT WAS UNNIABLY CHEY, GRA-A ’90S MP, BUT I WAS SOLD, AND MY HEART PULSED WHEN THE CHOS ME: I DON’T RE WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU’RE OM, WHAT YOU DID, AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME. 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I’D OFTEN S MY ROOM BLARG "I’LL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART" OM MY SISTER’S CD PLAYER, WHICH I BORROWED CLANSTELY, HOPG THAT ONE DAY I’D FD THE ONE I ULD EVENTUALLY SG TO. AND AT NE YEARS OLD, WHO KNEW WHEN THAT’D {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I RECENTLY REVISED THE ALBUM AFTER 18 YEARS, AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY REMD OF S POP GENI. BACKSTREET BOYS WILL ALWAYS BE THE CD THAT ALLOWED ME TO REGNIZE MY SAME-SEX ATTRACTNS, AND HOWEVER MOR, ACT UPON THEM. 1997 WILL FOREVER-REMA A PERD WHEN YOUTHFUL CURSY AND SELF-DISVERY FLOURISHED, WHEN MIC AND FANTASY AND SELF NVERGED. 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Instead of me beg gay, I'm the f-g hag. "When asked what feels like for gay fans to want one or more of the Backstreet Boys members to be gay, McLean ghed, "I thk 's awome. "I have a lot of gay iends and two of my bt iends have been together for almost 10 years.
News om the block: sger Jonathan Knight has revealed that he is, ed, gay... I have lived my life very openly and have never hidn the fact that I am gay! Apparently the pre requise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn 'I am gay'.
WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?WIL213JUL. 13, 20061 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? LYRICSWE AREON FIREWE HAVEDIRBUT ONEIS THAT WAYONE BACKSTREET BOY IS GAYBUT WEDON'T WANT TOBE MEANSCE NOW HE'SA QUEENDON'T ASK PLEASEWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SAJTELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SHOWIETELL ME WHO?I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?NOW I N SEE HIMHE'S WOMEN'S CLOTHBUT HE DON'T NEED AIUDYEAHHE LIK VILLAGE PEOPLEHE'S PLAYG CROQUETHIS DOG IS APEKGEHE ISON FIREHIS BACKPERSPIRWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWHO'S GAY?HE'S ALWAYS SAYGA'T NOTHG BUT ABUTT-ACHEA'T NOTHG BUT AFKEI NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH ONE OF IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SBRATELL ME WHO?A'T SAYGNICK OR KEVTELL ME WHO?HE'S MAKG UP ASOUFFLéWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?OKAYWE'RE ALL GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *WHEN DID WIL213 RELEASE “WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?”?CREDSRELEASE DATEJULY 13, 2006WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? INTERPOLATNSI WANT IT THAT WAY BY BACKSTREET BOYSTAGSPOPPARODYEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
My fellow band members don't discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don't feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me!
[He] beme gay later.
AJ MCLEAN: THE GAY TERVIEW
How many jok about the Backstreet Boys are rooted homophobia? Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay? None of them is gay.