Elton John Boytts U.S. Over Gay Rights, Fets Own Past – OutKick

Contents:

• GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
• GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
• GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
• ELTON JOHN BOYTTS U.S. OVER GAY RIGHTS, FETS OWN PAST
• ELTON JOHN DECLARED THAT ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS IN THE US’ AND IT IS ‘DISGRACEFUL’
• ‘PHILALPHIA FREEDOM’ ISN’T JT A GAY ANTHEM. IT’S A PRI ANTHEM.
• IS ELTON JOHN GAY?
• ELTON JOHN BOYTTS US OVER GAY RIGHTS?!
• ELTON JOHN SLAMS 'HUMANE' AND 'ISOLATG' ANTI-GAY LAWS RSIA
• ELTON JOHN ‘HAPPY TO BE PRANKED’ IF SHEDS LIGHT ON GAY RIGHTS
• ELTON JOHN TO PUT: I WILL SHOW YOU GAY PEOPLE VICTIMISED UNR RSIAN LAW

GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN

"There’s a law now that, if you vis a doctor Florida, they n refe to treat you if you’re gay, which I fd jt unbelievable. “It’s a growg swell of anger and homophobia that’s around Ameri.

”The mician also weighed on a recent sndal volvg Brish news anchor Phillip Schofield, llg the public rponse to "totally homophobic. Gay rights are gog backwards the US, where “disgraceful” laws are discrimatg agast LGBTQ+ people, Elton John has said.

There’s a law now that, if you vis a doctor Florida, they n refe to treat you if you’re gay, which I fd jt unbelievable. ”John, who found the Elton John Aids Foundatn, which has raised more than $525m and by s own timatn saved 5 ln liv, exprsed his ep unhapps about the growg ti of homophobia, which he said extend to Bra. “But I feel that the Phillip Schofield thg has been totally homophobic.

GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN

""There’s a law now that, if you vis a doctor Florida, they n refe to treat you if you’re gay, which I fd jt unbelievable, " John said, referrg to the "Right to Discrimate" law signed by Florida Gov. "For John, who me out as bisexual 1976 and gay 1992, Ameri has bee a hotbed of homophobia. "It’s a growg swell of anger and homophobia that’s around Ameri.

But I feel that the Phillip Schofield [gay Brish TV prenter embroiled an affair] thg has been totally homophobic.

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GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

However, isn't jt a time to look back at the rich history of the muny, but 's also an opportuny to raise awarens of issu still affectg s members today- many of whom still face prejudice and discrimatn across the John is a huge advote for LGBTQ+ rights and is undoubtedly one of the most famo openly gay micians of all time... When did Elton John e out as gay? Elton John officially me out as gay to Rollg Stone magaze 1992, but his romantic relatnships before this weren't so 1969, Elton John was engaged to be married to his first girliend Lda Woodrow, but he end the relatnship two weeks before their weddg date.

In 1970, Elton John began his first gay affair wh the mic manager John Reid. Elton John told Rollg Stone he was "fortable beg gay" 1992. It was after this marriage that Elton John was to break down even more boundari, tellg Rollg Stone 1992 that he was "que fortable beg gay” the same year, the piano man found the Elton John AIDS Foundatn to help fight disease which had affected so many the muny, cludg his iends Ryan Whe and Queen ontman Freddie Ty Dancer sger has sce raised hundreds of lns for the e, hostg galas and balls as well has his famo annual Amy Award Party sce 1993, while g his public profile to raise awarens of the disease and provi fundg for tn and rearch.

ELTON JOHN BOYTTS U.S. OVER GAY RIGHTS, FETS OWN PAST

I hope n embrace the honty and urage that seeks gay marriage as an exprsn not of sire but of love.

If anythg, fdg love and happs wh David Furnish has ma Elton more vol on LGBT rights than an openly gay artist, and one of the biggt sger-songwrers of our time, Elton John has often talked about how proud he is to be gay and also offered advice to the LGBTQ 2019, when asked an terview wh Variety what he'd say to any LGBTQ kids stgglg right now, he rpond: "Jt be yourself.

"I've been very privileged, bee I'm a bs that accepts gay people, although I me out pretty early...

ELTON JOHN DECLARED THAT ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS IN THE US’ AND IT IS ‘DISGRACEFUL’

Don't let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy. He clared: "It's wonrful to be gay.

I love beg gay. I thk I wouldn’t have had the life I’ve had if I hadn’t been gay.

"I was never unfortable beg gay.

‘PHILALPHIA FREEDOM’ ISN’T JT A GAY ANTHEM. IT’S A PRI ANTHEM.

I didn't know I was gay until I was 23, so I mean I got off to a very slow start [...

Straight people, gay people, transgenr people. Elton John's journey to beg an out gay man may be a long and plex one, but the legendary sger-songwrer has long been an in and a bean of hope for the LGBTQ muny and will be for many years to e. In an exclive terview wh Variety at last month’s Cann Film Ftival, jt hours before the world premiere of his long--the-works bpic “Rocketman, ” John spoke ndidly about the “privilege” of beg a gay entertaer.

I’ve been very privileged bee I’m a bs that kd of accepts gay people. But 1992, at age 45, he was quoted the same magaze sayg he was “que fortable beg gay.

IS ELTON JOHN GAY?

Now 72, John tells Variety that he was 23 when he actually realized he was gay.

ELTON JOHN BOYTTS US OVER GAY RIGHTS?!

Acrdg to “Rocketman, ” she told her son he would never be tly loved bee he was gay.

ELTON JOHN SLAMS 'HUMANE' AND 'ISOLATG' ANTI-GAY LAWS RSIA

“It’s wonrful to be gay. “And I thk I wouldn’t have had the life I’ve had if I hadn’t been gay.

“Don’t let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy. “There are so many wonrful diverse people the world — straight people, gay people [and] transgenr people.

People who should know better plac of rponsibily [and] attack gay people, transgenr people … they claim to be close to God, [but] they uldn’t be further away om God if they tried. Mic|Elton John Warns of ‘Growg Swell of Anger and Homophobia’ U. Cameron Smh/Getty ImagThe Brish pop superstar Elton John lamented the “growg swell of anger and homophobia” the Uned Stat and scribed several laws recently passed Florida that curtail L.

ELTON JOHN ‘HAPPY TO BE PRANKED’ IF SHEDS LIGHT ON GAY RIGHTS

”“It’s all gog pear-shaped Ameri, ” John, a longtime lear for gay rights and visibily, said an terview published Tuday Rad Tim, which he poted to a rise vlent cints and recent legislatn curtailg rights. “I don’t know if ’s around Bra, bee I haven’t been here that much, ” he he lled the sndal around the proment Brish news anchor Phillip Schofield — who recently rigned after admtg he had a relatnship wh a younger man — “totally homophobic.

ELTON JOHN TO PUT: I WILL SHOW YOU GAY PEOPLE VICTIMISED UNR RSIAN LAW

Gay rights are gog backwards the US, where “disgraceful” laws are discrimatg agast LGBTQ+ people, Elton John has sger said he would no longer do rinci the US, though he would nsir more live shows elsewhere. ”The sger, who found the Elton John Aids Foundatn, which has raised more than $525 ln (€480 ln) and by s own timatn saved 5 ln liv, exprsed his ep unhapps about the growg ti of homophobia, which he said extend to Bra.

It’s a growg swell of anger and homophobia that’s around Ameri. But I feel that the Phillip Schofield thg has been totally homophobic.