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• COMPOSER DMOND CHILD: GAY PEOPLE N BE PARENTS, TOO
• HOW DMOND CHILD SAVED AEROSMH’S ‘DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)’MART KIELTYMART KIELTYPUBLISHED: APRIL 5, 2021TOMMASO BODDI / LEON BENT, GETTY IMAGSHARETWEETAWARD-WNG SONGWRER DMOND CHILD RELLED HOW HE HELPED TURN AEROSMH’S “DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)” TO A H.HE’D BEEN BROUGHT TO HELP THE BAND MAKE S 1987 ALBUM PERMANENT VATN, AND ALTHOUGH SGER STEVEN TYLER AND GUARIST JOE PERRY DIDN'T WANT HIS PUT, THEY TURNED THE SUATN TOWARD A FAVORABLE RULT.“IT WAS STEVEN WHO ME UP WH THE TLE ‘DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY),'” CHILD TOLD CELEBRY ACCS A RECENT TERVIEW. “BUT HE HAD TURNED TO ‘CIS’ FOR THE LADI’ BEE THEY THOUGHT THAT ‘DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)’ WOULD BE OFFENSIVE TO THE GAY MUNY. I SAID, ‘I’M GAY. IT’S NOT OFFENSIVE. IT’S GREAT.’ AND I NVCED THEM TO GO DOWN THAT PATH.”HE NTUED: “WE BASILLY TOLD THE STORY THAT HE HAD TOLD ME … HE HAD GONE TO A CLUB AND SAW THIS GEO CREATURE AT THE END OF THE BAR WH TEASED-UP PLATUM MULLET AND BLACK NAILS AND PORCELA SK AND JEWELRY AND WH A CURVY WAIST. THEN THE CREATURE TURNS AROUND, AND ’S VCE NEIL OF MOTLEY CE. THEN THEY WERE LIKE, ‘MY GOD, THAT DU LOOKS LIKE A LADY.’”WATCH AEROSMH'S 'DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)' VIOCHILD WENT ON TO REFLECT THAT BEG GAY MA DIFFICULT TO MOVE TO PRODUCTN, WHICH IS WHERE HE WANTED HIS REER TO GO. “IT’S OKAY, MAYBE, WRG BEE THAT IS AN EQUAL POSN,” HE SAID. "BUT WHEN YOU ARE THE PRODUCER, YOU ARE THE BOSS, AND HETERO BANDS WERE NOT READY THEN FOR A GAY GUY TO BE THE BOSS. … THEY WOULD NEVER GIVE ME A BAND TO PRODUCE. EVENTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT PEOPLE WANTED THE HS, THOUGH. SO, THEN I WOULD SAY, ‘OKAY, THEN I HAVE TO PRODUCE.’ THEN WHAT THEY DID IS THAT THEY GAVE ME THE KD OF WEIRDOS.“THEY GAVE ME RONNIE SPECTOR, AND THEN I GOT JENNIFER RH, AND THEN I GOT JOAN JETT. THEN THERE WAS ALICE COOPER, MEAT LOAF AND CHER. ALL OF THE INS THAT WERE KD OF ANDROGYNO, AND VERY LGBT IENDLY. … I SPENT A PRODUCG SOLO ARTISTS AND HAVG SUCCS WH THEM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY, I WAS ASKED TO WORK WH RATT.”DUE TO OTHER MMENTS, CHILD HAD TO PASS ON PRODUCG THE BAND'S 1999 ALBUM DETONATOR TO HIS ASSISTANT, ARTHUR PAYSON. BUT, HE NOTED, "WE HAD A GREAT ALBUM. THEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNY TO PRODUCE THE SRPNS [ON THEIR 2007 LP, HUMANY: HOUR 1]. THAT WAS THE FIRST BAND THAT I PRODUCED.” AEROSMH ALBUMS RANKED
• CPS CLEARS MOM OF 11-YEAR-OLD DRAG KID WHO DANCED GAY BAR FOR TIPS

COMPOSER DMOND CHILD: GAY PEOPLE N BE PARENTS, TOO

The boys are the subject of a new documentary, TWO: The Story of Roman and Nyro, which premier Tuday at the 15th annual Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival. “We felt was a way we uld help straight people unrstand — and have gay people see that is possible — that they uld live and be parents and have that kd of joy their liv.

HOW DMOND CHILD SAVED AEROSMH’S ‘DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)’MART KIELTYMART KIELTYPUBLISHED: APRIL 5, 2021TOMMASO BODDI / LEON BENT, GETTY IMAGSHARETWEETAWARD-WNG SONGWRER DMOND CHILD RELLED HOW HE HELPED TURN AEROSMH’S “DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)” TO A H.HE’D BEEN BROUGHT TO HELP THE BAND MAKE S 1987 ALBUM PERMANENT VATN, AND ALTHOUGH SGER STEVEN TYLER AND GUARIST JOE PERRY DIDN'T WANT HIS PUT, THEY TURNED THE SUATN TOWARD A FAVORABLE RULT.“IT WAS STEVEN WHO ME UP WH THE TLE ‘DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY),'” CHILD TOLD CELEBRY ACCS A RECENT TERVIEW. “BUT HE HAD TURNED TO ‘CIS’ FOR THE LADI’ BEE THEY THOUGHT THAT ‘DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)’ WOULD BE OFFENSIVE TO THE GAY MUNY. I SAID, ‘I’M GAY. IT’S NOT OFFENSIVE. IT’S GREAT.’ AND I NVCED THEM TO GO DOWN THAT PATH.”HE NTUED: “WE BASILLY TOLD THE STORY THAT HE HAD TOLD ME … HE HAD GONE TO A CLUB AND SAW THIS GEO CREATURE AT THE END OF THE BAR WH TEASED-UP PLATUM MULLET AND BLACK NAILS AND PORCELA SK AND JEWELRY AND WH A CURVY WAIST. THEN THE CREATURE TURNS AROUND, AND ’S VCE NEIL OF MOTLEY CE. THEN THEY WERE LIKE, ‘MY GOD, THAT DU LOOKS LIKE A LADY.’”WATCH AEROSMH'S 'DU (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)' VIOCHILD WENT ON TO REFLECT THAT BEG GAY MA DIFFICULT TO MOVE TO PRODUCTN, WHICH IS WHERE HE WANTED HIS REER TO GO. “IT’S OKAY, MAYBE, WRG BEE THAT IS AN EQUAL POSN,” HE SAID. "BUT WHEN YOU ARE THE PRODUCER, YOU ARE THE BOSS, AND HETERO BANDS WERE NOT READY THEN FOR A GAY GUY TO BE THE BOSS. … THEY WOULD NEVER GIVE ME A BAND TO PRODUCE. EVENTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT PEOPLE WANTED THE HS, THOUGH. SO, THEN I WOULD SAY, ‘OKAY, THEN I HAVE TO PRODUCE.’ THEN WHAT THEY DID IS THAT THEY GAVE ME THE KD OF WEIRDOS.“THEY GAVE ME RONNIE SPECTOR, AND THEN I GOT JENNIFER RH, AND THEN I GOT JOAN JETT. THEN THERE WAS ALICE COOPER, MEAT LOAF AND CHER. ALL OF THE INS THAT WERE KD OF ANDROGYNO, AND VERY LGBT IENDLY. … I SPENT A PRODUCG SOLO ARTISTS AND HAVG SUCCS WH THEM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY, I WAS ASKED TO WORK WH RATT.”DUE TO OTHER MMENTS, CHILD HAD TO PASS ON PRODUCG THE BAND'S 1999 ALBUM DETONATOR TO HIS ASSISTANT, ARTHUR PAYSON. BUT, HE NOTED, "WE HAD A GREAT ALBUM. THEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNY TO PRODUCE THE SRPNS [ON THEIR 2007 LP, HUMANY: HOUR 1]. THAT WAS THE FIRST BAND THAT I PRODUCED.” AEROSMH ALBUMS RANKED

“Gee Bh was tryg to kill the gay marriag and what not.

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“There have been other films about gay dads. People say gay parents n’t have children, and we proved them wrong. Neher man found easy to grow up gay.

CPS CLEARS MOM OF 11-YEAR-OLD DRAG KID WHO DANCED GAY BAR FOR TIPS

"The realy is, the boys unrstand their fay is unique, but don't seem to phase someone asks, Nyro tells them: "We are a gay fay, and we have a dog named Frank. The book will tail Child's tumultuo childhood (his fay fled revolutnary Cuba for Florida the '60s), his tribulatns navigatg the rock world as a gay man and his multi reer as one of the genre's most pendable hmakers. Durg an terview wh the fifth-grar, who sports diamond stud earrgs, she asks him if he’s transgenr (to which he answers no), and whether he intifi as gay (to which he answers y).

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