Why the only openly gay heavy metal superstar, Judas Prit's Rob Halford, hid his sexualy

Contents:

• GAY METAL MIC
• TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
• “IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN
• WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY
• “IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN

GAY METAL MIC

They are often distilled down to merely “trans metal artists”; worse they face homophobic and transphobic hatred om the more close-md sectns of the extreme metal muny.

As the volist and bass player for the semal proggy metal-tged hard rock band Kg’s X, Doug Pnick me out 1998, durg an terview wh the Christian magaze, an irony due to the spirual and upliftg nature of the mic and lyrics which attracted many Christian fans who were agast homosexualy. But spe this vlent past, he has been an open homosexual wh no reluctance or remorse, and 2010 even won Gay Person of the Year Bergen, Norway.

Before Cynic both Reert and Masvidal played as members of the legendary band Death, wh the one and only Chuck Schulder, and durg this time, and their time wh Cynic, they most likely led double liv as secretly homosexual mal a predomantly macho male extreme metal aggrsive ttosterone filled mil scene.

TOP 5 GAY METAL INS

Led by openly gay ontman, volist Gary Floyd, the band broke up 1986 but was revived aga 2004. At, Texas-based hardre punk band MDC might be known by different nam cludg Millns of Dead Cops, Multi-Death Corporatn, Millns Of Dead Children, and Millns Of Damn Christians, but sce the begng of the band, 1979, the one nstant has been the antic, charismatic ontman Dave Dictor, who has ed the fury of punk to sg agast racism war, rporate ntrol, and favor of animal and human rights, equaly for gays, mori, and women. Sce then the band has been ragg on agast homophob, palists, and racists g the force of hardre punk.

“IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN

Lookg back, wh the black tight leather, chas, and suggtive lyrics, ’s no surprise that Halford is a gay man, and proud of . Gay. There are at least two artists wh the name Gay.

Gay is a fun project by a swiss electronic producer.

WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY

That is some gay, gay metal, man. In turn, those attus would later sour and warp to some homophobic sub-genr, as lser purveyors of metal dabbled outright hate speech.

“Don’t be ceived, homosexualy is a s, ” lead sger Mike Reynolds wrote on Twter. “No such thg as a gay Christian.

For Pri Month, I'd like you all to know that the entire reason heavy metal adopted the leather and chas look was bee then-closeted gay man and Judas Prit ontman Rob Halford troduced the style based on what was vogue at Brish gay clubs the 70s. More than ocsnally, that new swagger me to exprs self as homophobia.

“IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN

Key to that project was Helot Revolt, a hair metal avant-gar group led by the openly gay Jack Dubowsky.

“I would never have thought as a gay teen I’d be a band that would be nsired heavy metal or hard rock, ” Bottum told The Advote, simply. As Terrorizer noted the early two thoands and tens, every story the se published about doom-layered metal act Death — a band wh two gay members, dmmer Sean Reert and guarist Pl Masvidal — was met wh homophobic ments om key members of the fanbase. Sce then, the subculture still stggl wh pockets of homophobia, those right-wg trolls who refe to accept what has always been the se.

He’s also gay. The former ontman of the Norwegian black metal band Goroth has ma jarrg headl over the years for a variety of reasons, but when he me out as homosexual 2008, tmped everythg else the black metal muny.