Contents:
- EXCLIVE! RONAN PARKE: ‘I’VE ALWAYS INTIFIED AS GAY – AND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO SAY ’
- SGER RONAN PARKE SAYS HE’S ALWAYS INTIFIED AS BEG GAY
EXCLIVE! RONAN PARKE: ‘I’VE ALWAYS INTIFIED AS GAY – AND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO SAY ’
Such a rapid rise the then still-emergg age of social media me at a st, however: abive onle ments, often homophobic tone, me their hundreds, as a pre-teen Ronan was nonted wh an ugly prejudice his supportive parents had prevly helped shield him om. So was ‘gay’ a label you already intified wh when you were young? ’ All dramatic [lghs] And they jt went ‘Yeah, yeah, we know, you’re gay’, and they jt got the remote and unmuted the TV!
But I’ve always intified as a gay man and I’ve always been very proud to say . I thk for a lot of people, if they’re lled gay om a young age n sometim make harr to discs their sexualy, bee they almost don’t want to prove those bulli ‘right’.
I didn’t know any other gay people where I was om.
SGER RONAN PARKE SAYS HE’S ALWAYS INTIFIED AS BEG GAY
So much has changed for LGBT artists sce 2011 when you were on BGT – has the succs of other gay artists like Sam Smh or Olly Alexanr helped spire you to be open? I gus I was spired by that, beg a young gay guy who se another gay man or gay women step up and be so open about . I’ve got lots of young people who support me, and I hope that if there’s a young gay guy or girl out there who feels like they’re not good enough bee of their sexualy or are stgglg to e out or talk about , to know that you should never feel ashamed of .