Rod Stewart: 'I was surround by gay men the 70s' | Rod Stewart | The Guardian

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• FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY
• KRISTEN STEWART EXPLAS WHY SHE DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY‘I’M SO UTTERLY PROUD’{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY MALE ROTHMARCH 8, 2017/5:04 {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;}GETTY IMAGBY MALE ROTHMARCH 8, 2017 / 5:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KRISTEN STEWART EXPLAS WHY SHE DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-08T22:04:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-08T22:04:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MALE ROTH","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KRISTEN STEWART FOUGHT LIKE HELL TO KEEP HER FORMER RELATNSHIP WH ROBERT PATTSON UNR WRAPS, BUT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT SHE’S A LTLE LS GUARD RECENT YEARS. THAT’S BEE THE 26-YEAR-OLD ACTRS HAS PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY, AND IS PROUD THAT HER VISIBILY IS HAVG A POSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A RECENT TERVIEW WH LONDON'S SUNDAY TIM, THE NEWLY SHORN STAR SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS DATG PATTSON, “THE PUBLIC WAS THE ENEMY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HATED THAT TAILS OF MY LIFE WERE BEG TURNED TO A MODY AND PEDDLED AROUND THE WORLD,” SHE SAID. “BUT NSIRG I HAD SO MANY EY ON ME, I SUDNLY REALIZED [MY PRIVATE LIFE] AFFECTS A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN JT ME. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNY TO SURRENR A B OF WHAT WAS ME, TO MAKE EVEN ONE OTHER PERSON FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELV.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE STEWART REALIZED THAT GOG PUBLIC WH HER RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN ULD MAKE AN IMPACT, SHE CHOSE TO E OUT AS GAY WHILE HOSTG SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE LAST MONTH. WHILE THE MOMENT MAY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY OVERSHADOWED BY THAT ACCINTAL F-BOMB, HER ADMISSN OF BEG “LIKE, SO GAY” WAS A BIG MOMENT FOR {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:56.49999999999999%;} .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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HONTLY, I THK WAS JT FUNNY,” SHE SAID TO E! NEWS ANOTHER TERVIEW WEDNDAY (MARCH 8). “NOT TO DIMISH THE POT, BEE I THK THAT SAYG THGS SO BLUNTLY IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN'T EVER DONE THAT IS BEE THERE IS AN AMBIGUY TO THAT AND I WANTED THGS TO BE REALLY REAL FOR ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE NTUED, “I’M SO UTTERLY PROUD THAT I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE BE LIKE, 'THANK YOU,' AND I'M LIKE, 'NO, THANK YOU.' IT'S KD OF MUTUAL, FULL CIRCLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAILED {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
• BGRAPHY REVEALS STEWART 'PRUMED GAY'
• ROD STEWART: 'I WAS SURROUND BY GAY MEN THE 70S'
• IS PATRICK STEWART GAY? RUMORS OF HIM BEG GAY
• PATRICK STEWART HAS AN AWOME RPONSE TO BEG 'OUTED' AS GAY BY THE GUARDIAN

FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY

Stewart, who is not gay, said he felt attacked by the cy of Ptsburgh for the mor, which he said the Steelers found was started by an dividual lol police officer. At the end of all, Stewart quipped, "I'm, like, so gay, du. That’s bee the 26-year-old actrs has publicly e out as gay, and is proud that her visibily is havg a posive a recent terview wh London's Sunday Tim, the newly shorn star said that when she was datg Pattson, “the public was the enemy.

”Once Stewart realized that gog public wh her relatnships wh women uld make an impact, she chose to e out as gay while hostg Saturday Night Live last month. While the moment may have been slightly overshadowed by that accintal f-bomb, her admissn of beg “like, so gay” was a big moment for visibily.

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THAT’S BEE THE 26-YEAR-OLD ACTRS HAS PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY, AND IS PROUD THAT HER VISIBILY IS HAVG A POSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A RECENT TERVIEW WH LONDON'S SUNDAY TIM, THE NEWLY SHORN STAR SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS DATG PATTSON, “THE PUBLIC WAS THE ENEMY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HATED THAT TAILS OF MY LIFE WERE BEG TURNED TO A MODY AND PEDDLED AROUND THE WORLD,” SHE SAID. “BUT NSIRG I HAD SO MANY EY ON ME, I SUDNLY REALIZED [MY PRIVATE LIFE] AFFECTS A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN JT ME. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNY TO SURRENR A B OF WHAT WAS ME, TO MAKE EVEN ONE OTHER PERSON FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELV.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE STEWART REALIZED THAT GOG PUBLIC WH HER RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN ULD MAKE AN IMPACT, SHE CHOSE TO E OUT AS GAY WHILE HOSTG SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE LAST MONTH. WHILE THE MOMENT MAY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY OVERSHADOWED BY THAT ACCINTAL F-BOMB, HER ADMISSN OF BEG “LIKE, SO GAY” WAS A BIG MOMENT FOR {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:56.49999999999999%;} .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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HONTLY, I THK WAS JT FUNNY,” SHE SAID TO E! NEWS ANOTHER TERVIEW WEDNDAY (MARCH 8). “NOT TO DIMISH THE POT, BEE I THK THAT SAYG THGS SO BLUNTLY IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN'T EVER DONE THAT IS BEE THERE IS AN AMBIGUY TO THAT AND I WANTED THGS TO BE REALLY REAL FOR ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE NTUED, “I’M SO UTTERLY PROUD THAT I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE BE LIKE, 'THANK YOU,' AND I'M LIKE, 'NO, THANK YOU.' IT'S KD OF MUTUAL, FULL CIRCLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAILED {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

But while our society often tends to label people as eher "straight" or "gay, " 's important to regnize that sexualy isn’t always fed that way. Ahead are 26 celebri who fall outsi of the strict gay or straight bary. ” Earlier this year, Stenberg also shared that they intify as ImagKristen StewartKristen Stewart is "like so gay, du.

She has sce bee outspoken about bisexualy on the ImagEzra MillerThe Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fd Them actor may have played a gay high school stunt The Perks of Beg A Wallflower, but he told Out magaze he intifi as queer. "Getty ImagRowan BlanchardThe 15-year-old star of Girl Meets World tweeted about her sexualy January 2016, statg that she don’t want to label herself “as straight gay or whateva” and that she intifi as ImagAsia Kate DillonThe Billns star is bt-known for playg the first-ever nonbary character on TV, and ma history by choosg whether to pete for Bt Actor or Bt Actrs for the Emmys this year for their role. When BuzzFeed News analyzed her sexualy a judgmental way, she rpond wh a seri of (sce-leted) tweets, begng wh "Well @buzzfeed sorry I'm not gay enough for you.

One of Hollywood's most notor womanisers, Jam Stewart, was prumed gay by movie boss bee he was ially so shy wh girls.

BGRAPHY REVEALS STEWART 'PRUMED GAY'

Its subject uldn’t be more horribly relevant, given this past weekend’s massacre years ago this Saturday (18 June), Stewart released The Killg of Geie Parts I and II, the first major pop song to tell the tale of a gay man who died, part, bee of his sexual om solely a sad tale, Geie also ranked as the first chart h to prent a gay man wh not only empathy but admiratn.

ROD STEWART: 'I WAS SURROUND BY GAY MEN THE 70S'

Cocintally, the song’s 40th anniversary arriv durg gay pri month. A few h songs addrsg gay subjects had appeared before Stewart’s track.

Before Geie, however, there had never been an earnt song portrayg the hardship and joy of a gay person’s life for a mass dience. Stewart says that 1976, he didn’t tend to wre a gay story per se. “If someone said to me, ‘S down and wre a song about a gay man, ’ would have ightened the daylights out of me, ” he tells the Guardian.

IS PATRICK STEWART GAY? RUMORS OF HIM BEG GAY

Geie’s narrative follows a gay kid om a small town who’s rejected by his parents, g him to flee to New York Cy where he be the toast of the town. The tale ends tragilly when, after leavg the theater one night, Geie ns to a gang of New Jersey kids who target him for beg gay and murr him.

”The sger says he had a sympathy to Geie’s story bee “I was surround by gay men at the time. I had a gay manager and a gay PR guy.

PATRICK STEWART HAS AN AWOME RPONSE TO BEG 'OUTED' AS GAY BY THE GUARDIAN

Long John Baldry, who disvered me, was gay. ’”This superficial, glam-spired acceptance of homosexualy prevalent the era is reflected the song’s openg l: “In the days of changg ways/So-lled liberated days/A story to md of a iend of me...