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Contents:

• WHEN GEE MICHAEL ME OUT AS GAY ON LIVE TV AND SPIRED A GENERATN
• THE NTROVERSIAL MOMENT THAT LED GEE MICHAEL TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE HE WAS GAY
• JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
• 'I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WH BEG GAY': GEE MICHAEL, LGBT RIGHTS CHAMPN, REMEMBERED
• THE GAYT IMAG OM MICHELANGELO'S MOST FAMO PATG

WHEN GEE MICHAEL ME OUT AS GAY ON LIVE TV AND SPIRED A GENERATN

Michels clarified afterward that he did not mean that LGBTQ people should not be able to brg their sexualy to the public, but that others shouldn’t have “gay valu” imposed on them. Evers, who was the first ernor to fly the Pri flag over the Capol 2019, said his most recent ment on the issue that he wanted to see feral legislatn to protect gay marriage. "Tim Michels don’t thk gay people should be out public, " an Aug.

That article also clus a key clarifitn that the Democrats ignored: that Michels "later clarified that he did not mean (LGBTQ people) should not brg their sexualy to public, but people shouldn’t have ‘gay valu’ imposed upon them. She poted to a June 28, 2022, rad terview Michels did wh WISN rad host Dave Michaels which he said the issue of gay marriage was settled by the U. He didn’t answer a June qutn om a reporter about whether he would take steps as ernor to lim gay people’s rights, sayg, "As a bsman, what I do is I look at what’s the legislatn and ’s all about the tails.

THE NTROVERSIAL MOMENT THAT LED GEE MICHAEL TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE HE WAS GAY

But the claim that he don’t believe gay people should be able to own their inty public — pecially when s one reference om a pl-ago bate — is an exaggeratn.

A news release om the Democratic Party of Wisns claimed that "Tim Michels don’t thk gay people should be out public.

JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL

E Claire Lear-Telegram, "Evers fills pothol, talks protectg gay marriage, " July 21, 2022. Pew Rearch Center, "Readg the polls on gay marriage and the Constutn, " July 13, 2004.

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'I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WH BEG GAY': GEE MICHAEL, LGBT RIGHTS CHAMPN, REMEMBERED

Watch: Gee Michael's last ncert - his fal words were heartbreakgly poignant"I spent the first half of my reer beg acced of beg gay when I hadn’t had anythg like a gay relatnship. I want people to know that I have not been exposed as a gay man any way that I feel … I don’t feel any shame for...

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THE GAYT IMAG OM MICHELANGELO'S MOST FAMO PATG

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Why do I re if Gee Michael lled himself gay or bisexual? It matters bee while we fally live a culture where gay and lbian celebri are celebrated for g out, bisexual celebri are still met wh skepticism and stigma, even among LGBTQ matters bee biphobia is lerally killg bisexual youth and adults.