For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre "love letters" to the LGBTQ muny.
Contents:
- BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
- BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
- MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
The Backstreet Boys were at a drag show when they first realized they had a gay followg.
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BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
"Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.
Instead of me beg gay, I'm the fag hag, " he said. He's this olr gentleman om Tampa and he's gay, and he's been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U. I thk he really hop that Nick might have a ltle b of gay.
MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
" The 35-year-old McLean, who married 2011 and is the father of a ltle girl, long supported equal rights and the band's gay fan base. "We have a huge gay followg -- 's awome, " he told Out magaze back 2010. "I, personally, am tryg to get more and more volved wh the gay and lbian movement, very much so.
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