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.
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg, " A.
' Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women.
MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
As for any sort of gay mors surroundg him or the pop group, he don't re. "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. " 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.