SCOTT MCKINNON, Watchg Men Kissg Men: The Atralian Receptn of the Gay Male Kiss On-Screen, Journal of the History of Sexualy, Vol. 24, No. 2 (MAY 2015), pp. 262-287
Contents:
- KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS GAY RUMOR, DISCS WORKG WH GENE SIMMONS
- KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY DON'T MD IF YOU THK HE'S GAY
- SHOUT OUT LOUD! THE OUT GAY MAN WHO MA KISS SUPERSTARS, GOT THEM TO ROCK HALL OF FAME
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
- GAY KISS
- EQUAL RIGHT TO KISS? WHY YOU MAY BE DISGTED BY GAY BEHAVR WHOUT KNOWG IT
KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS GAY RUMOR, DISCS WORKG WH GENE SIMMONS
KISS' Pl Stanley addrs the persistent mor over the years that he's gay and opens up about what 's been like to work wh Gene Simmons all this time. * are kiss gay *
There have been many mors about KISS over the years, but the one that's always taken volist Pl Stanley by surprise is that he's gay.
KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY DON'T MD IF YOU THK HE'S GAY
A gay kiss has all the bety and tenrns that a straight one do, wh the add benef of beg between two men. * are kiss gay *
Durg a chat wh New Zealand's The Breeze (seen above), Stanley was qutned about the crazit mor he's heard about told terviewer Robert Stt, "The odst, to me, was always — and 's always persisted over time -- is that I'm gay.
SHOUT OUT LOUD! THE OUT GAY MAN WHO MA KISS SUPERSTARS, GOT THEM TO ROCK HALL OF FAME
KISS's Pl Stanley has opened up about long-standg mors about his sexualy, sayg he wouldn't be ashamed to be a gay man. "If I were [gay], I’d be proud to be whatever I am, " the 63-year-old rocker told New Zealand's The Breeze. "Commemoratg KISS's ductn to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, The Montreal Gazette published a profile of Bill Au, the legendary rock manager who disvered the band the early 1970s and who also happened to be an openly gay man.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
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GAY KISS
Between two gay men, ’s about a romantic relatnship bee they’ve already had sex. Ser and lleagu noted that whereas straight upl almost always kiss before havg terurse, gay youths ually have their first kiss (at least wh a guy) durg an terurse ssn. Hence, the age when a straight boy ually has his first kiss wh a girl is 14; for a gay boy (wh another boy), is three years later, at age 17.
” About one-third had engaged “staed same-sex kissg, somethg they nsted as non-sexual and non-homosexual. Perhaps—or are gay boys the holdout?
Perhaps non-kissg dividuals are simply not on a normative schle terms of emotnal timacy and homosocial velopment more generally.
EQUAL RIGHT TO KISS? WHY YOU MAY BE DISGTED BY GAY BEHAVR WHOUT KNOWG IT
For gay boys, sex first, emotnal nnectn later—whether this is changg is unknown. Sce I’m gay, I never really got the job as producer and there was a real glass ceilg there.