12 Gay Male Pop Stars and Their Long-Term Partners

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• MACY RODMAN'S LATT SGLE IS ALL ABOUT HOOKG UP WH YOUR FRIENDSTHE OUT MICIAN TALKS SONGWRG AS THARSIS, AND HOW THE "'AT POWERS' SOUNDTRACK" SPIRED "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY."BY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 5, 2021/10:01 {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:5472PX;WIDTH:3648PX;}PVSSYHEAVEN/COURTY OF GIRLIE ACTNBY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 5, 2021 / 10:01 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MACY RODMAN'S LATT SGLE IS ALL ABOUT HOOKG UP WH YOUR FRIENDS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-08-05T14:01:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-08-05T14:01:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE WAKE OF A TOUGH BREAKUP, MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T WRE 20 NEW SONGS 30 DAYS. BUT MACY RODMAN HAS ALWAYS DONE THGS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG TO NEWNOWNEXT VIA ZOOM OM HER HOMETOWN OF JUNE, ALASKA, RODMAN IS MORE CHILL THAN YOU'D EXPECT. THE BROOKLYN NIGHTLIFE LEGEND AND TRANSGENR DIE-POP MICIAN IS KNOWN FOR HER LARGER-THAN-LIFE ONSTAGE PERSONA (AND, Y, HER HYSTERIL CALYN JENNER IMPRSNS), BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SHE'S FULL PROMO MO FOR HER FORTHG THIRD ALBUM UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS (OUT AUGT 27), HER FIRST MAJOR PROJECT SCE SIGNG WH ACCINTAL POPSTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHAMIR, THE QUEER DIE-POP ARTIST BEHD THE RERD LABEL, SCRIBED SIGNG RODMAN AS "THE BT THG I'VE DONE TO DATE," AND SHE RECIPROT THE SENTIMENT. THEY'D BEEN IENDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR YEARS, RODMAN SAYS, BUT WASN'T UNTIL 2020 THAT SHE AND SHAMIR BEGAN TO SERLY DISCS LLABORATG. "THEY WERE SUPER NICE ABOUT MY MIC AND HAD A VISN FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AS FAR AS PROMOTN," RODMAN RELLS.ACCINTAL POPSTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIALLY, RODMAN PLANNED TO LLABORATE WH SHAMIR ON A DIFFERENT PROJECT, BUT THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANMIC THE UNED STAT PLITED THGS. IT ALSO CID WH A DIFFICULT BREAKUP FOR RODMAN LAST MARCH. HEARTBROKEN AND UNABLE TO DO NORMAL POST-BREAKUP ACTIVI WHILE QUARANTED, SHE POURED HER ENERGY TO HER WORK, WRG ALMOST TWO DOZEN SONGS OVER THE URSE OF ONE MONTH. "I'D NEVER REALLY WORKED LIKE THAT BEFORE," SHE EXPLAS. "I'M ED TO TAKG A REALLY LONG TIME WRG STUFF, BUT I WAS JT LIKE, THIS SEEMS LIKE WILL BE HELPFUL. AND REALLY WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE 20 SONGS WERE TRIMMED DOWN TO 12 FOR THE TRACK LIST OF UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS, AN EPIC FN OF ELECTRO POP AND '90S PUNK ROCK FLUENCED BY EVERYONE OM MADONNA CIR RAY OF LIGHT TO "LIZ PHAIR HER FLOP ERA." THE RERD'S TLE IS A NOD TO RODMAN TAKG STOCK OF HER LOVE LIFE AFTER THE BREAKUP, A TAXONOMIL ENAVOR THAT FELT ODDLY "LIKE A DISVERY CHANNEL SPECIAL." BUT THIS IS NO LO-FI LOCKDOWN ALBUM. UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS GLTERS LIKE A DIS BALL ON THE CEILG OF A DGY NIGHTCLUB, MARRYG SLICK PRODUCTN WH RAW, PLEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S RODMAN'S MOST VULNERABLE PROJECT TO DATE (SHE OPENLY SCRIB AS A BREAKUP RERD AND SAYS WAS ALMOST TLED "SOFT AND PK"), BUT HER ARTISTIC AND EMOTNAL RANGE ALLOW HER TO FY CLICHéS. ON "JOSHUA," A SYNTH-Y, POST-BREAKUP LAMENT ADDRSED TO HER EX, RODMAN CROONS ABOUT BEG "CRAZY FOR YOU" AND BEGS HIM FOR A SEND CHANCE; ON "GROOVEY," A SPRAWLG TRACK ACCENTED BY A KILLER SAXOPHONE SOLO, SHE EXPERIMENTS WH A MORE ABSTRACT DANCE SOUND. NO TWO SONGS SOUND THE SAME, AND THE RERD IS ALL THE BETTER 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;} .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;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THREE TRACKS RODMAN KEPT RETURNG TO WERE "JOSHUA," "LOVE ME!", THE RERD'S LEAD SGLE, AND "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY," A SULTRY POP-ROCK CUT WH A MP MASTERPIECE OF A MIC VIO (DIRECTED BY STEVEN HARWICK) TO ACPANY . "I WANTED TO FEEL LIKE A BOND TRO-SLASH-SCHOOL PORTRA KD OF THG WH THE FLOATG HEADS," SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SONILLY, THE SONG WAS HEAVILY FLUENCED BY THE AT POWERS SOUNDTRACK. "THEY ALWAYS GOT LENNY KRAVZ, BEYONCé, MADONNA, TO DO THE CREDIBLE SONGS THAT WERE '60S-SPIRED, OR VERS OF SGER-SONGWRERS OM THE '60S," RODMAN EXPLAS. "I JT WANTED TO FEEL LIKE THAT, TO HAVE THAT KD OF RAD, POP ROCK VIBE." SHAMIR ACTUALLY PLAYS GUAR ON THE TRACK, SHREDDG THEIR WAY THROUGH AN EPIC GUAR SOLO ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTUAL LYRICS OF "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY," ABOUT TWO IENDS WHO SUALLY HOOKUP AFTER SHARG "IENDLY KISS OVER SPARKLG WE," WERE SPIRED BY RODMAN'S REAL-LIFE HOOKUPS WH IENDS. "I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HOOK UP WH A LOT OF MY IENDS AND HAVE BE FE," SHE SHAR, "AND I REALLY WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT A SONG. I FEEL LIKE 'S VERY SPECIFIC TO QUEER RELATNSHIPS, GAY RELATNSHIPS, TRANS RELATNSHIPS, WHERE YOUR IENDS ARE YOUR FAY AND YOUR PARTNERS AND EVERYTHG." IF THAT ISN'T A POST-VACCE QUEER ANTHEM THE MAKG, I DON'T KNOW WHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE MIC VIO FOR "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY" BELOW, PREMIERG EXCLIVELY ON NEWNOWNEXT, AND LISTEN TO UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS S ENTIRETY ON AUGT {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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE ROCK PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER DPE BEG TOLD IT WOULD ‘RU’ HIS CAREER FOR GOOD
• THE GAY ARCHECTS OF ROCK
• ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY LYRICS
• ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY
• ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY SONG | MACY RODMAN
• ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY | MACY RODMAN

MACY RODMAN'S LATT SGLE IS ALL ABOUT HOOKG UP WH YOUR FRIENDSTHE OUT MICIAN TALKS SONGWRG AS THARSIS, AND HOW THE "'AT POWERS' SOUNDTRACK" SPIRED "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY."BY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 5, 2021/10:01 {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:5472PX;WIDTH:3648PX;}PVSSYHEAVEN/COURTY OF GIRLIE ACTNBY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 5, 2021 / 10:01 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MACY RODMAN'S LATT SGLE IS ALL ABOUT HOOKG UP WH YOUR FRIENDS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-08-05T14:01:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-08-05T14:01:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE WAKE OF A TOUGH BREAKUP, MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T WRE 20 NEW SONGS 30 DAYS. BUT MACY RODMAN HAS ALWAYS DONE THGS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG TO NEWNOWNEXT VIA ZOOM OM HER HOMETOWN OF JUNE, ALASKA, RODMAN IS MORE CHILL THAN YOU'D EXPECT. THE BROOKLYN NIGHTLIFE LEGEND AND TRANSGENR DIE-POP MICIAN IS KNOWN FOR HER LARGER-THAN-LIFE ONSTAGE PERSONA (AND, Y, HER HYSTERIL CALYN JENNER IMPRSNS), BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SHE'S FULL PROMO MO FOR HER FORTHG THIRD ALBUM UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS (OUT AUGT 27), HER FIRST MAJOR PROJECT SCE SIGNG WH ACCINTAL POPSTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHAMIR, THE QUEER DIE-POP ARTIST BEHD THE RERD LABEL, SCRIBED SIGNG RODMAN AS "THE BT THG I'VE DONE TO DATE," AND SHE RECIPROT THE SENTIMENT. THEY'D BEEN IENDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR YEARS, RODMAN SAYS, BUT WASN'T UNTIL 2020 THAT SHE AND SHAMIR BEGAN TO SERLY DISCS LLABORATG. "THEY WERE SUPER NICE ABOUT MY MIC AND HAD A VISN FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AS FAR AS PROMOTN," RODMAN RELLS.ACCINTAL POPSTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIALLY, RODMAN PLANNED TO LLABORATE WH SHAMIR ON A DIFFERENT PROJECT, BUT THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANMIC THE UNED STAT PLITED THGS. IT ALSO CID WH A DIFFICULT BREAKUP FOR RODMAN LAST MARCH. HEARTBROKEN AND UNABLE TO DO NORMAL POST-BREAKUP ACTIVI WHILE QUARANTED, SHE POURED HER ENERGY TO HER WORK, WRG ALMOST TWO DOZEN SONGS OVER THE URSE OF ONE MONTH. "I'D NEVER REALLY WORKED LIKE THAT BEFORE," SHE EXPLAS. "I'M ED TO TAKG A REALLY LONG TIME WRG STUFF, BUT I WAS JT LIKE, THIS SEEMS LIKE WILL BE HELPFUL. AND REALLY WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE 20 SONGS WERE TRIMMED DOWN TO 12 FOR THE TRACK LIST OF UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS, AN EPIC FN OF ELECTRO POP AND '90S PUNK ROCK FLUENCED BY EVERYONE OM MADONNA CIR RAY OF LIGHT TO "LIZ PHAIR HER FLOP ERA." THE RERD'S TLE IS A NOD TO RODMAN TAKG STOCK OF HER LOVE LIFE AFTER THE BREAKUP, A TAXONOMIL ENAVOR THAT FELT ODDLY "LIKE A DISVERY CHANNEL SPECIAL." BUT THIS IS NO LO-FI LOCKDOWN ALBUM. UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS GLTERS LIKE A DIS BALL ON THE CEILG OF A DGY NIGHTCLUB, MARRYG SLICK PRODUCTN WH RAW, PLEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S RODMAN'S MOST VULNERABLE PROJECT TO DATE (SHE OPENLY SCRIB AS A BREAKUP RERD AND SAYS WAS ALMOST TLED "SOFT AND PK"), BUT HER ARTISTIC AND EMOTNAL RANGE ALLOW HER TO FY CLICHéS. ON "JOSHUA," A SYNTH-Y, POST-BREAKUP LAMENT ADDRSED TO HER EX, RODMAN CROONS ABOUT BEG "CRAZY FOR YOU" AND BEGS HIM FOR A SEND CHANCE; ON "GROOVEY," A SPRAWLG TRACK ACCENTED BY A KILLER SAXOPHONE SOLO, SHE EXPERIMENTS WH A MORE ABSTRACT DANCE SOUND. NO TWO SONGS SOUND THE SAME, AND THE RERD IS ALL THE BETTER 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;} .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;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THREE TRACKS RODMAN KEPT RETURNG TO WERE "JOSHUA," "LOVE ME!", THE RERD'S LEAD SGLE, AND "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY," A SULTRY POP-ROCK CUT WH A MP MASTERPIECE OF A MIC VIO (DIRECTED BY STEVEN HARWICK) TO ACPANY . "I WANTED TO FEEL LIKE A BOND TRO-SLASH-SCHOOL PORTRA KD OF THG WH THE FLOATG HEADS," SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SONILLY, THE SONG WAS HEAVILY FLUENCED BY THE AT POWERS SOUNDTRACK. "THEY ALWAYS GOT LENNY KRAVZ, BEYONCé, MADONNA, TO DO THE CREDIBLE SONGS THAT WERE '60S-SPIRED, OR VERS OF SGER-SONGWRERS OM THE '60S," RODMAN EXPLAS. "I JT WANTED TO FEEL LIKE THAT, TO HAVE THAT KD OF RAD, POP ROCK VIBE." SHAMIR ACTUALLY PLAYS GUAR ON THE TRACK, SHREDDG THEIR WAY THROUGH AN EPIC GUAR SOLO ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTUAL LYRICS OF "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY," ABOUT TWO IENDS WHO SUALLY HOOKUP AFTER SHARG "IENDLY KISS OVER SPARKLG WE," WERE SPIRED BY RODMAN'S REAL-LIFE HOOKUPS WH IENDS. "I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HOOK UP WH A LOT OF MY IENDS AND HAVE BE FE," SHE SHAR, "AND I REALLY WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT A SONG. I FEEL LIKE 'S VERY SPECIFIC TO QUEER RELATNSHIPS, GAY RELATNSHIPS, TRANS RELATNSHIPS, WHERE YOUR IENDS ARE YOUR FAY AND YOUR PARTNERS AND EVERYTHG." IF THAT ISN'T A POST-VACCE QUEER ANTHEM THE MAKG, I DON'T KNOW WHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE MIC VIO FOR "ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY" BELOW, PREMIERG EXCLIVELY ON NEWNOWNEXT, AND LISTEN TO UNBELIEVABLE ANIMALS S ENTIRETY ON AUGT {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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In recent years, we’ve seen micians talk openly about their gay inty and same-sex relatnships. Fans may openly embrace a gay Elton John, Melissa Etheridge or Ricky Mart now, but over the past 50 years or more ’s been a stggle for most queer artists to live their liv openly and whout shame and persecutn.

His theatril scream-sgg, macho stage prence, and all-around badassery (bt showsed on inic rerds like 1980’s Brish Steel and 1982’s Screamg for Vengeance) prompted many fans to ll him “Metal God:” a tradnally mascule trope Halford boldly upend Febary 1998, when he me out as gay an MTV News terview. As the earlit show of queer solidary om a proment metal mician, Halford’s admissn proved val rhapg the public perceptn of heavy metal, repostg an earspltg, heteronormative boys’ club as a safe space where headbangers of all typ uld be themselv, sheltered the flailg arms of not jt a benevolent (and openly gay) God, but the scene wr large.

THE ROCK PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER DPE BEG TOLD IT WOULD ‘RU’ HIS CAREER FOR GOOD

” The fact that he did all while beg pletely open about his sexualy – llg himself “rock’s tt fairy” – is astoundg and, for a brief, shg moment 1974, Jobriath beme the most visible gay man popular mic.

While the “Queen of Dis” is a tle most monly btowed upon Donna Summer, also appli to Sylvter, who was a fixture of the dis scene and an in of the gay liberatn movement that spawned out of San Francis. The tle track even clus the lyric: “Tell her that I’m happy, tell her that I’m gay. It wasn’t until after hostg var episos of the show for a uple years – which all centered on LGBT issu – that she spoke openly about her partner of over two s and the stggl of beg gay the mic dtry.

“I thk the rerd dtry – by and large what’s left of – is still totally homophobic, ” she said, notg that she me out her twenti and never went to “lengths” to nceal . Brish punk rocker Tom Robson achieved chart succs wh h songs “2-4-6-8 Motorway”, “Up Agast the Wall” and “Don’t Take No for an Answer, ” but he’ll always be immortalized for his sgalong prott anthem, “Glad to be Gay.

THE GAY ARCHECTS OF ROCK

” Origally wrten for a 1976 London gay pri march, the song was nearly banned by the BBC 1978 – although DJ John Peel fied the stricture.

Swappg out punk moralist clichés for LGBT issu, the them unrlg the group’s mic give voice to both fury and hope for gay punks. ", the rerd's lead sgle, and "Rock 'N' Roll Gay Guy, " a sultry pop-rock cut wh a mp masterpiece of a mic vio (directed by Steven Harwick) to acpany .

ROCK 'N' ROLL GAY GUY LYRICS

" Shamir actually plays guar on the track, shreddg their way through an epic guar solo on the actual lyrics of "Rock 'N' Roll Gay Guy, " about two iends who sually hookup after sharg "iendly kiss over sparklg we, " were spired by Rodman's real-life hookups wh iends.

I feel like 's very specific to queer relatnships, gay relatnships, trans relatnships, where your iends are your fay and your partners and everythg. " If that isn't a post-vacce queer anthem the makg, I don't know what the mic vio for "Rock 'N' Roll Gay Guy" below, premierg exclively on NewNowNext, and listen to Unbelievable Animals s entirety on Augt 27. There was a time when clarg your homosexualy as a rock mician was a big no-no if you wanted to get ahead the mic dtry.

In fact, this suatn is what prompted the founrs of the all-gay rock band Pansy Divisn to create their group 1991. John Goli, one of those founrs, argu they were the first publicly out all-gay rock group (see his bgraphy for a lk to the story).

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" All of which should e as no surprise to fans who remember Townshend's 1980 solo h "Rough Boys" (above), which Rollg Stone lled "the most overtly homoerotic song his talog.

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Maybe even the most overtly homoerotic song anyone's 1970s[youtube expand=1 se_id=25879312]Alice Buhr, June Millgton, and Nickey Barclay of FannyThe rock band Fanny's importance the annals of popular mic nnot be overstated.

A New York Tim review of the book claimed that durg the time of the Runaways both Wt, who died 2006, and Jett "were bisexual, if not gay.

They were gay and I wasn't. My parents had never explaed to me that people are gay, " said Ford. "[youtube expand=1 se_id=25879312]JobriathIn the early 1970s, the fluential Amerin glam rocker Jobriath beme the first out gay mician signed to a major label, and was no small affair.