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WHAT WAS LIKE TO E OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR?

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In July 1993, however, Roddy found himself the spotlight the rock world as s first openly gay star. In the summer of 1993, however, there was a sum total of zero openly homosexual stars the rock or metal world.

I didn’t want [rultant tabloid prs] talkg about me beg gay like was i) anythg to be ashamed of, or ii) somethg that I’d been hidg. But there’s jt as much homosexual fatuatn rock mic as heterosexual – ’s about time that ’s regnised.

‘ROCKSTAR AND SOFTBOY’ IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF GAY FRIENDSHIP AND MAGIC A COMIC

“It’s jt that the special people let the homosexual elements surface. “I thk of beg openly gay as a polil statement. Somethg that, some small way, further the gay rights movement, ” he explaed.

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.

ROCKSTAR GAY EDITION

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).

Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer. " 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. 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.

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"[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.

[youtube expand=1 se_id=25879312]Freddie Mercury of QueenHow did fans not know Freddie Mercury was gay?

It's not like he shied away om gay life his material.

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