In the first of a two-part terview wh TODAY's Matt Ler, Elton John discsed why he waed to reveal to the public that he was gay. As turns out, John, who had been livg an openly gay liftyle among his fay and iends, didn't realize that actually g out was gog to be necsary."Nobody asked me," John relled of the years leadg up to the moment when he fally told a journ
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- GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
- IS ELTON JOHN GAY?
- GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
- ‘PHILALPHIA FREEDOM’ ISN’T JT A GAY ANTHEM. IT’S A PRI ANTHEM.
- ELTON JOHN DECLARED THAT ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS IN THE US’ AND IT IS ‘DISGRACEFUL’
GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
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Now 72, John tells Variety that he was 23 when he actually realized he was gay.
IS ELTON JOHN GAY?
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GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
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“Don’t let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy. “There are so many wonrful diverse people the world — straight people, gay people [and] transgenr people. People who should know better plac of rponsibily [and] attack gay people, transgenr people … they claim to be close to God, [but] they uldn’t be further away om God if they tried.
‘PHILALPHIA FREEDOM’ ISN’T JT A GAY ANTHEM. IT’S A PRI ANTHEM.
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Elton John officially me out as gay to Rollg Stone magaze 1992, but his romantic relatnships before this weren't so 1969, Elton John was engaged to be married to his first girliend Lda Woodrow, but he end the relatnship two weeks before their weddg date.
In 1970, Elton John began his first gay affair wh the mic manager John Reid. Elton John told Rollg Stone he was "fortable beg gay" 1992. It was after this marriage that Elton John was to break down even more boundari, tellg Rollg Stone 1992 that he was "que fortable beg gay” the same year, the piano man found the Elton John AIDS Foundatn to help fight disease which had affected so many the muny, cludg his iends Ryan Whe and Queen ontman Freddie Ty Dancer sger has sce raised hundreds of lns for the e, hostg galas and balls as well has his famo annual Amy Award Party sce 1993, while g his public profile to raise awarens of the disease and provi fundg for tn and rearch.
ELTON JOHN DECLARED THAT ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS IN THE US’ AND IT IS ‘DISGRACEFUL’
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Don't let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy. He clared: "It's wonrful to be gay. I thk I wouldn’t have had the life I’ve had if I hadn’t been gay.
"I was never unfortable beg gay. I didn't know I was gay until I was 23, so I mean I got off to a very slow start [... Straight people, gay people, transgenr people.
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Elton John's journey to beg an out gay man may be a long and plex one, but the legendary sger-songwrer has long been an in and a bean of hope for the LGBTQ muny and will be for many years to e.
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Growg up a time where queer ( his time was “homosexual, ” then “gay, ” then “LGBT” and now we’ve land at “queer”) was nsired a mental disorr by the DSM-II (the Amerin classifitn of mental disorrs), John had ltle to no affirmatns. John officially me out as bisexual a Rollg Stone terview 1976 and publicly said he was “fortable beg gay” by 1988. And even allegedly progrsive New York Cy, the reportedly only black-owned gay bar Harlem had s rabow flags set on fire this week.