<p>As a taster for this weekend's very gay edn of Observer Mic Monthly, get a load of Ruf Wawright's top 10 gay ins, and tell yours.</p>
Contents:
- RUF WAWRIGHT COM AROUND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- RUF WAWRIGHT ON JUDY GARLAND AT 100 AND WHY SHE’S THE ULTIMATE GAY IN
- RUF PICKS HIS GAY INS
- MUSIC; RUF WAWRIGHT JOURNEYS TO 'GAY HELL' AND BACK
- RUF WAWRIGHT REFLECTS ON 25 YEARS SCE DEBUT ALBUM, BEG AN OPENLY GAY ARTIST THE 1990S
RUF WAWRIGHT COM AROUND ON GAY MARRIAGE
Ruf Wawright opens up about beg one of the first openly gay artists to succeed, the thkg behd his new album 'Folkocracy' and more! * rufus wainwright gay *
Ruf Wawright opens up about beg one of the first openly gay major-label artists to succeed, the thkg behd his new album ‘Folkocracy’ and more! In 2008 out sger/songwrer Ruf Wawright shocked gay activists by sayg, “I’m actually not a huge gay-marriage supporter. To set the rerd straight (or shall we say gay?
), I am not nor have I ever been opposed to anyone’s right to marry — straight or gay … I myself jt don’t want to at the moment, and feel a strong tie to the tradnal bohemian ncept of beg a homosexual, i. S., of the nundm that you n’t marry your gay partner and give him cizenship.
I wasn’t a huge gay marriage supporter before I met Jorn bee I love the whole old-school promiscuo Osr Wil eak show of what ‘beg gay’ once was. Ruf Wawright Chang His Tune on Gay Marriage [Perez Hilton].
RUF WAWRIGHT ON JUDY GARLAND AT 100 AND WHY SHE’S THE ULTIMATE GAY IN
Ruf Wawright Com Around on Gay Marriage. Here, Wawright shar how he disvered Garland, what she means to him as a gay man, and why Pri Month is the perfect time to honor her.
When I got to Hollywood and I saw her history — and also sort of the lore of the gay world — those thgs jt kd of hnted me for many, many years. Why do you thk she has been the ultimate gay in, that she has been so special to the gay muny?
I thk that she experienced a lot of the same trmas that a lot of gay men experience, whether ’s through battl wh addictn or feelg really taken advantage of by society — or not rpected, shall we say. Sometim gay men, pecially om that generatn, were not allowed to exprs themselv, so there’s that kd of trapped feelg … And I thk that a lot of gay men feel like there’s this ner Judy who wants to be known for who they are. It meant a lot to me as someone who’s been gay their whole life and also really known about Judy Garland their whole life.
RUF PICKS HIS GAY INS
There was “Over the Rabow, ” and then the rabow beme the symbol of the gay movement. It very much kd of adds to the strength that, sadly, the gay muny needs.
MUSIC; RUF WAWRIGHT JOURNEYS TO 'GAY HELL' AND BACK
A gay man ed to be lled “a iend of Dorothy, ” of urse referencg her “Wizard of Oz” character.
RUF WAWRIGHT REFLECTS ON 25 YEARS SCE DEBUT ALBUM, BEG AN OPENLY GAY ARTIST THE 1990S
But ’s pretty credible that she has remaed the fabric of the gay muny for all the years, for generatns really.
And anyone — be gay, straight, bisexual or transgenr — n listen to those rerds and be moved by them. I basked the attentn as the only male and I was pretty gay om a young age – to cut-out dolls, Judy Garland, drsg up.
I was 18 and if you were a gay male the late 80s you were basilly prumed ad bee of the Aids dghter fishg her brocli is, the days, on a par wh havg a worldwi number one rerd for me. '"Jt 12 months later, Wawright – who is gay – has bee a father. ”It was also noteworthy that this openly gay performer was payg tribute to a gay in.