Exclive: Ricky Wilson says the bt thg about his glossy makeover sce appearg on The Voice is that he has garnered a gay followg.
Contents:
- ON THIS GAY DAY: REMEMBERG RICKY WILSON OM THE B-52’S
- RICKY WILSON REVEALS JOY AT GAY FOLLOWG AFTER THE VOICE TRANSFORMATN
- GAY INOGRAPHY: SHACKG UP WH THE B-52S
- DO BELIEVE : ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE ACTOR RICHARD WILSON REVEALS HE IS GAY
ON THIS GAY DAY: REMEMBERG RICKY WILSON OM THE B-52’S
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Punk their subversn of nventn and celebratn of the absurd, they were also fiantly fun at a time when Print Ronald Reagan wouldn’t so much as say the word “gay” or addrs the fact that AIDS was quickly beg a panmic — one that would claim Ricky as one of s earlit high-profile sualti. Four of the band’s five origal members did, fact, intify as LGBTQ: Ricky, Schneir and Strickland as gay men, and Pierson, who was volved wh a man until the early 2000s, is now married to a woman.
“Back then, was lled GRID [Gay-Related Immune Deficiency].
When he was still a teenager Wilson shared wh Strickland that he was gay. At the time the disease was only known as AIDS, would be several years before scientists would disver the vis behd the growg number of aths occurrg amongst gay men. They were unaware of his homosexualy or his illns.
RICKY WILSON REVEALS JOY AT GAY FOLLOWG AFTER THE VOICE TRANSFORMATN
While Ricky Wilson never shared that he was gay wh most of his bandmat, sce his ath Fred Schnier has also publicly spoken about his own g out experience, and Kate Pierson has shared that she is bisexual.
GAY INOGRAPHY: SHACKG UP WH THE B-52S
When journalists asked Clarke if he was gay he rpond ‘No, jt dly cheerful. Ricky Wilson reveals joy at gay followg after The Voice transformatn.
DO BELIEVE : ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE ACTOR RICHARD WILSON REVEALS HE IS GAY
Ricky Wilson lov the gay fans he has acquired sce appearg on The Voice (Picture: BBC)Exclive: Ricky Wilson says the bt thg about his glossy makeover sce appearg on The Voice is that he has garnered a gay followg. ‘There was a load of on holiday last year and we were all stg around the pool and someone had brought the [gay magaze] Attu issue wh the 100 hunkit men, ’ he said.