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- MACKLEMORE AND LEWIS JO UN GAY RIGHTS MPAIGN
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- MACKLEMORE BEG RAP’S FOREMOST GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
MACKLEMORE AND LEWIS JO UN GAY RIGHTS MPAIGN
How a straight whe rapper om Seattle wrote hip-hop’s first gay anthem. * macklemore gay rights activist *
At first glance, one uld take Macklemore (real name: Ben Haggerty) for the natn's first mastream gay rapper.
" No, he's not gay. ) At one pot time, though, he certaly thought he might be gay. "I knew I wanted to wre a song about gay rights, about marriage equaly, and about homophobia hip-hop, but I didn't know how to do , " he says.
"I tried, at first, wrg om the perspective of a gay, bullied kid.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Gay rights activists and entertaers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Photo urty of * macklemore gay rights activist *
The rult was an acunt of Macklemore's stggle wh his own sexualy as a he and Lewis grew up surround by gay adults.
Lewis's uncle is gay and has been livg wh HIV for 30 years.
MACKLEMORE BEG RAP’S FOREMOST GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Macklemore may not have won many headl at the 2013 MTV Vio Mic Awards, what wh Miley Cys twerkg on stage and Lady Gaga showg off her near-naked behd, but the rapper gave a performance that solidified him the foremost gay rights advote the rap world. The Seattle rapper and his unterpart Ryan Lewis […] * macklemore gay rights activist *
"Growg up wh a gay uncle and havg him be a huge part of our fay -- I don't thk my parents' outlook would be the same if weren't for him, " Lewis says.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
" Macklemore was raised Capol Hill, a liberal, gay-iendly district of Seattle. The men clost to him -- his uncle Johnny and his godfather -- are gay.