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Contents:

• GAY METAL MIC
• WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL MICIANS? TESTAMENT'S ALEX SKOLNICK WEIGHS IN
• TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
• 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
• “IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN

GAY METAL MIC

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Gay is a fun project by a swiss electronic producer. January 8, 2019Durg a recent appearance on "The Jasta Show", TESTAMENT guarist Alex Skolnick discsed the fact that there are very few openly homosexual micians the heavy metal scene. Sayg that "the ia of a sger a metal band beg gay" was "shockg" prr to JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford g out as homosexual durg a 1998 appearance on MTV, Skolnick noted that "'s so ol that 's not a big al" by host Jamey Jasta why he thks there haven't been more micians g out as gay the past two s, Alex said: "I thk there's sort of a silent agreement.

WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL MICIANS? TESTAMENT'S ALEX SKOLNICK WEIGHS IN

It's like a 'don't ask, don't tell' thg, " referencg the repealed Uned Stat policy on ary service whereby gay Amerins were permted to serve the ary as long as they remaed closeted. Sce the human sexualy analysis generally ns along the l of “that band is fuck’ gay, ” ’s no surprise that metal micians who self-intify as gay are difficult to e by. So difficult to e by, fact, that our list isn’t so much the Top Five Gay Metal Ins as The Five Gay Metal Ins.

TOP 5 GAY METAL INS

Why Gay Is Metal: Pnick has sce spl om Christiany, and now choos to intify as “agnostic.

” Maybe he jumped ship bee beg gay isn’t Christian; maybe he did bee Christian isn’t metal.

40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)

But if gay isn’t Christian, and Christian isn’t metal, isn’t gay kda metal? ”Why Metal Is Gay: Shamay’s mic is so aggrsive, has at tim rced male metal fans to whg over sexism. His name is Roddy Bottum, and you’ve got to rpect He Came Out: Bottum me out Metal Is Gay: Bottum wrote”Be Aggrsive”, a song about performg oral sex on a man.

How He Came Out: In a1998 terview wh Gay Is Metal: “There are still stereotyp that all gay men are effemate and weak and queeny, ” Halford has said. ” Gaahl matas that the blood-drag was performed He Came Out: Gaahl nfirmed his homosexualy metal magaze Rock Hard‘s November 2008 issue, after some tractors threatened to offer “rmatn” that would make Gaahl appear a “whole new light. Why Gay Is Metal: Gaahl is “strongly opposed to Christiany, ” and purports to follow a personal philosophy he terms “Gaahlism.

” Aga: there’s nothg Christiany hat more than gay. " 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.

“IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THOSE KD OF THGS”. ROB HALFORD'S REACTN TO BEG METAL’S FIRST GAY IN

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My parents had never explaed to me that people are gay, " said Ford.

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