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Rock band REM's ontman Michael Stipe today revealed he was gay and had been a relatnship wh a man for three years, endg speculatn about his sexualy

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Rock band REM's ontman Michael Stipe today revealed he was gay, endg years of speculatn about his 41-year-old sger told Time magaze he was a 'queer artist' who had been a relatnship wh a man for three revelatn after years of speculatn about his sexualy, and false mours that he had Stipe told the magaze he believed was the right time to reveal his sexualy.

'I was beg ma to be a ward about , rather than someone who felt like really was a very private thg, ' he told the said he had been a relatnship for about three years, scribg his partner as 'an amazg man' and addg that he was not a had prevly said he did not thk of himself as straight, gay or bisexual and had been relatnships wh both men or women, sayg: 'I'm an equal-opportuny lech. Last week, REM lead sger Michael Stipe revealed, to the surprise of no one on this pla, that he is gay. There was a time when clarg your homosexualy as a rock mician was a big no-no if you wanted to get ahead the mic dtry.

In fact, this suatn is what prompted the founrs of the all-gay rock band Pansy Divisn to create their group 1991. John Goli, one of those founrs, argu they were the first publicly out all-gay rock group (see his bgraphy for a lk to the story).

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Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer. Canal Street’s origal Gay bar servg the muny for over 60 years and still the iendlit, attu ee, venue the village. Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr.

Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc.

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