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Contents:
- THE BEATL (AND CYNTHIA LENNON) DIDN’T KNOW THAT THEIR MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTE, WAS GAY
- THE BEATL STAR REVEALS THE BAND’S ATTU ABOUT GAY PEOPLE
- THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BEATL' GAY MANAGER
- EXPLORG THE MYTH: DID JOHN LENNON HAVE A GAY AFFAIR?
- THE ABSURDLY VLENT AND GAY BEATL MOVIE THAT NEVER GOT MA
- DID BRIAN EPSTE’S GAYNS SHAPE HIS VISN OF THE BEATL’ POTENTIAL?
THE BEATL (AND CYNTHIA LENNON) DIDN’T KNOW THAT THEIR MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTE, WAS GAY
Brian Epste was the Beatl' manager, even if the band didn't know he was gay at first. Here's what we learned om Cynthia Lennon. * the beatles are gay *
Don't worry, everyone: The Beatl are OK wh gay by Para magaze about their manager, Brian Epste, Rgo had nothg but supportive thgs to say.
THE BEATL STAR REVEALS THE BAND’S ATTU ABOUT GAY PEOPLE
* the beatles are gay *
"I had known a lot of gay men, " he told the magaze.
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BEATL' GAY MANAGER
Epste's homosexualy was an open secret for most of his reer.
In 2016, he ncelled a ncert North Carola prott of the state's recently-passed homophobic 's ftg that Starr would speak wh Para, as they're approximately the same age: Rgo was born 1940, and Para was found a year later 1941. When they first met, however, the band didn't know that this lol bs owner was gay. He served as their manager for several years, even if most fans didn’t know he was gay until after his ath.
The Beatl’ manager, Brian Epste, was gay.
EXPLORG THE MYTH: DID JOHN LENNON HAVE A GAY AFFAIR?
“It didn’t occur to then that Brian was gay, ” Cynthia Lennon wrote.
THE ABSURDLY VLENT AND GAY BEATL MOVIE THAT NEVER GOT MA
In the early sixti if you were gay you kept secret.
Gays were lled ‘queers’ and were disliked and diststed by many — there was a huge amount of prejudice agast them.
Cynthia Lennon said that at the time, John Lennon was ‘horrified’ by the ia of homosexualy. “John was a hundred percent heterosexual and, like most lads at that time, horrified by the ia of homosexualy, ” Cynthia Lennon wrote the same memoir.
DID BRIAN EPSTE’S GAYNS SHAPE HIS VISN OF THE BEATL’ POTENTIAL?
One of the most inic stars of The Beatl, Rgo Starr had a new terview wh Para’s Jim Farber and revealed his ias about ‘gay accatns’ about The Beatl’ Brian Epste. “The Beatl had a gay manager, Brian Epste, at a time when beg gay was illegal England and very much stigmatized.
What was the band’s attu about gay people back then?
“I had known a lot of gay men.