Adam Lambert talks to Variety about how thgs have changed for gay artists sce his stt on "Amerin Idol" 10 years ago.
Contents:
- FREDDIE LJUNGBERG ‘PROUD’ OF GAY GOSSIP
- FREDDIE LJUNGBERG ADDRS GAY MORS
- FREDDY LJUNGBERG IS GAY
- WAS FREDDIE MERCURY GAY?
- WHY HASN'T THE GAY MUNY EMBRACED FREDDIE MERCURY?
- ADAM LAMBERT ON FREDDIE MERCURY'S LEGACY AND THE FIGHT TO BE A GAY POP STAR
- ADAM LAMBERT ON WHAT’S CHANGED FOR GAY ARTISTS SCE HIS ‘AMERIN IDOL’ RUN
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FREDDIE LJUNGBERG ‘PROUD’ OF GAY GOSSIP
Swedish football star Freddie Ljungberg says he is "proud" of the mours he is gay. The 33-year-old player has been the subject of gossip about his sexualy for years, due to his bachelor liftyle and love of mils and fashn. * is freddie lumberg gay *
Swedish football star Freddie Ljungberg says he is “proud” of the mours he is gay.
He told the New York Tim: “There’s been a gay mour for a long time.
FREDDIE LJUNGBERG ADDRS GAY MORS
Adam Lambert On Freddie Mercury's Legacy And The Fight To Be A Gay Pop Star * is freddie lumberg gay *
I love fashn, and I thk so many gay people have amazg style. The Calv Kle unrwear mol is equently been ranked one of football’s gay favour, alongsi David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.
But reactg to one acla 2006, he said: “I am not gay.
At one pot he claimed to be bisexual, but he may have been a gay man who got volved wh members of the oppose sex bee he was tryg to survive — and build a reer — a very homophobic world. Mercury hid his sexualy om his fayFor most of Mercury's life, the wir world didn't accept gays and bisexuals. LGBT people were barely reprented the media, and the msage society had to offer was that not beg heterosexual was homophobia rampant, many gay men felt prsured to hi their sexualy, cludg om their fai.
FREDDY LJUNGBERG IS GAY
* is freddie lumberg gay *
Mercury's Parsee parents practiced Zoroastrianism, a relign that saw beg gay as a type of mon worship. The two lived together for several years and even got engaged before Mercury told At he was bisexual (her rponse was that she thought he was gay).
" Ci like New York and Munich had gay scen where Mercury, who'd lled his sex drive "enormo" and who'd sung about beg "a sex mache ready to reload, " found one-night stands and UP FOR THE NEWSLETTERBeg a rock star allowed Mercury to ph genr boundariMercury was the one who suggted namg the band Queen, which at the time was a rogatory term for a gay man. Among his sartorial choic were leotards, angel-wg cloaks, tight shorts, and leather or PVC attire that evoked a biker image then popular gay a star allowed Mercury to ph some boundari, but he still lived at a time when honty about his attractn to men uld have limed his reer, and the reers of his bandmat. Mercury didn't label his sexualy even after his AIDS diagnosisThe exact circumstanc of how Mercury was fected wh HIV are unknown, but the vis was spreadg through New York Cy's gay muny the late 1970s and early '80s.
)As the 1980s progrsed, was obv many gay men were gettg sick and there was talk about a "gay ncer"; Mercury himself knew people wh the disease. Even after velopg AIDS, he nied reports about his illns and beg gay.
WAS FREDDIE MERCURY GAY?
I feel like Queen.2 reced him to be their gay, "flamboyant" Freddie substute. He's Amerin Idol at bt, and a fat, silly, if well-tentned and medcre stand- for a tribute band. He's ... * is freddie lumberg gay *
He was more upont wh his bandmat, but never told his fay why he was reason for Mercury's silence was worry about how his public image and legacy would change wh this revelatn, which at the time would have been enough to nfirm him as gay. There’s been a gay mor for a long time.
I was a b nfed on his answer to the gay qutn. And do "I'm proud of that" refer to beg proud to be thought gay? For example, reactn to beg named the hottt football stud by a gay magaze, he did say: "I am not gay.
WHY HASN'T THE GAY MUNY EMBRACED FREDDIE MERCURY?
Spoke to a girl sociale mate, who hangs around the footballers (and beds a uple too) she told me is a well known fact on the football circu, that Freddy is gay. He is guilty, as is Freddy of beg gay, wa until hs the papers and e back and pay me homage!
ADAM LAMBERT ON FREDDIE MERCURY'S LEGACY AND THE FIGHT TO BE A GAY POP STAR
A gay footballer or a slapper footballer groupie? A gay footballer, I would shag the slapper, but not the faggot. Get your metal toeps on and ready Inane, nothg like a good rog homophobe to get the blood nng wh thunr eh!
ADAM LAMBERT ON WHAT’S CHANGED FOR GAY ARTISTS SCE HIS ‘AMERIN IDOL’ RUN
Cris Ronaldo is gay. Apparently Ronaldo's gayns is mon knowledge football. Apparently Ronaldo's gayns is mon knowledge football...
For a UK male perspective (I'm not Brish), all men there are gay. Do that make Terry The only gay the (Chelsea) village. It is possible that his relatnships wh women were a way of protectg his public image at a time when homosexualy was socially unacceptable or outright crimal.
When Mercury was born and for most of his life, homosexualy was treated as a mental illns, a s, or a crime. This extend to the legal stat of homosexuals; before 1967, gay men uld be sentenced to as long as two years prison. In the fah, homosexualy was nsired a form of mon worship.
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He suggted the name “Queen” for the band, a rogatory term for gay men, and equently wore outfs on stage that were evotive of gay fashn at the time.
At had spected that Mercury was gay rather than bisexual. Mercury embraced the gay scen of ci such as New York and Munich while on tour, engagg numero one night stands.