Stephen Gately, the openly gay member of the Irish "boy band" Boyzone has died while on holiday the Balearic island Mallor (Major). The 33-year-old was on holiday wh his civil partner Andrew Cowl and is reported that he went out for drks, went back to his flat, feel asleep and then died.
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- VIO: GAY BOYZONE STAR STEPHEN GATELY FOUND AD WHILE ON HOLIDAY
- BOYZONE SGER GATELY NFIRMS HE IS GAY BEFORE STORY N BE SOLD
- 'I'M GAY AND A BOY BAND!'
- BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
- BOYZONENEW DELHIMENUHOTELSHOTEL DISUNTSGUTHO / B&BBARS & CLUBSSNAS & MASSAGESERVICTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPBOYZONE
VIO: GAY BOYZONE STAR STEPHEN GATELY FOUND AD WHILE ON HOLIDAY
* gay boyzone *
Stephen Gately, the openly gay member of the Irish “boy band” Boyzone has died while on holiday the Balearic island Mallor (Major). In 1999, Gately took the brave cisn to e out as gay an terview wh the Sun. In 2006, he beme one of the first gay celebri to hold a civil partnership, when he wed long-term partner Andrew Cowl.
The gay thor, w and actor Stephen Fry posted a tweet on Twter sayg: “Jt heard the very sad news about ar Stephen Gately. Boyzone sger Stephen Gately has announced that he is gay. A statement issued yterday by the group's prs office, the Outsi Organisatn, said: "Boy zone's Stephen Gately today nfirmed that he is gay.
BOYZONE SGER GATELY NFIRMS HE IS GAY BEFORE STORY N BE SOLD
Boyzone sger Stephen Gately has announced that he is gay * gay boyzone *
But equally, no one qutned too closely Boyzone star was - whisper - gay. 'Everybody knew that Stephen was gay, ' says Peter Lorae, former edor of Top of the Pops magaze.
'I'M GAY AND A BOY BAND!'
Boy bands have always brimmed wh gay members. Jt ask the sgers and their lovers! * gay boyzone *
We're not buyg Boyzone rerds any, at least, was the prevailg view an dtry still ltle ed to alg wh gay pop stars who weren't 'antly' - or jt flamboyantly - queer like Boy Gee, Jimmy Somerville, Pete Burns or Frankie Go To Hollywood.
In this prelapsarian era of all of seven years ago, if a boy band member were revealed to be homosexual, the very fabric of the pop myth would be rent asunr. 'Boyzone Stephen: "I'm gay and I'm love"', screamed the ont-page headle.
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
A secury guard on Boyzone's tour had gone to the papers, sellg a story that Gately was gay.
'Not that I wanted to go out to gay clubs and bars. Was the outg of Gately about to overwhelm the promotnal mpaign, beg the gay tail that wagged the mass-market dog?
BOYZONENEW DELHIMENUHOTELSHOTEL DISUNTSGUTHO / B&BBARS & CLUBSSNAS & MASSAGESERVICTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPBOYZONE
You eher say, y, I'm gay, or you say nothg at all. He says he alt 'many tim' wh havg a member of one of his boy bands - not necsarily any menned here - who was secretly gay. 'I still thk, as a gay man myself, 's very difficult at an early stage to know your arse om your elbow and know where you're at sexually, ' he says.
Asked if he was a gay pop star, Tennant replied: 'No, I'm a pop star that happens to be gay. If he had admted to his homosexualy ' the early stag [of our reer]', Michael told me Febary 2004, ' would have ed , absolutely.