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 GATELY NFIRMS HE IS GAY BEFORE STORY N BE SOLD
Boyzone sger Stephen Gately has announced that he is gay * gay boyzone *
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.
'I'M GAY AND A BOY BAND!'
Boy bands have always brimmed wh gay members. Jt ask the sgers and their lovers! * 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. 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.
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
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.
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.
BOYZONENEW DELHIMENUHOTELSHOTEL DISUNTSGUTHO / B&BBARS & CLUBSSNAS & MASSAGESERVICTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPBOYZONE
Was the outg of Gately about to overwhelm the promotnal mpaign, beg the gay tail that wagged the mass-market dog?
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.