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YEARS & YEARS' NEW SONG CELEBRAT THE "BLSG" OF BEG GAY

Olly Alexanr om Years & Years perfectly rpond to his band's mic beg labeled as "gay." * year and years band gay *

To start, juxtapos a tradnally unmon pair, homosexualy and hols, by characterizg beg gay as a sacred act rather than the archaic view that ’s a s. ) “I make holy my sfulns when I pray, ” 27-year-old Alexanr explas to "And that's alludg a ltle b to beg on your kne, for whatever reason, but also that beg gay is also a blsg. “Beg able to have a platform where I n exprs my gay self is jt really wonrful, and I feel grateful, ” he that platform, Alexanr sheds light on others’ gay experienc addn to his own, and not only through mic.

In 2017, he released a BBC Documentary, Growg Up Gay, which shed light on mental health issu among LGBTQ youth. For their sophomore rerd, Alexanr was spired by artists like David Bowie, Prce, and even Lady Gaga, who’ve created imagary worlds to go along wh their mic. “I wanted to wre a song about my experienc wh straight guys, bee I know a lot of other gay guys will relate to this.

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I thk pecially for men, we do have a hyper mascule culture that don't really allow men to be anythg other than straight—unls they're gay—and there's not really much between that. I thk a lot of gay and queer people grow up a culture that mak them feel ashamed of themselv and ashamed of their bodi and ashamed of their sir.

That kd of stuff still exists for me, but at the same time, I'm at a place now where I'm so happy to be gay. It enpass so many tersectnal inti and unfortunately, the predomant narrative is the whe, gay du. Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison.

YEARS & YEARS OLLY ALEXANR VOWS TO NTUE TO BE ‘VERY GAY’ AS HE SOPS LGBT AWARD

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. Years & Years ontman Olly Alexanr has a bone to pick for anyone who tegoriz an artist’s work based solely on their Thursday, Twter er @barelyhuman posted a photo of Years & Years’s but album at a rerd shop that labeled simply “gay. ”Alexanr -- an out mician who’s long been vol about his sexualy -- went on to cricize the nfg tegorizatn, qutng if you n “label a sound or style of mic ‘gay.

’”The sger later poked fun at the pic by sayg he was headg to the stud to make “#gaymic.

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”Troye Sivan (whose album Blue Neighbourhood also appeared unr the “gay” sectn the origal photo) also got on the joke, as did Matt Healy, lead sger for The rerd shop om the origal photo is unspecified, and the thenticy of the pic hasn’t been verified (some skeptil fans are qutng whether someone placed Years & Years and Sivan’s albums there on purpose). Wner Alexanr’s tribute to LGBT hero (Picture: Rex)Years & Years star Olly Alexanr explaed why ’s super important to be ‘very gay’ any room he walks to.

Olly, who won plds for BBC documentary Growg Up Gay, soped the celebry of the year prize and said he wouldn’t be an out pop star whout ‘visible hero’ pavg the way for him. ‘I want to make you proud and ntue beg very gay whatever suatn I fd myself .

Sir Elton and David Furnish also won priz (Picture: Rex)Echog Olly’s enuragement, the 73-year-old said: ‘Say loud, I’m gay and I’m proud. Osborne, who publicly shared for the first time Febary that he is gay, kissed his boyiend Abi Ventura after the w was announced whle his brother kissed his wife, Lucie Silvas.

YEARS & YEARS' OLLY ON GAY POP STARS USG MALE PRONOUNS IN THEIR MIC: "IT'S IMPORTANT"

"While there are many other openly gay artists and songwrers currently workg untry mic, cludg Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Brooke En, Shane McAnally and Lily Rose, Osborne is one of the most proment. "It kd of gave the msage that maybe people that are gay or LGBTQ really, tly still aren't that accepted this state, " T. Years & Years star Olly Alexanr has spoken ankly about his sire to see more gay artists g genr pronouns their mic to reflect their sexualy, and says he nscly tried to do that hontly on the band’s new rerd.

“It’s kd of sad to me that we don’t have gay pop stars sgg about men g a male pronoun, but that uld change hopefully. “I’d like to hear a gay artist exprs their sexualy a really open way, that’s somethg I’ve sort of tried to do a ltle b on this album, but to be able to talk about sex is possible new for gay artists, ” he add.

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