In the first of a two-part terview wh TODAY's Matt Ler, Elton John discsed why he waed to reveal to the public that he was gay. As turns out, John, who had been livg an openly gay liftyle among his fay and iends, didn't realize that actually g out was gog to be necsary."Nobody asked me," John relled of the years leadg up to the moment when he fally told a journ
Contents:
- ELTON JOHN TALKS COMG OUT, THOUGHT EVERYONE KNEW HE WAS GAY
- IS ELTON JOHN GAY?
- KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
- IS ELTON JOHN GAY? WHEN DID HE FALLY INTIFY AS GAY?
- GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
ELTON JOHN TALKS COMG OUT, THOUGHT EVERYONE KNEW HE WAS GAY
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IS ELTON JOHN GAY?
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KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
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In 1970, Elton John began his first gay affair wh the mic manager John Reid. Elton John told Rollg Stone he was "fortable beg gay" 1992.
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IS ELTON JOHN GAY? WHEN DID HE FALLY INTIFY AS GAY?
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If anythg, fdg love and happs wh David Furnish has ma Elton more vol on LGBT rights than an openly gay artist, and one of the biggt sger-songwrers of our time, Elton John has often talked about how proud he is to be gay and also offered advice to the LGBTQ 2019, when asked an terview wh Variety what he'd say to any LGBTQ kids stgglg right now, he rpond: "Jt be yourself. "I've been very privileged, bee I'm a bs that accepts gay people, although I me out pretty early...
GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
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