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Contents:
- BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
- A RSIAN POLICIAN THKS U2'S ALBUM COVER IS 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
- WATCH U2 TURN AN OLD H INTO A GAY MARRIAGE ANTHEM CHIGO
- ‘AMERIN BANDSTAND’ KEPT SECRET THAT TEEN STARS WERE GAY
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
A Rsian legislator has acced Apple and the band U2 of vlatg the Rsian law "agast gay propaganda among mors." * are any members of u2 gay *
Is Adam Clayton om U2 gay? A Rsian legislator has acced Apple and the band U2 of vlatg the Rsian law “agast gay propaganda among mors” by uploadg U2’s latt album, Songs of Innocence, to iTun ctomers worldwi, cludg Rsia, September 2014.
Alexanr Starovoov, a member of the Rsian State Duma, the lower chamber of Parliament, asked the Prosecutor’s Office to vtigate the cint and le whether me as a breach of the ntroversial legislatn adopted two years ago, which was wily viewed as a crackdown on the Rsian gay muny general.
However, Rsia, where homophobic attus have been mon over the last uple of years, Starovoov’s terpretatn of the ver image don’t e as a surprise. In late 2013, a promoter of Lady Gaga‘s Rsian show was fed unr the “gay propaganda” law. Last year, several Rsia hard-le officials, cludg legislator Valy Milonov, the ma proponent of the law “agast gay propaganda, ” ridiculed cross-drser Concha Wurst‘s Eurovisn Song Contt victory and lled for banng the sger om tourg Rsia and boyttg Eurovisn.
A RSIAN POLICIAN THKS U2'S ALBUM COVER IS 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
On Sunday, June 28, the day of gay pri paras Chigo and around the world, lns celebrated the recent Uned Stat’ Supreme Court cisn that effectively legalized gay marriage at the natnal level. But David Wichman took his personal Pri rally to the General Admissn (GA) le at the Uned Center. Wh his hand-rated rabow flag tow, he wanted to * are any members of u2 gay *
Later the same year, followg Apple CEO Tim Cook‘s announcement that he is gay, a monument to Steve Jobs and Apple was removed om a St. The mastream populary of boy bands wtern mic almost ensur that one or two members of each group intifi as gay, bisexual or queer. Most out gay boy band members talk about their early reer days of havg dual personas - the public heterosexual teen male, and the private gay dividual - creatg an thenticy paradox.
There have been sporadic attempts to create succsful all-gay boy bands to ter to the LGBTQ dance club crowd.
WATCH U2 TURN AN OLD H INTO A GAY MARRIAGE ANTHEM CHIGO
Bono, lead sger wh U2, talks to Gay Byrne about makg the vio for 'New Year's Day', playg the Danln market and why he thks dgs are borg. He also troduc his wife Ali. * are any members of u2 gay *
Neverthels, there is a group of notable boy band members who publicly intify as gay, bisexual or queer. Acrdg to The Guardian, the member of Rsia’s nservative LDPR party has asked his untry’s attorney general to vtigate Apple, which gave away the band’s latt album to more than 500 ln iTun ctomers, for distributg “gay propaganda” to the youths of Rsia. ” But bee neher father nor son are wearg shirts the image—and, okay, bee fathers and sons don’t ually embrace like that—Starovoov thks the ver promot gay sex stead.
He also grew up gay durg the early days of the AIDS panmic and experienced the double huiatns of bigoted monizatns and heartbreakg tragedi.
In the last 30 years, the fights agast AIDS and for gay rights have e a long, long way, and some of the key alli for progrs have been artists, actors, and micians — cludg Bono and his bandmat U2. On Sunday, June 28, the day of gay pri paras Chigo and around the world, lns celebrated the recent Uned Stat’ Supreme Court cisn that effectively legalized gay marriage at the natnal level.
‘AMERIN BANDSTAND’ KEPT SECRET THAT TEEN STARS WERE GAY
The episo as rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the untry, where homosexualy is a crime. * are any members of u2 gay *
Bono took Wichman’s rabow flag and parad onstage durg “Pri (In the Name of Love), ” a track that has been soarg and shg this tour as a new civil rights anthem — not only for gay rights, but for the people of Fergon, Baltimore, and Charlton. Bono dancg the twalk and approachg the mastage while unfurlg the universal symbol of gay rights was not jt a bold statement for the new equaly paradigm — was also an affirmatn for all the bands’ fans who are proundly part of the LGBTQ muny. What do matter for Bono to take the time to acknowledge Gay Pri and the SCOTUS marriage cisn?
Perhaps his bold unapologetic support for gay rights timat a shift Chrisiany more generally, where full cln for LGBTQ members is now policy many major male nomatns. Durg “Pri, ” wh Wichman’s flag his hands, Bono announced, “Gay pri the name of love.