Who created that geo 20th-century creature, the rock star? Consir the gay image makers of the day, like Brian Epste and Jann Wenner.
Contents:
- THE BEATL STAR REVEALS THE BAND’S ATTU ABOUT GAY PEOPLE
- THE GAY ARCHECTS OF ROCK
- GAY HISTORY: JOHN LENNON ONCE ALMOST BEAT A MAN TO DEATH
THE BEATL STAR REVEALS THE BAND’S ATTU ABOUT GAY PEOPLE
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Were The Beatl gay? One of the most inic stars of The Beatl, Rgo Starr had a new terview wh Para’s Jim Farber and revealed his ias about ‘gay accatns’ about The Beatl’ Brian Epste.
“The Beatl had a gay manager, Brian Epste, at a time when beg gay was illegal England and very much stigmatized. What was the band’s attu about gay people back then?
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THE GAY ARCHECTS OF ROCK
Consir the gay image makers of the day, like Brian Epste and Jann Beatl wh their manager Brian Epste, right, October Archiv/Redferns, via Getty ImagOct.
GAY HISTORY: JOHN LENNON ONCE ALMOST BEAT A MAN TO DEATH
Managers groomed them and shaped them, and the classic rock era those managers were often gay s, the close relatnships between the managers and the predomantly straight micians they advised were not discsed much.