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• BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
• MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
• BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
• WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?
• WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?WIL213JUL. 13, 20061 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? LYRICSWE AREON FIREWE HAVEDIRBUT ONEIS THAT WAYONE BACKSTREET BOY IS GAYBUT WEDON'T WANT TOBE MEANSCE NOW HE'SA QUEENDON'T ASK PLEASEWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SAJTELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SHOWIETELL ME WHO?I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?NOW I N SEE HIMHE'S WOMEN'S CLOTHBUT HE DON'T NEED AIUDYEAHHE LIK VILLAGE PEOPLEHE'S PLAYG CROQUETHIS DOG IS APEKGEHE ISON FIREHIS BACKPERSPIRWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWHO'S GAY?HE'S ALWAYS SAYGA'T NOTHG BUT ABUTT-ACHEA'T NOTHG BUT AFKEI NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH ONE OF IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SBRATELL ME WHO?A'T SAYGNICK OR KEVTELL ME WHO?HE'S MAKG UP ASOUFFLéWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?OKAYWE'RE ALL GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID WIL213 RELEASE “WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?”?CREDSRELEASE DATEJULY 13, 2006WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? INTERPOLATNSI WANT IT THAT WAY BY BACKSTREET BOYSTAGSPOPPARODYEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
• EXPLORG RUMORS TO DETERME WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY – BS ROUNDUPS
• WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY
• WHO AMONG THE BACKSTREET BOYS MEMBER IS GAY?
• WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?THE Z100 MORNG ZOO1 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? LYRICSYEHWE ARE ON FIREWE HAVE SIRBUT ONE IS THAT WAYONE BACKSTREET BOY IS GAYBUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE MEANSCE NOW HE'S A QUEENDON'T ASK PLEASEWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?TELL ME WHOA'T SAYG THAT 'S A.JTELL ME WHO A'T SAYG THAT S HOWIETELL ME WHOI NEVER WANNA HEAR U SAYWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?NOW I N SEE HIMHE'S WOMEN'S CLOTHBUT HE DON'T NEED AN I.U.D YEHHE LIK VILLAGE PEOPLEHE'S PLAYG CROQUETHIS DOG IS A PEKEHE IS ON FIREHIS BACK PERSPIRWON'T SAY (WON'T SAY WON'T SAY) WHO'S GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEHE'S ALWAYS SAYGA'T NOTHG BUT A BUTT ACHEA'T NOTHG BUT A UKEI NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY (NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY)WHICH ONE OF IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'S BRIAN (WWOOAAHH)TELL ME WHOA'T SAYG NICK OR KEVTELL ME WHOHE'S MAKG UP A SOUFFLéWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?OK WE'RE ALL GAY!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'

The Backstreet Boys were at a drag show when they first realized they had a gay followg. I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg, " A. ' Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women.

MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’

As for any sort of gay mors surroundg him or the pop group, he don't re. "Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.

Instead of me beg gay, I'm the fag hag, " he said.

He's this olr gentleman om Tampa and he's gay, and he's been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U. I thk he really hop that Nick might have a ltle b of gay. " The 35-year-old McLean, who married 2011 and is the father of a ltle girl, long supported equal rights and the band's gay fan base.

BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER

"We have a huge gay followg -- 's awome, " he told Out magaze back 2010. "I, personally, am tryg to get more and more volved wh the gay and lbian movement, very much so. I've got que a lot of gay iends back L.

WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?

And we make our mic for everyone, and whether you're gay, straight, black, whe, don't matter. For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre "love letters" to the LGBTQ muny.

WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?WIL213JUL. 13, 20061 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? LYRICSWE AREON FIREWE HAVEDIRBUT ONEIS THAT WAYONE BACKSTREET BOY IS GAYBUT WEDON'T WANT TOBE MEANSCE NOW HE'SA QUEENDON'T ASK PLEASEWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SAJTELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SHOWIETELL ME WHO?I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?NOW I N SEE HIMHE'S WOMEN'S CLOTHBUT HE DON'T NEED AIUDYEAHHE LIK VILLAGE PEOPLEHE'S PLAYG CROQUETHIS DOG IS APEKGEHE ISON FIREHIS BACKPERSPIRWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWON'T SAYWHO'S GAY?HE'S ALWAYS SAYGA'T NOTHG BUT ABUTT-ACHEA'T NOTHG BUT AFKEI NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAYWHICH ONE OF IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'SBRATELL ME WHO?A'T SAYGNICK OR KEVTELL ME WHO?HE'S MAKG UP ASOUFFLéWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?OKAYWE'RE ALL GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID WIL213 RELEASE “WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?”?CREDSRELEASE DATEJULY 13, 2006WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? INTERPOLATNSI WANT IT THAT WAY BY BACKSTREET BOYSTAGSPOPPARODYEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre “love letters” to the LGBTQ muny. I started dog mil theater at a young age and I was troduced to a whole new world of people — gay and straight — and I fell love. I have a lot of gay iends and two of my bt iends have been together for almost 10 years.

JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT

We have a huge gay followg and ’s a huge al. When were the Backstreet Boys first aware they had a gay followg?

Kev (Richardson) was obvly olr, so he had been around all his gays at Disney (when he worked there before Backstreet Boys) and he had been around drag queens before Nick (Carter) and me. I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg. ” Thkg back on , I’ve been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women.

Everyone always says, “When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay. Instead of me beg gay, I’m the fag hag.

EXPLORG RUMORS TO DETERME WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY – BS ROUNDUPS

What do you thk of all the tert and hope om fans that there is a gay member the Backstreet Boys?

He’s this olr gentleman om Tampa and he’s gay, and he’s been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U.

WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY

Who’s lour: a bunch of screamg girls or a bunch of screamg gays? Unfortunately, people that get bullied as much as some of the fans of ours have, or many of the young gay teens that got bulled to mtg suici, there a pot where starts on the other end – starts on the bully si. I hope that the young teens, or even full-grown gay men and gay women that are still stgglg wh bullyg and still stgglg wh beg looked down upon, know that you n do this as long as you surround yourself wh the right people and believe yourself and stay te to who you are.

WHO AMONG THE BACKSTREET BOYS MEMBER IS GAY?

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.

WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?THE Z100 MORNG ZOO1 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY? LYRICSYEHWE ARE ON FIREWE HAVE SIRBUT ONE IS THAT WAYONE BACKSTREET BOY IS GAYBUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE MEANSCE NOW HE'S A QUEENDON'T ASK PLEASEWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?TELL ME WHOA'T SAYG THAT 'S A.JTELL ME WHO A'T SAYG THAT S HOWIETELL ME WHOI NEVER WANNA HEAR U SAYWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?NOW I N SEE HIMHE'S WOMEN'S CLOTHBUT HE DON'T NEED AN I.U.D YEHHE LIK VILLAGE PEOPLEHE'S PLAYG CROQUETHIS DOG IS A PEKEHE IS ON FIREHIS BACK PERSPIRWON'T SAY (WON'T SAY WON'T SAY) WHO'S GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEHE'S ALWAYS SAYGA'T NOTHG BUT A BUTT ACHEA'T NOTHG BUT A UKEI NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY (NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY)WHICH ONE OF IS GAY?TELL ME WHO?A'T SAYG THAT 'S BRIAN (WWOOAAHH)TELL ME WHOA'T SAYG NICK OR KEVTELL ME WHOHE'S MAKG UP A SOUFFLéWHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY?OK WE'RE ALL GAY!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

There have been sporadic attempts to create succsful all-gay boy bands to ter to the LGBTQ dance club crowd.

Neverthels, there is a group of notable boy band members who publicly intify as gay, bisexual or queer. The 35-year-old boy banr is soundg off on everythg om gay marriage, the band's gay fan base, drsg drag (remember that 2012 photo shoot?

"Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women, " McLean said.