Kele Okereke on explorg gay marriage the post-Brex era for his new play

Contents:

• BLOC PARTY'S KELE OKEREKE ON BEG GAY AND BLACK THE DANCE AND ROCK WORLDS
• BLOC PARTY’S KELE OKEREKE OPENS UP ABOUT GAY PARENTG AND HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘FATHERHOOD’
• WHAT WAS KYLE DEAN'S CSE OF DEATH? GAY PORN STAR DEAD AT 21
• KELE OKEREKE ON EXPLORG GAY MARRIAGE THE POST-BREX ERA FOR HIS NEW PLAY

BLOC PARTY'S KELE OKEREKE ON BEG GAY AND BLACK THE DANCE AND ROCK WORLDS

I feel happs and secury, which I never saw for myself s Leave to Rema, a mil, cross-cultural gay love story, was a real achievement. But then he me out as gay and went om unual to unique. A black, gay role mol die mic; was a label that, at the time, he didn’t love.

I’ve always wanted to be a father, but as a gay man I didn’t know if was possible.

BLOC PARTY’S KELE OKEREKE OPENS UP ABOUT GAY PARENTG AND HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘FATHERHOOD’

I feel, as a gay man, as a gay sger, you n fall to a hab, fall to the trap, of thkg we’re not really allowed to exprs sire. That as a gay man sgg about love and sire everythg has to be d, has to be kd of hidn. Beg able to sg hontly wh Olly, someone who I know unrstands this kd of stggle that gay sgers have to go through, is liberatg.

WHAT WAS KYLE DEAN'S CSE OF DEATH? GAY PORN STAR DEAD AT 21

Speakg about Olly, I would say that you’ve fely paved the way for a new generatn of young gay sgers. I feel there are lots of gay sgers bands, or gay artists and that’s kd of great.

KELE OKEREKE ON EXPLORG GAY MARRIAGE THE POST-BREX ERA FOR HIS NEW PLAY

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