Judas Prit ontman Rob Halford rells the story of when he me out as gay durg an MTV terview 1998.
Contents:
- ROB HALFORD LOOKS BACK ON G OUT AS GAY ON MTV: “IT’S A GLOR MOMENT”
- WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY
- ROB HALFORD RELLS WHEN HE CAME OUT AS GAY
- ROB HALFORD DISCS SEXUALY PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFFEBARY 5, 1998/5:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY MTV NEWS STAFFFEBARY 5, 1998 / 5:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ROB HALFORD DISCS SEXUALY PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"1998-02-05T22:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"1998-02-05T22:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER JUDAS PRIT ONTMAN ROB HALFORD IS BACK WH A NEW BAND, A NEW ALBUM, AND A NEW OPENNS ABOUT MORS AND SPECULATN THAT HAVE LONG SURROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN A GAY MAN ALL OF MY LIFE, AND THAT 'S ONLY BEEN RECENT TIM THAT 'S AN ISSUE THAT I FEEL FORTABLE TO ADDRS, AND AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN WH ME EVER SCE REGNIZG MY OWN SEXUALY" [400K AUD], HALFORD TOLD MTV NEWS RECENTLY, ADDRSG THE SUBJECT PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S SOMETHG THAT I'VE BEEN FORTABLE WH FOREVER, SOMETHG THAT I FEEL HAS A MOMENT, AND THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DISCS AND TO GO TO THE REASONS, AND THE WHYS AND THE WHEREFOR AS TO THE STATEMENT, THE SO-LLED G OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HALFORD REACH THIS PHASE JT AS HIS REER IS TAKG YET ANOTHER TURN. THE SGER, WHO HELPED TO SHAPE THE FACE AND SOUND OF HEAVY METAL DURG THE 70S AND 80S WH JUDAS PRIT,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SOON RELEASE THE US OF HIS LATT ENAVOR, THE GROUP TWO. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK, TWO WILL RELEASE S FIRST ALBUM, "VOYRS," ON TRENT REZNOR'S NOTHG RERDS NEXT MONTH (THE ALBUM EVEN BOASTS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCG CRED FOR REZNOR).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF HOMOPHOBIA STILL EXISTS THE MIC WORLD, ALL KDS OF MIC," HALFORD SAID. "I WOULDN'T SAY 'S ANY MORE PHOBIC METAL OR RAP OR WHATEVER THIS MIC IS THAT I'M DOG NOW, BUT THAT¹S JT SOMETHG THAT I THK WE ALL HAVE TO ADDRS OUR OWN LIV. IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WH , I THK WE SHOULD SEEK HELP AND FD OUT WHY WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WH " [300K AUD].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OPENLY DISCSG HIS SEXUALY NOW, HALFORD SAID THAT HE HOP HE'S HELPG OTHERS TO DO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK 'S DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, MAKG THE CISN TO E FORWARD AND BE WHO YOU ARE, BASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEER PRSURE, PECIALLY IF YOU'RE A TEENAGER," HALFORD SAID. "THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE ANXIETY BEGS, AND SO MAYBE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS THAT DO STEP ONT OF A MERA AND LET THE WORLD KNOW, MAYBE 'S OF SOME HELP, WHERE THERE'S AN DIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN SUCCSFUL, THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE DREAMS AND VISNS AND GOALS LIFE AND NOT LET THE ISSUE OF SEXUALY BE SOMETHG TO HOLD THEM BACK, SO I THK 'S AN IMPORTANT THG" [450K AUD].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- HE BEME METAL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEGASTAR 1998. WHY IS HE STILL THE ONLY ONE?
- JUDAS PRIEST'S ROB HALFORD ON HIS LIFE AS GAY MAN: 'IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE LIKE ME GET THROWN OFF BUILDGS'
ROB HALFORD LOOKS BACK ON G OUT AS GAY ON MTV: “IT’S A GLOR MOMENT”
Judas Prit's Rob Halford has marked Pri month by reflectg on the moment he me out as gay on televisn. * rob halford gay *
Judas Prit‘s Rob Halford has marked Pri month by reflectg on the moment he me out as gay on televisn.
“And I said somethg to the effect of, ‘Well, speakg as a gay man, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It was one of those gay sharp tak, ‘Oh my God, he’s e out. I thk if I’d…I still say today, if I’d have really thought this through, like today’s the day I’m gog to e out, maybe I even wouldn’t… maybe I may not have e out per se, bee ’s still a big moment for so many of , wh a close iend, wh someone at school, wh Mum and Dad, wh whomever, to actually say, ‘Hey, I’m a gay guy or I’m a gay girl.
WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY
* rob halford gay *
“So wow, was jt this enormo feelg of eedom, and the prsure was gone, and there’s no more talkg behd your back bee you have all this ammunn of power as a gay person now, as an out gay person.
“Mentally, on top of beg the gay man the closet, I had all the extra piec piled onto my life at that time. Judas Prit ontman Rob Halford has always lived a loud and proud heavy metal life, but only 1998 durg an MTV terview did he bee the first metal in to announce he is gay. “I thk that every gay person has a bigger story to tell than jt, 'Hello, I'm out, 's me, '” Halford, who turned 69 last month, told me a phone terview ahead of the book’s publitn on Tuday.
He wanted to sce Iron Main sger Pl Di’Anno, and he sported bandanas onstage that were a lor-d ve to gay amid the lorful stori are darker moments, both terms of dtry algs and pecially keepg himself closeted for so long. Halford was born 1951, and homosexualy was illegal the U. While a few mastream metal ontwomen like Otep and Lzzy Hale have been open recent years about beg gay or bisexual, Halford remas the only major gay male metal fans are often attracted to the aggrsive and theraptic nature of the genre — ’s a great way to let out pent-up tratn and feel empowered — and many skew more to the right than some of their ins.
ROB HALFORD RELLS WHEN HE CAME OUT AS GAY
'We always knew Rob was gay,' K.K. Downg said. * rob halford gay *
The gay, leather-lovg sger reveals his “totally ndid” memoir — “Confs: The Autobgraphy, ” out Tuday — that California ps vered up for his long-ago arrt for “public cency” at a Venice Beach rtroom. Stupid, and ashamed, but also angry — that, this late the century, gay men still had to live fear like this, ” ntu Halford, who publicly me out on MTV 1998 and rned wh the band 2003. And while the young man knew he was gay om childhood, th far, his only timate experienc were trmatic on.
But Confs n’t be rced to a llectn of salac gay enunters, e bg or romanticized rock’n’roll horror stori.
Yeah, pecially when we talk about the acceptance of my sexualy, which every gay person go through. And unls you’re a gay person, you n’t unrstand that, you n’t prehend .
ROB HALFORD DISCS SEXUALY PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFFEBARY 5, 1998/5:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY MTV NEWS STAFFFEBARY 5, 1998 / 5:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ROB HALFORD DISCS SEXUALY PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"1998-02-05T22:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"1998-02-05T22:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER JUDAS PRIT ONTMAN ROB HALFORD IS BACK WH A NEW BAND, A NEW ALBUM, AND A NEW OPENNS ABOUT MORS AND SPECULATN THAT HAVE LONG SURROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN A GAY MAN ALL OF MY LIFE, AND THAT 'S ONLY BEEN RECENT TIM THAT 'S AN ISSUE THAT I FEEL FORTABLE TO ADDRS, AND AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN WH ME EVER SCE REGNIZG MY OWN SEXUALY" [400K AUD], HALFORD TOLD MTV NEWS RECENTLY, ADDRSG THE SUBJECT PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S SOMETHG THAT I'VE BEEN FORTABLE WH FOREVER, SOMETHG THAT I FEEL HAS A MOMENT, AND THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DISCS AND TO GO TO THE REASONS, AND THE WHYS AND THE WHEREFOR AS TO THE STATEMENT, THE SO-LLED G OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HALFORD REACH THIS PHASE JT AS HIS REER IS TAKG YET ANOTHER TURN. THE SGER, WHO HELPED TO SHAPE THE FACE AND SOUND OF HEAVY METAL DURG THE 70S AND 80S WH JUDAS PRIT,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SOON RELEASE THE US OF HIS LATT ENAVOR, THE GROUP TWO. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK, TWO WILL RELEASE S FIRST ALBUM, "VOYRS," ON TRENT REZNOR'S NOTHG RERDS NEXT MONTH (THE ALBUM EVEN BOASTS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCG CRED FOR REZNOR).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF HOMOPHOBIA STILL EXISTS THE MIC WORLD, ALL KDS OF MIC," HALFORD SAID. "I WOULDN'T SAY 'S ANY MORE PHOBIC METAL OR RAP OR WHATEVER THIS MIC IS THAT I'M DOG NOW, BUT THAT¹S JT SOMETHG THAT I THK WE ALL HAVE TO ADDRS OUR OWN LIV. IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WH , I THK WE SHOULD SEEK HELP AND FD OUT WHY WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WH " [300K AUD].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OPENLY DISCSG HIS SEXUALY NOW, HALFORD SAID THAT HE HOP HE'S HELPG OTHERS TO DO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK 'S DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, MAKG THE CISN TO E FORWARD AND BE WHO YOU ARE, BASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEER PRSURE, PECIALLY IF YOU'RE A TEENAGER," HALFORD SAID. "THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE ANXIETY BEGS, AND SO MAYBE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS THAT DO STEP ONT OF A MERA AND LET THE WORLD KNOW, MAYBE 'S OF SOME HELP, WHERE THERE'S AN DIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN SUCCSFUL, THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE DREAMS AND VISNS AND GOALS LIFE AND NOT LET THE ISSUE OF SEXUALY BE SOMETHG TO HOLD THEM BACK, SO I THK 'S AN IMPORTANT THG" [450K AUD].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Well, no ’s nothg to do wh the S&M world or other subcultur the gay world! But years later when you started g the Handkerchief Co on stage (a system ed gay culture the 70s), that was a ltle different, right? My trips to Ameri really opened my ey as far as what the gay world is about.
We had our own style of the UK, but at the time, the early 70s, you uld still be thrown jail for beg a gay man.
At one pot you said how you’d be on the b and read the Bob Damron gui — which highlighted gay-iendly bars across Ameri — and fantasize about gog to the plac, but you jt uldn’t do .
HE BEME METAL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEGASTAR 1998. WHY IS HE STILL THE ONLY ONE?
One of them is jt gog to a gay bar and seeg somebody and hangg out and havg a drk and a cuddle the rner, not jt go back and wam, bam, thank you man. In honor of Pri Month, Judas Prit ontman Rob Halford — one of the first metal micians to e out as gay and certaly the most well-known at the time — has relled the story of how he announced his sexual orientatn to the world durg an MTV terview 1998, explag that he hadn’t planned to make the reveal that day but found an immediate relief. I thk if I’d… I still say today, if I’d have really thought this through, like today’s the day I’m gog to e out, maybe I even wouldn’t… maybe I may not have e out per se, bee ’s still a big moment for so many of , wh a close iend, wh someone at school, wh Mum and Dad, wh whomever, to actually say, ‘Hey, I’m a gay guy or I’m a gay girl.
Unlike his famo peers, Halford was navigatg heavy metal’s bchero, dg-fueled 1980s heyday and the heights of his own band’s stratospheric populary as a closeted gay man who was petrified about the potential nsequenc of revealg his te self.
JUDAS PRIEST'S ROB HALFORD ON HIS LIFE AS GAY MAN: 'IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE LIKE ME GET THROWN OFF BUILDGS'
“What if got out that I was gay, fans didn’t want anythg to do wh a band onted by a queer, and killed Judas Prit stone ad? ” He soon had to open a new office Arizona to handle all of the grateful letters om queer fans thankg him for givg them the strength to live their own Halford CostelloNow, after livg the public’s electric eye for most of his life, heavy metal’s most famo tattooed leather daddy (who’s actually been as good as hched for 30 years and scrib his own sex life as “vanilla”) proudly refers to himself as “the stately homo of heavy metal. Judas Prit lead sger Rob Halford, who is set for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ductn, is openly gay and is a relatnship wh an ex-Mare named Thomas Pence.
(Foto Stt Dulson / Getty Imag)Rob Halford, el emblemáti ntante Judas Prit, una las bandas fundamental en la historia l heavy metal, ntó que en los años 80 tuvo un tento suicid bido a las prn su sello disgráfi para que ocultara su homosexualidad.
”Estaba en una posición muy difícil: un gay ndiendo su intidad en una popularísima banda heavy metal. Nutros reprentant y nutro sello disgráfi me dijeron que probablemente era mejor mantener mi intidad sexual oculta porque si me claraba gay podía stir al gpo”, rerdó el volista en una entrevista al diar pañol El País.