Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij opens up about cisn to tell fans he is gay

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• VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ TALKS ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY TO FANS
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND’S GAY MEMBER
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND’S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ OPENS UP ABOUT CISN TO TELL FANS HE IS GAY
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND KEYBOARDIST: "I'M GAY"
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS GAY! JT FYI.BY JOHN POLLYFEBARY 22, 2010/5:57 PMBY JOHN POLLYFEBARY 22, 2010 / 5:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS GAY! JT FYI.","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-02-22T22:57:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-02-22T22:57:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOHN POLLY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM. PRODUCER, SONGWRER, MICIAN AND ER... GAY. NICE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, WE'VE TERVIEWED THE VAMPIRE WEEKEND BOYS HERE AT LOGO BEFORE. AND WE PRUME WE KNOW EVERYTHG ABOUT WHO'S GAY OUT THERE GAY-LAND. SO NSIR GOBSMACKED TO DISVER VIA AN D-MANNERED EMAIL OM THAT THE BAND'S KEYBOARDIST/GUARIST ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS A GAY! WHAAAA...????{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRAH! MAYBE THAT EXPLAS THE PRENCE OF JAKEY G. VW'S LATT VIO FOR "GIVG UP THE GUN"?? AND MAYBE EXPLAS THE SLAMM' POPPY FUN THAT IS BATMANGLIJ'S OTHER BAND, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVS, 'S ALL GOOD. SO WE'LL CELEBRATE OUR NEWT GAY BFF WH THIS PLAYER OF TUN OM DISVERY'S GREAT ALBUM, LP, OM LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT NOW, LISTEN TO DISVERY'S EAKY/HOT VER OF THE JACKSON 5'S "I WANT YOU BACK." GAY-MAZG!!!!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND AFTER THE JUMP, WATCH VW'S HOT "GIVG UP THE GUN" VIO. SWOON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRG ON THE HOT TENNIS SHORTS!!!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE THOSE FTIVE SHORTS SHOULD HAVE TIPPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{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
• ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE

VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ TALKS ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY TO FANS

11) was Natnal Comg Day, and to memorate the holiday, Vampire Weekend's eclectic keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij shared the story of how he publicly me out as gay to his fans via Instagram. Batmanglij not only discsed his personal experience wh cidg to e out, spe his current lack of jtifitn for dog so, as well as how he's pleased wh the social progrs that the gay muny has ma sce then.

And was also the first time someone had been able to hear Diplomat’s Son om Contra, —a song I had started on my own w the tentn of tellg a gay story. The timg felt right and I felt I uld tst Josh, so a phone terview wh him I talked about beg gay wh a journalist for the first time. Vampire Weekend’s multi-stmentalist, producer and (cintally) bt drsed member, Rostam Batmanglij, has crossed the thrhold between In and Out gog on-the-rerd about beg gay a recent terview wh Out magaze.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND’S GAY MEMBER

Durg the terview Batmanglij, who also shar the band’s songwrg duti – speaks about troducg a homosexual perspective to Vampire Weekend songs. His song “Diplomat’s Son” off their latt album is about a gay relatnship, an example of the lyrics:. Batmanglij also “got gay” on the song “I Wanna Be Your Boyiend” for his mil si-project Disvery.

I was disappoted when didn’t bee a gay anthem, but, you know, ’s not too late. Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij has discsed the moment he cid to tell the public he is gay to mark Natnal Comg Out Day, which took place on Sunday (October 11).

Vampire Weekend Keyboardist: "I'm Gay"Rock band Vampire Weekend is makg headl for s much-publicized "Givg Up the Gun" mic vio starrg Joe Jonas and Jake Gyllenhaal as duelg tennis players, but keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij is also makg a splash of his own, nfirmg to Out magazethat he's gay. Gay. And we prume we know everythg about who's gay out there gay-land.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND’S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ OPENS UP ABOUT CISN TO TELL FANS HE IS GAY

So nsir gobsmacked to disver via an d-mannered email om that the band's keyboardist/guarist Rostam Batmanglij is a gay! So we'll celebrate our newt gay bff wh this player of tun om Disvery's great album, LP, om last now, listen to Disvery's eaky/hot ver of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back.

" Gay-mazg!!!! Rostam Batmanglij is Iranian (and gay), Ba is Italian – wh a fay nnectn to Steve Bcemi, no ls – and Koenig is Jewish and studied on a scholarship. "I don't know if me beg gay and Iranian is pletely eded out [of the band's prs story], " he says.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND KEYBOARDIST: "I'M GAY"

"I n pass as a lot of thgs: people meet me and don't thk I'm gay and speak about gay people a certa way or they don't know I'm Middle Eastern and do the same. 15 release of his first solo album, “Half-Light, ” Batmanglij looked back on his experience a ndid Daily Beast terview wh former MTV News rrponnt John the seven years sce the 33-year-old me out as gay, the mastream mic dtry has embraced more openly queer stars like Frank Ocean, Sam Smh and Troye Sivan. ”In some rpects, “Bike Dream” follows the footsteps of “Diplomat’s Son, ” the Vampire Weekend tune Batmanglij once scribed as “a six-mute dancehall song about a gay relatnship.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS GAY! JT FYI.BY JOHN POLLYFEBARY 22, 2010/5:57 PMBY JOHN POLLYFEBARY 22, 2010 / 5:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS GAY! JT FYI.","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-02-22T22:57:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-02-22T22:57:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOHN POLLY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAMPIRE WEEKEND'S ROSTAM. PRODUCER, SONGWRER, MICIAN AND ER... GAY. NICE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, WE'VE TERVIEWED THE VAMPIRE WEEKEND BOYS HERE AT LOGO BEFORE. AND WE PRUME WE KNOW EVERYTHG ABOUT WHO'S GAY OUT THERE GAY-LAND. SO NSIR GOBSMACKED TO DISVER VIA AN D-MANNERED EMAIL OM THAT THE BAND'S KEYBOARDIST/GUARIST ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS A GAY! WHAAAA...????{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRAH! MAYBE THAT EXPLAS THE PRENCE OF JAKEY G. VW'S LATT VIO FOR "GIVG UP THE GUN"?? AND MAYBE EXPLAS THE SLAMM' POPPY FUN THAT IS BATMANGLIJ'S OTHER BAND, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVS, 'S ALL GOOD. SO WE'LL CELEBRATE OUR NEWT GAY BFF WH THIS PLAYER OF TUN OM DISVERY'S GREAT ALBUM, LP, OM LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT NOW, LISTEN TO DISVERY'S EAKY/HOT VER OF THE JACKSON 5'S "I WANT YOU BACK." GAY-MAZG!!!!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND AFTER THE JUMP, WATCH VW'S HOT "GIVG UP THE GUN" VIO. SWOON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRG ON THE HOT TENNIS SHORTS!!!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE THOSE FTIVE SHORTS SHOULD HAVE TIPPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{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

While she will first and foremost be remembered as an inic wrer of gothic horror — most notably for her Vampire Chronicl seri — her advocy for LGBTQ rights and steadfast support of her enthiastic, gay fan base would bee an sential part of her legacy. Her son, Christopher Rice, who is gay and is himself an acplished wrer, shared the news of his mother’s passg on her Facebook page.

ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE

” 'I have a gay sensibily'Rice wrote the first and most famo book the Vampire Chronicl seri, “Interview Wh the Vampire, ” 1976. At the time, she was mourng the loss of her 5-year-old dghter, Michele, one of her two children wh poet Stan the book failed to imprs crics, beme an immediate mercial succs, large part bee of s populary among gay rears.