To Be a Gay Man by Will Young – out and proud | Autobgraphy and memoir | The Guardian

Contents:

• WILL YOUNG ADMS HE WAS 'ASHAMED' TO BE OPENLY GAY DURG HIS EARLY MIC REER
• WILL YOUNG OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SHAMG AND ADMS HE 'SAYS WRONG THG ALL THE TIME'
• TO BE A GAY MAN
• TO BE A GAY MAN BY WILL YOUNG – OUT AND PROUD
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

WILL YOUNG ADMS HE WAS 'ASHAMED' TO BE OPENLY GAY DURG HIS EARLY MIC REER

But, to put that ntext, I was nervo about wearg red traers se people thought I was gay. He has sce wrten a book about homophobia and gay shame, To Be a Gay Man. ”The real toxicy me om the media – such as the Mail on Sunday, which 2002 attempted to break the “news” about Young beg gay before he uld e out himself.

WILL YOUNG OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SHAMG AND ADMS HE 'SAYS WRONG THG ALL THE TIME'

“There was one sayg I was part of a gay bullyg rg – basilly abg boys at Wellgton – and I let go. And there was a story once about my brother chasg after me wh a baseball bat when he found out I was gay, and I’m really mortified that I n’t go that far back and sue.

But, unfortunately, the climate wasn’t so fivg for someone who was gay. “I very ocsnally still get now, blok gog: ‘I listen to your mic, but I’m not gay.

TO BE A GAY MAN

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In theory, this means two people uld rry “gay gen, ” but both of them wouldn’t necsarily be gay pendg on certa environmental factors.

TO BE A GAY MAN BY WILL YOUNG – OUT AND PROUD

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↑ BBC News "Pop Idol Will: 'I'm gay'" 10 March 2002. Gay.

Homosexual orientatn tws: a report on 61 pairs and three triplet sets.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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