Kurt Coba's 1993 Advote Cover Story: 'I'm Gay Spir'

Contents:

• Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.
• KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'
• DS GAY: EL LEGADO JTAMENTE OLVIDADO NTRA LA HOMOFOBIA KURT COBA
• REDISVERED INTERVIEW REVEALS KURT COBA THOUGHT HE WAS GAY
• LOOKG BACK AT KURT COBA’S ADVOCY FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF GAYS AND WOMEN

Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.

As a teenager, Kurt Coba beiend a homosexual stunt at school, and suffered bullyg om heterosexual stunts who nclud that Coba was gay.

In an terview he said that he liked havg the inty of beg gay bee he did not like people and when they thought he was gay they left him alone. He stated, “I started beg really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn’t”. His iend tried to kiss him and Coba backed away and told his iend he was not gay but would still be iends wh him.

KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'

In a 1993 terview wh The Advote, Coba claimed that he was “gay spir” and “probably uld be bisexual. One of his personal journals stat, “I am not gay, although I wish I were, jt to piss off homophob. Coba is the Gen X in who popularized alternative mic and culture, but on the 25th anniversary of his ath this week, I cherish another aspect of his legacy much more: his nsistent and vol support of gay rights.

Coba’s “oh well, whatever, never md” attu about sexual inty, exprsed lyrics and terviews, changed the urse of my Coba might not be the first name you thk of when to gay rights, his band was never shy about s polics, pecially where LGBTQ issu were ncerned.

DS GAY: EL LEGADO JTAMENTE OLVIDADO NTRA LA HOMOFOBIA KURT COBA

In 1992, Nirvana played a “No on #9” benef ncert and issued a public statement opposg Measure 9, a statewi anti-gay cizen ballot iative Oregon that would have required “all ernments” the state to treat homosexualy as “abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse. ” And the ler not of their album “Inctici, ” released that December, they warned: “If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for — leave the f--- alone! ” The ler not to their next album, “In Utero, ” echoed that admonn: “If you’re a sexist, racist, homophobe or basilly an a--hole, don’t buy this CD.

In a 1993 terview wh the Advote, which I remember readg breathlsly a Borrs bookstore wh the ver fold over so no one uld tell what I was holdg, Coba lled himself “gay spir” and revealed that as a teenager, he often qutned his sexualy and sprayed “God is gay” graffi the small town of Aberen, Wash., where he grew up.

REDISVERED INTERVIEW REVEALS KURT COBA THOUGHT HE WAS GAY

All this played out the early ’90s, when AIDS jok and the word “fag” were mon, ias about allowg gays to openly serve the ary were nsired radil, and policians were wagg culture wars over “fay valu.

’s Michael Stipe, but Nirvana’s pro-gay gtur and s inoclastic sound were remarkable for any popular mic act. The ia that you uld make mic that was aggrsive, hard and loud and be an ally to the gay muny seemed revolutnary, pecially for me, a closeted prep school graduate om Detro’s suburbs.

LOOKG BACK AT KURT COBA’S ADVOCY FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF GAYS AND WOMEN

The publitn had characterized gay people as sad and pathetic, but I still volunteered at a bake sale to raise money for . The band were ahead of their time attus towards clivyKurt was outspoken on gay rights, homophobia and sexism. He said he wished he'd been gay, jt to annoy homophob, and often wore drs to prott agast sexism.

"He admted to spray-patg rs wh "God is gay" and was once arrted for graffig by police Aberen, Washgton State.