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GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
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Now 72, John tells Variety that he was 23 when he actually realized he was gay. Acrdg to “Rocketman, ” she told her son he would never be tly loved bee he was gay.
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“And I thk I wouldn’t have had the life I’ve had if I hadn’t been gay. “Don’t let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy. “There are so many wonrful diverse people the world — straight people, gay people [and] transgenr people.
People who should know better plac of rponsibily [and] attack gay people, transgenr people … they claim to be close to God, [but] they uldn’t be further away om God if they tried.
"There’s a law now that, if you vis a doctor Florida, they n refe to treat you if you’re gay, which I fd jt unbelievable.