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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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“It’s wonrful to be gay. I love beg gay.
“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.
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“It’s a growg swell of anger and homophobia that’s around Ameri. ”The mician also weighed on a recent sndal volvg Brish news anchor Phillip Schofield, llg the public rponse to "totally homophobic. We take a look at how Regald Dwight beme one of most famo openly gay micians of all time and how he posively impacts the LGBTQ muny to this day.
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