Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean Talks Gay Band Members, Beg A 'Fag Hag' | HuffPost Voic

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• BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'
• BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
• MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’
• WHO AMONG THE BACKSTREET BOYS MEMBER IS GAY?
• EXPLORG RUMORS TO DETERME WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY – BS ROUNDUPS

BACKSTREET BOYS' A.J. MCLEAN TALKS GAY BAND MEMBERS, BEG A 'FAG HAG'

The Backstreet Boys were at a drag show when they first realized they had a gay followg. I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg, " A.

' Thkg back on , I've been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women. As for any sort of gay mors surroundg him or the pop group, he don't re. "Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.

BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER

Instead of me beg gay, I'm the fag hag, " he said. He's this olr gentleman om Tampa and he's gay, and he's been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U.

I thk he really hop that Nick might have a ltle b of gay. " The 35-year-old McLean, who married 2011 and is the father of a ltle girl, long supported equal rights and the band's gay fan base.

"We have a huge gay followg -- 's awome, " he told Out magaze back 2010. "I, personally, am tryg to get more and more volved wh the gay and lbian movement, very much so. I've got que a lot of gay iends back L.

MY GAY INTERVIEW WH A BACKSTREET BOY: ‘I’M THE FAG HAG’

And we make our mic for everyone, and whether you're gay, straight, black, whe, don't matter.

The mastream populary of boy bands wtern mic almost ensur that one or two members of each group intifi as gay, bisexual or queer.

Most out gay boy band members talk about their early reer days of havg dual personas - the public heterosexual teen male, and the private gay dividual - creatg an thenticy paradox. There have been sporadic attempts to create succsful all-gay boy bands to ter to the LGBTQ dance club crowd.

WHO AMONG THE BACKSTREET BOYS MEMBER IS GAY?

Neverthels, there is a group of notable boy band members who publicly intify as gay, bisexual or queer. For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre "love letters" to the LGBTQ muny. For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre “love letters” to the LGBTQ muny.

I started dog mil theater at a young age and I was troduced to a whole new world of people — gay and straight — and I fell love. I have a lot of gay iends and two of my bt iends have been together for almost 10 years. We have a huge gay followg and ’s a huge al.

When were the Backstreet Boys first aware they had a gay followg? Kev (Richardson) was obvly olr, so he had been around all his gays at Disney (when he worked there before Backstreet Boys) and he had been around drag queens before Nick (Carter) and me. I was bi myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay followg.

EXPLORG RUMORS TO DETERME WHICH BACKSTREET BOY IS GAY – BS ROUNDUPS

” Thkg back on , I’ve been this bs sce I was 3 and I grew up mil theater, so I was raised and surround by gay men and gay women. Everyone always says, “When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay. Instead of me beg gay, I’m the fag hag.

What do you thk of all the tert and hope om fans that there is a gay member the Backstreet Boys? He’s this olr gentleman om Tampa and he’s gay, and he’s been followg durg this whole tour om Cha to Japan and now through the U.

Who’s lour: a bunch of screamg girls or a bunch of screamg gays? Unfortunately, people that get bullied as much as some of the fans of ours have, or many of the young gay teens that got bulled to mtg suici, there a pot where starts on the other end – starts on the bully si.