Gay Men in rock/pop
Gay Men in rock/pop
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#0Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:11pm
Well, there's:
Rufus Wainwright
Elton John
Roddy Bottum and Will Schwartz of Imperial Teen
Rob Halford of Judas Priest
and....?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#1re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:13pmHeLLOOO, George Michael and Boy George! How could you forget them?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#2re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:15pmLesley Gore for Rath.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#3re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:16pmShe's not a man, but thanks for the thought.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#4re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:17pm
I am worried now about possible "outing"
I'm out, enjoy.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
Updated On: 8/24/05 at 12:17 PM
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#5re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:18pm
She's not?
Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks
Freddie Mercury of course...
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#6re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:18pm
kd lang
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#7re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:18pm
Lesbian..man..same difference. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#8re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:18pmOh! Stephen Merritt of Magnetic Fields!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#9re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:19pm
Okay, enough with the lesbian man jokes.
That said, Rosie O'Donnell. Okay, not a musician, but pretty damn manly.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:24pm
Sorry, couldn't resist.
But Rath, u know, even straight girls love lesbians. :)
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#11re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:25pm
Stephen Gateley
That Westlife boy who came out a few days ago
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#12re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:29pmHalf of The Scissor Sisters
http://preppylife.tumblr.com/
#13re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:31pm
There's that American Idol nerd who turned out to be pretty hot when they made him over....Jim Verraros?
#14re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:33pmDon't I know it, shameless!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#15re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:36pm
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#16re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:38pm
Don't forget all my 80's favorites!
Andrew Bell - don't get much gayer than that.
Morrissey
Jimmy Sommerville
Neil Tennant
Marc Almond
Annie Lennox (honorary)
And for Rathy:
Sinead O'Connor (although now she's not sure)
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
Updated On: 8/24/05 at 12:38 PM
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#17re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:44pmstephen gately was in boyzone and that happened years ago lol! Mark from westlife came out a few days ago... at least i think it's mark... the one with the square head!
Jesus Loves You... Everybody else thinks you're an idiot!
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#18re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:46pmThat's what I said in my post. I didn't say Stephen Gateley came out a few days ago, now did I?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#19re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:47pmWow, there are a lot of gay men in British pop music. Would I be correct in assuming that homosexuality is more accepted in the UK?
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#20re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:53pm
i don't think so... Stephen Gately took years to come out and Westlife have been going years! I think with all three the media has been involved with the option either they come out or they'll run the story anyway... at least, that's what happened in the cases of Stephen Gately and Will Young! I can't think of anyone else who is gay in British pop music?
Sorry... re-read post and realise it was my reading error!
Jesus Loves You... Everybody else thinks you're an idiot!
#21re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:59pmI get the sense from having family in the UK that they are much more open and accepting of homosexuality. That's not a blanket statement, but they're less conservative in this respect, I think.
http://preppylife.tumblr.com/
#22re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 1:00pmMichael Stipe of REM
But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)
#23re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 1:27pm
I love REM and Stipe was really cool to my friends who met him in Athens. He was very open, too.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#24re: Gay Men in rock/pop
Posted: 8/24/05 at 2:45pmLance Bass from N'sync (Oops, he's not out yet)
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
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