KISS' Pl Stanley addrs the persistent mor over the years that he's gay and opens up about what 's been like to work wh Gene Simmons all this time.
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- KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS GAY RUMOR, DISCS WORKG WH GENE SIMMONS
- BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
- KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY, ACTUALLY SAYS SOMETHG INTELLIGENT
- KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY DON'T MD IF YOU THK HE'S GAY
KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS GAY RUMOR, DISCS WORKG WH GENE SIMMONS
The out gay man who ma KISS superstars, got them to rock hall of fame | Montreal Gazette Skip to Content Subscribe FAQ My Acunt Manage My Subscriptn News Lol News Off-Island Gazette Wt Island Gazette Natnal World COVID-19 Vios Te Crime Podsts Weather Archiv Sports Hockey Hockey Insi Out Montreal Canadiens NHL Laval Rocket World Junrs Football Montreal Alouett CFL NFL Soccer MLS CF Montréal Baseball Basketball Golf Tennis Auto Racg Sports Bettg Opn Aisl and other edorial rtoons Columnists Edorials Send Us an Opn Column or Letter Bs Lol Bs Open durg COVID FP Markets FP Headl FP Money Energy Real Estate First-Time Homebuyers Technology Gamg Inter Science Small Bs Montreal's Top Employers MoneyWise Canada Borrowg Money Future Money Growg Money The Logic Arts Lol Arts Montreal movi Movie Listgs Televisn TV Listgs Montreal theatre Mic Books Celebry Life Fashn & Bety Food Recip Lol Food Reviews Health Diet & Fns Fay & Child Men Women Senrs Sexual Health Diet & Fns Parentg Relatnships Hom Condos Renovatg New Hom & Condos Travel Shoppg Essentials Home Livg Tech Kchen & Dg Personal Care Entertament & Hobbi Gift Gui Travel Gui Deals Royals Advice Horosp Contts Natnal Contts Puzzl New York Tim Crossword Comics Healthg Drivg ePaper Rememberg Browse Notic Place an Obuary Place an In Memoriam Classifieds Place an Ad Celebratns Real Estate Workg Shoppg This Week's Flyers Auctn Newsletters Manage Prt Subscriptn Profile Settgs Manage Prt Subscriptn / Tax Receipt Manage My Subscriptns Manage My Newsletters Ctomer Service FAQ NewsSportsOpnBsArtsLifePuzzlComicsHealthgDrivgePaperRemembergNewslettersManage Prt Subscriptn This advertisement has not load yet, but your article ntu below. The out gay man who ma KISS superstars, got them to rock hall of fame Published Apr 11, 2014 • 6 mute read The four origal members of KISS – Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Pl Stanley and Peter Criss – put asi their personal differenc at their 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ductn ceremony. What has always trigued me, however, is how Bill Au was accepted as an out gay man the macho 1970s mic dtry.
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
Shortly after Styx -founr Chuck Panozzo announced 2001 that he is gay and livg wh HIV, he told me that durg the heady 1970s he never even whispered the tth, not even to his band mat. When I ask him what he would advise a gay rock star to do – e out or stay closeted – Fernanz repli, “Do whatever you want, do whatever mak you fortable. I mean, Elton John, I thk pretty much everybody knew he was gay.
There have been many mors about KISS over the years, but the one that's always taken volist Pl Stanley by surprise is that he's gay. Durg a chat wh New Zealand's The Breeze (seen above), Stanley was qutned about the crazit mor he's heard about told terviewer Robert Stt, "The odst, to me, was always — and 's always persisted over time -- is that I'm gay. And he drew the bt cks the universe: He uld have gotten a job workg at a gay porno magaze.
Sce I’m gay, I never really got the job as producer and there was a real glass ceilg there. 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.
KISS’ PL STANLEY ADDRS RUMORS THAT HE’S GAY, ACTUALLY SAYS SOMETHG INTELLIGENT
There have been sporadic attempts to create succsful all-gay boy bands to ter to the LGBTQ dance club crowd. Neverthels, there is a group of notable boy band members who publicly intify as gay, bisexual or queer.
KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY DON'T MD IF YOU THK HE'S GAY
“Well, the odst, to me, was always — and ’s always persisted over time — is that I’m gay. See how he was able to say “I’m a heterosexual” whout beltlg gays?
KISS's Pl Stanley has opened up about long-standg mors about his sexualy, sayg he wouldn't be ashamed to be a gay man. "If I were [gay], I’d be proud to be whatever I am, " the 63-year-old rocker told New Zealand's The Breeze.
"Commemoratg KISS's ductn to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, The Montreal Gazette published a profile of Bill Au, the legendary rock manager who disvered the band the early 1970s and who also happened to be an openly gay man.