He was not the only out queer guy in rock. Not sure where he’s getting that from. Bowie was out as bisexual in the 1970s. Not sure if Freddy Mercury was “out” but it was well known.
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Against his managers’ advice, he came out in the pages of the Advocate the following year. “I was the only out queer guy in rock,” he says. “Freddie Mercury hadn’t come out before he died. Michael Stipe didn’t talk about it, nor Rob Halford, nor Bob Mould. It made me angry. I needed to put myself on that page of history, to get people to accept a queer person in music. And I met so many kids who were queer, who felt my being a queer person in music made a difference to them.”
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