Boy George has said straight artists appear to have more influence
on LGBTI rights than gay artists.
The British Culture Club singer has questioned whether Macklemore
and Ryan Lewis’ hit ‘Same Love’ would have had the same impact if the duo were
gay.
Speaking to News Ltd, he said: ‘If it had been a gay rapper that
had done Same Love I think it probably wouldn’t have had the same impact…
‘It’s a weird thing about our culture. I think Same Love is a great
record, I don’t care if he’s straight or gay, it doesn’t matter.
‘It shouldn’t matter, but unfortunately it does.’
He continued: ‘If you’re gay doing that song people think you’re
preaching. No, it’s my life. It’s the same as a guy speaking about his
girlfriend.
‘For some reason when you’re gay, people think you only talk about
being gay.
‘I don’t, actually. My sexuality takes up about three hours a
month. At a push. And I’m sure that’s the same for a lot of straight people.
‘If you look at how much you actually get down to business it’s
really not as much of a priority as people think it is.’
Boy George is currently in Australia to promote his new solo album
This Is What I Do.
The more Str8 artist come out as accepting of Gay life styles the more society on a whole will accept it too. I do think we as Gay do have some influence but it will take a collected effort of many to brake into the mainstream of society on a whole
ReplyDeleteyeah we have some influence
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