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{"commentId":222181,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
"obvious" tag, anyone?
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- 15 votes
#1 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:20 PM EDT{"commentId":222224,"authorDomain":"wilhelm"}
*shudders*
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{"commentId":222492,"authorDomain":"flyer00"}
Yup, can't say I'm surprised by this at all ;)
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{"commentId":222669,"authorDomain":"pdoubleu"}
this reminds me of Judas Priest lead Rob Halford. looking back it was so obvious.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":223350,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
George Michael of Wham, anyone?
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{"commentId":227470,"authorDomain":"rutty"}
this reminds me of Judas Priest lead Rob Halford. looking back it was so obvious.
Old Rob was certainly Hell Bent for Leather ;)
I'm also waiting for various members of Manowar to come out
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{"commentId":222214,"authorDomain":"brianford"}
Heheh -- I would also note that he admitted it after being spotted hanging out in gay bars with his boyfriend.
I suppose carelessness counts as outing himself -- but it still feels as though he was outed before he willingly conceded the info.
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- 3 votes
#2 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:44 PM EDT{"commentId":222269,"authorDomain":"josh-of-arc"}
Nonsense! Like Liberace, Lance just hasn't... found the right girl...
- J
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- 6 votes
#3 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:28 PM EDT{"commentId":222305,"authorDomain":"bwells"}
Right on, Lance. One shouldn't make light of such an announcement, as we still live in a world where gay people have to worry about the consequences of just being themselves. I was 27 before I FINALLY broke the news to myself (I was in ferocious denial), family, and friends... I grew up in Georgia, steeped in ignorance and fear. Even after moving to Seattle after college, it took me 5 years to get all of that delusion out of my system. It should not be this way.
We should be able to be open about whether we prefer intimacy with men or women just as we are open about being male or female. There is nothing more important in this insane world than finding the happiness that can only come from being 100% true to your natural self.
I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.
That is exactly the way I felt when I came out. Before, I couldn't even conceive of finding peace.
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- 18 votes
#4 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:52 PM EDT{"commentId":222576,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
@bwells - sorry, I didn't mean to insult anyone. I've had many friends who have had to deal with the stress of coming out (or not) - and it really is a difficult, and very brave, thing to do.
Thank you for pointing that out. :-)
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{"commentId":223329,"authorDomain":"bwells"}
It is pretty obvious, though! (I have to tell myself to lighten up sometimes...) ;-)
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":222320,"authorDomain":"zaki"}
ha, this was pre-planned for his upcoming new album "I'm, Gay, I'm Gay".
Just re-watch those old N Sync videos...one of them was bound to be gay.
That's not a bad thing, maybe he can become a huge spokesperson for gay rights using new songs...i.e. "Let us be gayyy, gays throw flowers not bombs" etc etc.
C'mon Lance Bass, become a PR, I think you will get a lot of support out of it.
Funny who you must be famous to speak out publicly about a controversial issue in order to gain attention.
What if I started singing about student loans...most people would say..."who the hell is this dude? he's not famous"
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- 4 votes
#5 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:04 PM EDT{"commentId":222366,"authorDomain":"serenitysprings"}
I think it's great that he was finally able to come out. It must be hell to exist in a world where you have to hide your sexuality in order to sell albums. Because, you know, selling albums must be way more important than being true to yourself...
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- 2 votes
#6 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:55 PM EDT{"commentId":222400,"authorDomain":"bwells"}
...where you have to hide your sexuality in order to sell albums. Because, you know, selling albums must be way more important than being true to yourself...
I may be foolish to jump to Bass's defense- he has reaped millions from his career. But the state of our society- where dancing and singing to inane pop music can pay millions, and where being openly gay can kill careers- is hardly his fault. If he'd come out while the N'Sync was going strong, he'd have brought the whole group down with him- hardly fair to the other guys. (Although the loss of their music would have done us all a favor, but I digress ;)
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- 3 votes
#8 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:25 PM EDT{"commentId":223683,"authorDomain":"sokabs"}
Although the loss of their music would have done us all a favor, but I digress
No need to apologize here. It was a very important digression, if I do say so myself.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":224251,"authorDomain":"serenitysprings"}
Oh believe me, I agree. I was being sarcastic about the state of our society but I guess that didn't come across too well across these tubes connecting teh webernets. :)
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{"commentId":223222,"authorDomain":"KevinR"}
rofl, I knew it all along.
All the girls in school never believed me -.-
"OMG HE IS SOOO CUTE"
I laugh @ joo
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#9 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:31 AM EDT{"commentId":223380,"authorDomain":"spring"}
I like that the most recent file photo the AP has of Bass is when he was on his way to space.
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- 3 votes
#10 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:08 PM EDT{"commentId":223494,"authorDomain":"abenton"}
I didn't know anyone thought he wasnt?
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- 3 votes
#11 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:53 PM EDT{"commentId":223663,"authorDomain":"mrconservative"}
It's obvious, and I don't see how this news, he's gay...so what.
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#12 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:57 PM EDT{"commentId":235079,"authorDomain":"vyto"}
Yuh, I wish I could make headlines if I sneezed.
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{"commentId":235167,"authorDomain":"brianford"}
Perhaps if you sneezed while @!$%#ing another guy?
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":223719,"authorDomain":"donwilson"}
You can say "bye bye bye" to his career.
I keed, I keed.
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- 1 vote
#13 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:26 PM EDT{"commentId":223737,"authorDomain":"ironballz"}
really *sarcasm*
in other news the earth still revolves around the sun
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#14 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:38 PM EDT{"commentId":225213,"authorDomain":"avlen"}
When this shocking news came out my gay friend told me "Hello, he was so gay he was pooing rainbows".
Can I say this?
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- 2 votes
#15 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:57 PM EDT{"commentId":225548,"authorDomain":"donwilson"}
Obviously you did :)
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