Are any backstreet boys gay
Technically, Backstreet Boy AJ McLean is a fag stag, but we’ll let him pick his label! In a recent interview with PrideSource, AJ opens up about the gays’ treasure for the Backstreet Boys and the Backstreet Boys’ love for the gays:
On discovering the Backstreet Boys had a big same-sex attracted following:
We did a exhibition years ago in Ybor City in Tampa and Divine Brown — the girl who messed around with Hugh Grant help in the day (laughs) — was hosting a drag show. We actually had no idea. We were all really fresh. Kevin (Richardson) was obviously older, so he had been around all his gays at Disney (when he worked there before Backstreet Boys) and he had been around flamboyant queens before Nick (Carter) and me. We were in our trailer and we were watching these guys changing. We idea these were chicks — and all of a sudden they were taking off their clothes and I’m like, “Wait, that girl’s got, like, pecs. And oh, that’s a penis.” I was favor, “What the hell is going on?”
We did three or four songs, the crowd went nuts and I was standing next to this 6-foot-6 performative queen who gave me a hug and a kiss. I was beside myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay following. I wa
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When the Backstreet Boys dropped their latest album's title track, "In a World Love This," they did something special with the video: They ended it with a victorious moment in LGBT history, as an older lesbian couple finally celebrated their right to marry.
We caught up with self-proclaimed "fag hag" AJ McLean, a founding member of one of the biggest-selling boy bands in history, to chat about how his queer friends (and "Same Love" rapper Macklemore) inspired that video, doing Marilyn Monroe in the nude for an upcoming publication and the moment the band performed with men they thought were women.
The video for the album's first single, "In a World Like This," celebrates marriage equality. Why was it important to seize that stance with that music video?
It stemmed from me personally. I have a lot of gay friends and two of my best friends have been together for almost 10 years. And living in California, it's been so friggin' frustrating to me that they could not get it right; they couldn't pass the bill. Then, literally, right after we dropped the video, they actually passed the bill (allowing LGBT people to receive married) in California, and I was just ecstatic. I
TheBackstreetBoys were at a drag illustrate when they first realized they had a gay following.
"We did three or four songs, the crowd went nuts and I was standing next to this 6-foot-6 drag queen who gave me a hug and a kiss. I was beside myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay following," A.J. McLean told Pride Origin in a recent interview. "I was just like, 'Wow, this is kind of friggin' crazy.' Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3 and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight."
In the interview, McLean talks about shaving his legs and dressing up in drag. As for any sort of gay rumors surrounding him or the pop group, he doesn't care.
"Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't. Instead of me being gay, I'm the fag hag," he said.
"I think it's awesome. It's great," McLean told Pride Source. "I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame. There's one guy named Matt and he's a big, giant Nick Carter fan. He's this older gentleman from Tampa and he's
Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean Talks Dressing in Drag, Admits to Being a "F-g Hag"
Backstreet Boys singer A.J. McLean is really opening up in a new interview with LGBT site Pride Source.
The 35-year-old boy bander is sounding off on everything from homosexual marriage, the band's gay fan anchor, dressing in drag (remember that 2012 photo shoot?) and why he's dubbed himself the self-proclaimed "f-g hag" of the group!
"Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3 and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women," McLean said. "I was hardly around anyone straight."
McLean added that it's amazing he turned out unbent. "Everyone always says, 'When you glance at a teen band, one of them has to be gay,'" he said, adding, "No, they don't. Instead of me entity gay, I'm the f-g hag."
When asked what it feels like for same-sex attracted fans to wish one or more of the Backstreet Boys members to be gay, McLean gushed, "I believe it's awesome. It's great. I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've