On 3/5/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well "I'm as gay as a daffofil, my
dear", in the NME (1974, the year
1. Yes but he was kidding!!!11!
2. Yes but gay meant bi!!!1!1!
3. No that interview was a conspiracy!111111111111111!!!!
of their breakthrough album) is pretty definitive. He
was gay if you
really needed to know, and if you didn't, he had a convenient
girlfriend. If people want to quibble over "gay" and "bisexual" my
observations are that (1) they need to get a life and (2) I've had sex
with "straight" guys and I'm pretty sure that a lot of "gay" guys
have
sex with women.
Right. And I just don't see the problem with saying "Mercury was
either bi, gay, or straight depending on who was asked, and when." in
the article, possibly giving a few sources. Or even just avoiding the
labelling and saying "It is uncontested that Mercury had sex with both
men and women at various times". Similarly for the question of whether
he was "Persian", just stating the facts then saying "Whether this
makes him Persian is a question of definition that has often been
disputed."
But some peope really lerve their labels.
Steve