Post Apocalyptic Bohemian favorite George Michael is set to produce a new album with a "collective" of gay musicians, aimed at a young gay audience, as an apology for the homophobia that he believes his turbulent private life has inadvertently generated.
Michael: "I'm looking to work with gay & gay-friendly artists. It will be a gay collective with some songs sung by myself & some songs by unknown gay artists. I have a serious problem with the fact that every time I made a big mistake, I definitely felt I was letting young gay people down because of the homophobia that was thrown at me & the wording of that homophobia. I am going to try & make up for some of the damage that I have inadvertently caused just by making myself so newsworthy and putting myself on the back foot... where there was no room or space to defend gay children from some of that language."
Michael has had several experiences that landed him trouble since he came out in 1998. He was jailed in September 2010 for crashing his Range Rover while under the influence of cannabis, which seems odd to me, because I drive better when I have spent time with Mary Jane.
I am rather certain that the young gay people I know, have no idea who George Michael is. I don't believe his life as an openly gay man has caused homophobia. I, of course, hold him as an inspirational figure.
Michael also announced that he is going on tour a tour with a symphony orchestra, including a charity concert in memory of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, & a show at the Paris Garnier opera house for French First Lady- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's HIV charity.
Michael will be performing in my garden this summer, at the much in demand mid-summer night's cocktail party. Will you there?
Michael: "I'm looking to work with gay & gay-friendly artists. It will be a gay collective with some songs sung by myself & some songs by unknown gay artists. I have a serious problem with the fact that every time I made a big mistake, I definitely felt I was letting young gay people down because of the homophobia that was thrown at me & the wording of that homophobia. I am going to try & make up for some of the damage that I have inadvertently caused just by making myself so newsworthy and putting myself on the back foot... where there was no room or space to defend gay children from some of that language."
Michael has had several experiences that landed him trouble since he came out in 1998. He was jailed in September 2010 for crashing his Range Rover while under the influence of cannabis, which seems odd to me, because I drive better when I have spent time with Mary Jane.
I am rather certain that the young gay people I know, have no idea who George Michael is. I don't believe his life as an openly gay man has caused homophobia. I, of course, hold him as an inspirational figure.
Michael also announced that he is going on tour a tour with a symphony orchestra, including a charity concert in memory of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, & a show at the Paris Garnier opera house for French First Lady- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's HIV charity.
Michael will be performing in my garden this summer, at the much in demand mid-summer night's cocktail party. Will you there?
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