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No Gay Panic (!) (?) at this Disco
In a web-exclusive feature for Out Magazine, wildly popular band Panic At the Disco (who have dropped the "!" from their name) spoke freely and with a refreshing lack of ... well, "gay panic" ... about their campy onstage antics and gay rumors about the straight frontmen. A quick exchange between two band members: Walker: I think everybody's just too afraid to have a good time. Everybody's gotta loosen up a little bit. Smith: We don't care who likes us -- or who dislikes us. Walker: And what's the problem if Ryan and Brendon were actually dating, you know? There's not really any problem with that. Over on Out's blog, the author of the piece elaborated on the band's easygoing nature, noting: "They were, in fact, the most casually accepting artists I think I've ever interviewed." Certainly nice to hear, and another in a series of queer-friendly moves from the bumper crop of radio-ready young emo-ish bands that are all the rage with the kids (Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance have made similarly gay-friendly statements and aren't afraid of riffing on their own sexualities in videos and stage shows). Could the groundwork laid by gender-bending and crypto-homo artists like David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed finally be paying off in the mainstream? Let's hope. Submitted by on Mon, 2008-01-14 16:03. |
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GOOD IDEA...MATT SHEPARD'S KILLERS USED THIS SO-CALLED "DEFENSE"
That was smart for them to modify their name. These days people read into things so much. They obviously thought people might associate their name with the "gay panic" defense that Matthew Shepard's killers lamely tried to use. I mean really! The poor thugs were afraid of the gay person half their size! When I came out one of my friends rejected me than tried to make it up to me....and 3 months later he tries to grab my dick!!! Then plays it off as curiosity...and blames me of course...and hates himself and goes into a "panic" for trying something gay........I no longer take his pathetic Christmas phone calls.......................sad.....sad.....sad
GOOD IDEA...MATT SHEPARD'S KILLERS USED THIS SO-CALLED "DEFENSE"
That was smart for them to modify their name. These days people read into things so much. They obviously thought people might associate their name with the "gay panic" defense that Matthew Shepard's killers lamely tried to use. I mean really! The poor thugs were afraid of the gay person half their size! When I came out one of my friends rejected me than tried to make it up to me....and 3 months later he tries to grab my dick!!! Then plays it off as curiosity...and blames me of course...and hates himself and goes into a "panic" for trying something gay........I no longer take his pathetic Christmas phone calls.......................sad.....sad.....sad