SOUNDBITES — “Stephen was extremely brave. He was the first member of a boyband to come out, and, in hindsight, it helped me and probably lots of other gay lads to understand their sexuality and come out. Every time a celebrity who is admired by millions of people comes out, it’s one more blow to any negative stereotype out there.” —Westlife’s Mark Feehily on how the now-deceased Stephen Gately, the band Boyzone band, helped him come out publicly (via)
Mark Feehily
Stephen Gately ‘helped me and probably lots of other gay lads to understand their sexuality and come out’
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terrwill
Mark Feehily is freakin hotttt!! How did he slip by for
so long???