I am a big longtime fan of singer, songwriter,& film producer Michael Stipe. I find him fascinating, talented & sexy. He turns 50 years old today!
"It was super complicated for me in the '80s ... I was totally open with the band & my family & my friends & certainly the people I was sleeping with. I thought it was pretty obvious." Stipe had always deflected questions about his sexual orientation, says he "didn't always see" how coming out could help others.
"But I see now, of course, that's the case," he says. "I'd just never felt strongly enough about a particular relationship to say, 'Yeah, he's my boyfriend, that is what it is.'"Now I recognize that to have public figures be very open about their sexuality helps some kid somewhere out there."
Stipe says he's "phenomenally overworked" but happy. He notes that he is in "in a relationship with an amazing man" – artist Thomas Dozol. In the past Stipe avoided questions about his sexuality, but he's now more comfortable discussing it. "I was being made to be a coward about it," he says, "rather than someone who felt like it really was a very private thing." He now readily describes himself as a "queer artist."
Last summer 2009, Stipe & the boyfriend published photos on the naughty site- guyswithIphones. I think Stipe is making a fine looking older man. I would love to hang with Michael. Mr. Stipe, have your people call my people.
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