Oh yeah, long live Morrissey in l.a.

It also nice to hear that he added a new song to the tour. Finally. How about five more!

Pär, Stockholm

Of Course he's gay. next subject...

. . . the list goes on and on.

God, this is so boring

I would think it proper to have Morrissey comment on this subject not this Queer Pride Mag. Any normal person would agree that it's only okay to state something as fact, if it is fact, and Morrissey hasn't stated it yet, so where does this this Magazine get off?!

"...The "age of consent" doesn't interest me, nor that kind of self-advertisement. But as far as sexuality is concerned I do feel very strongly about it. Therefore, I have a very non-sexual stance, seeing people as humanist. There's so much degeneration in modern life the last thing we need is a massive chasm between the sexes, which gets wider as the year passes.

All the so-called liberators spout excessive hatred. On the one side feminists scream men are the enemies, they're killing us, on the other extreme it's the Tetley bittermen machismo thing. I refuse to recognise the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just-sexual, the prefix is immaterial."

xoxoxo

All that really matters is that he's a seemingly beautiful human being, in-touch with the realities of life both pleasant and horrendous, eloquently singing about it for all of us to share.

Whatever his "sexual" preference is, he's still the beautiful, wonderful and ever-enthralling Morrissey......and that's all that really matters. Unless he asks a fan to bed...and I don't see that happening too soon...we'll likely never know for sure, which is probably his intent.

Just enjoy the show.

will moz play the east coast?
will moz release a new record soon?
what does he mean by "the sun shines out of our behinds"????

tune in tomorrow...same ambiguous time on...

THE AMBIGUOUSLY GAY ROCK STAR!

-Now my mouth is full.

i would never hide behind an anonymous moniker. that would take all of the fun out of receiving direct correspondence from the few vibrant and passionate morrissey diggin' souls left throughout the world.

by the way, despite all of the vitriol and the unending lack of capacity to be loving to one another in this virtual morrissey world; i find this site priceless, and want to take this opportunity to express my undying love for you all-even those ready to accuse one of pedantry.

see you all at the san francisco shows this weekend!

xoxoxo

incorruptible,

What I am sick of is the stigma of being gay. I am gay and I would not change for anyone. Morissey's constant hiding and celebacy is bullsh#t.

And come on celebacy. A 40something old man. Hello!!! I think stroking would only last for a few decades but by now I am sure he is riding the hobby horse.

How long does he expect us to believe that one.
Maybe I should find that public restroom that G. Michael was caught and just wait for Morrissey to show up.

Woooo Hooo!! :]

I'll be looking for Moz too!
See you there!!
"and if you ever need self-validation, just meet me in the alley by the railway station"
"pin and mount me...like a butterfly"
"a boy in the bush is worth two in the hand"

What is more interesting is that he writes really beautifully about love, longing, disappointment, sexuality, obsession, insecurity . . .

Now I see why Morrissey doesn't come out completely, so many of you are ignorant bastards!
So, whatever you do don't stage rush Morrissey, you might catch it from him!

Niko (#46) is absolutely right on this one
the article does not say he's gay...just and ally.
which is much more than I can say for many of you.

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore.
Hand in Glove
Handsome Devil
This Charming Man
Rusholme Ruffians
Miserable Lie
Sheila Take a Bow
Is it Really so Strange?
Maladjusted
Satan Rejected My Soul
I am Hated for Loving (apparently by some of his own "fans")

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!

I have spoken, bastards unite and respond.

RE. "...non-role model providing for the gay community."

What is the "gay community" anyway? And what makes anyone a 'role model' for people who represent the diversity of humanity itself?

Morrissey's work has constantly reflected the inconsistency and fluctuating nature of sexuality - the fact that it's not and shouldn't be, a cut and dried thing where one pigeon-holes oneself as being this, that or the other.

"Being Gay Is A Waste Of Time" - The Divine David. Discuss.

Like my other heroes Gilbert & George, I dislike the word ‘gay’ - "it was stolen from female prostitutes in eighteenth-century London". Used to address individuals ‘of a certain persuasion’, the word has become a marketing device for third-rate goods, brainwashing individuals into believing "its the way I’m supposed to dress", "they’re the clubs I’m meant to go to" and "these are the kind of records I should buy" (like, erm…how many Hazel Dean records can intellectually sustain a person?). Like Morrissey I never have, and never will define myself as ‘gay’ or ‘straight’. Here in Manchester Canal Street culture (or lack of it) continues to marginalise sexuality in a way that seems completely unhealthy to me. Arguments that it exists as a ‘safe space’ appear redundant: the hoards of orange-faced queens in 4x4's (taking Queer As Folk just a little too seriously), lager-louts and baby-dolled babes parading up and down the stretch, make it clear that its not - a rough district of Benidorm would be a more accurate comparison. Nor is it, as last year’s Mardi Gras slogan suggested, a place to ‘Express Yourself’ - if your face, body or clothes don’t fit, the gay scene can be one of the most intimidating and isolating experiences to be had - while the big brewery invasion and corporate attitude of many businesses makes it difficult to try and do anything unusual or dare I say ‘arty’ (unless that means decorating a bar with black and white Athena-style shots of naked men).

I've never understood the need to ‘celebrate’ and take ‘pride’ in my sexuality. When did gays ever need an excuse to celebrate? And ‘pride’ is all too often based on the false sense of self gay people acquire when they allow their entire identities as human beings to be subsumed by their sexuality - ‘I @#!!!, therefore I am’. Like being black or a being a woman, being gay isn’t something in itself to proud of. Being born wasn’t your doing. Neither was being gay. So why be ‘proud’ of something that you didn’t even do?

Of course my criticism of this shiny, happy, all-singing, all-dancing gay world will be met by cries of Anti-Gay!" or dismissed as ‘internalised homophobia’ because we’ve all been sold the lie that "Everybody’s Free - to do what they want to do". But I don’t believe it. If you live within a ghetto, you live with a ghetto mentality and the day when we all live together in peace and harmony simply ain't gonna come. Its time to move on, to move mentally out of Canal, Old Compton and Christopher Streets. Why be defined by your sexuality? True liberation comes without needing or even wanting to feel ‘gay’ or ‘straight’. Hold on to your homework and throw your rainbow flags on to the fire. ‘Come out’ and find the one that you love.

p.s. Oh and about Morrissey being spat on. I was at a Smiths gig at Swansea's now defunct Top Rank club in 1984, where he was covered in spit by some idiots down the front - He put them down with a brilliant "And you can stop spitting... plastic punks who did that where I come from, were laughed out of town in 1976." All to rapturous applause from the rest of the audience.

Your comments shall NOT be met with a statement of
"Ryan, you're a big Nazi homophobe" by me anyway.
I work in "the gay ghetto" in Toronto for the past three years now and have been "out" for close to ten. Your views are stunningly accurate of the "gay community" - the community that you must be white, under 35, go to the gym, have a condo, car,
make over $35,000 per year, love dance music, dress in designer clothes, and bitch and hate everyone who doesn't.

Sounds like Germany about 1942 if you ask me.
And NOT a "community."

And about "pride day" (which by the way I now refer to as "slut" or "beer day")
was started in the late sixties and in particular with Stonewall in New York City as a result of Police raids...I was an annual politcal march for "Equal Rights" now that (finally) those rights are starting to come in through the Goverments and Courts. The beer companies have realised that we gay folk a hell of alot and now Pride Day has become "Beer Pride Day"

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with Morrissey but I'm just responding to Ryan,
Bravo Ryan!

And oh ya, Thomas #68 from California,
If Morrissey fell in Love with a woman...I'd say he was lucky, it takes alot of balls to be a queer. I wouldn't wish my enemies to be gay, it IS a tough life.
I would also like to know where he gets his gay influence, inuendoes, homoerotism, cause he sure knows what he's talking about.

Thanks for letting me babble!

Re: Ryan - I certainly agree with you about the gay scene. I was actually in Canal Street when I was at the Manchester Moz convention and it was terrifying, I felt so out of place there. Sure, it was safe and everything, but everyone looked the same, it was so homogenised. I despise the fact that the stereotypes about the scene are true, you have to wear certain clothes and listen to Kylie - I might be gay but aren't stupid!

That is why we so badly need role-models who don't fit this stereotype, there is a dearth or total lack of gay stars to look up to who aren't cliched and don't fit the standard mould of what a gay person is like or should be. I don't think it'd do Moz's career any damage if he came out, it would probably help it if he started being honest.. ok so everyone knows, but why not just admit to happiness.. he said now his heart was full after all. It wouldn't be tacky if he did it, a la Portillo/Gately/Michael - the reason they were a laughing stock was cos they were in the closet anyway. Moz should be allowed to come out and if some fans don't like it and want him in the closet then they're hypocritical or weren't real fans in the first place.

I would have never expected such bull@#!!! and cruel speculation from Morrissey fans. Everyone is trying to place him in a category so they can call him a friend or a foe. Is he one of them or one of us? Where does he stand? This uncertainty seems to justify your comments/remarks on his sexuality. Morrissey is a person keep that in mind. People feel and you can’t treat him like he is a product on a shelf trying to figure out does it go under here or here. One of the worst comments I heard was by RIPPR5150 from long beach, ca - Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 12:45:49 (PST) | #62. “im not to keen on gays.but if he is hes an exception in my book.” What is this? Do you not see this is as bad as saying: I’m not keen on (pick any race) but I will make an exception. The point is when you post these messages please think about what you are saying….really hard because we are not discussing just a mere material thing. Morrissey is a person. Morrissey feels like you and I. This needs to be respected. Just try to keep this in mind when you make these judgments and post them.

matt "...but i'm still fond of you"

Two sentances....."What do we get for our trouble and pain, just a rented room in Whalley Range....."

"I recognise that mystical air, it means I'd like to see your underwear..."

Linder lived in Whalley Range....you work it out

All I really want to clarify is that
Michael Strip has finally come out.

His exact quote is " I thought my queerness
was evident from the start."