The World Motivation
Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.
“Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.”
— A. J. McLean · Gay
Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.
The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.
I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
I know gay parents, and I support them and their families. They are good parents and loving families.
I am an openly proud gay man.
I don't think anyone wants to be gay.
Being a teenager, a gay teenager, in such a small village is not that much fun. I am part of the gay community and most gays have a similar story to mine.
Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.