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When the Backstreet Boys dropped their latest album's title track, "In a World Love This," they did something special with the video: They ended it with a victorious moment in LGBT history, as an older lesbian couple finally celebrated their right to marry.
We caught up with self-proclaimed "fag hag" AJ McLean, a founding member of one of the biggest-selling boy bands in history, to chat about how his queer friends (and "Same Love" rapper Macklemore) inspired that video, doing Marilyn Monroe in the nude for an upcoming novel and the hour the band performed with men they thought were women.
The video for the album's first single, "In a World Like This," celebrates marriage equality. Why was it important to get that stance with that music video?
It stemmed from me personally. I have a lot of gay friends and two of my best friends have been together for almost 10 years. And living in California, it's been so friggin' frustrating to me that they could not get it right; they couldn't pass the bill. Then, literally, right after we dropped the video, they actually passed the bill (allowing LGBT people to procure married) in California, and I was just ecstatic. I
Most of the band members actually have really kind stories of how they met their wives. One of them actually met their significant other on the put of a Backstreet Boys music video, while another met his wife before Backstreet Boys fame when he was still working at Disney World. And apparently, tours are now often family affairs.
"We have a family room backstage for the family and the wives and the kids to hang out in," Richardson told People in 2018. "It used to be the VIP room,...
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TheBackstreetBoys were at a performative show when they first realized they had a gay following.
"We did three or four songs, the crowd went nuts and I was standing next to this 6-foot-6 drag queen who gave me a hug and a kiss. I was beside myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay following," A.J. McLean told Celebration Source in a recent interview. "I was just like, 'Wow, this is kind of friggin' crazy.' 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 male lover men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight."
In the interview, McLean talks about shaving his legs and dressing up in drag. As for any sort of gay rumors surrounding him or the pop team, he doesn't care.
"Everyone always says, 'When you look at a lad band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't. Instead of me being same-sex attracted, I'm the fag hag," he said.
"I think it's awesome. It's great," McLean told Pride Source. "I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame. There's one guy named Matt and he's a big, big Nick Carter fan. He's this older gentleman from Tampa and he's
Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean Talks Dressing in Drag, Admits to Being a "F-g Hag"
Backstreet Boys singer A.J. McLean is really opening up in a new interview with LGBT site Pride Source.
The 35-year-old boy bander is sounding off on everything from gay marriage, the band's gay fan ground , dressing in drag (remember that 2012 photo shoot?) and why he's dubbed himself the self-proclaimed "f-g hag" of the group!
"Thinking support 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," McLean said. "I was hardly around anyone straight."
McLean added that it's amazing he turned out straight. "Everyone always says, 'When you glance at a boy band, one of them has to be gay,'" he said, adding, "No, they don't. Instead of me being gay, I'm the f-g hag."
When asked what it feels like for gay fans to long one or more of the Backstreet Boys members to be gay, McLean gushed, "I think it's awesome. It's great. I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've w
Technically, Backstreet Boy AJ McLean is a fag stag, but we’ll let him pick his label! In a recent interview with PrideSource, AJ opens up about the gays’ devote for the Backstreet Boys and the Backstreet Boys’ love for the gays:
On discovering the Backstreet Boys had a big male lover following:
We did a demonstrate years ago in Ybor City in Tampa and Divine Brown — the girl who messed around with Hugh Grant endorse in the day (laughs) — was hosting a drag show. We actually had no idea. We were all really new. Kevin (Richardson) was obviously older, so he had been around all his gays at Disney (when he worked there before Backstreet Boys) and he had been around kingly queens before Nick (Carter) and me. We were in our trailer and we were watching these guys changing. We idea these were chicks — and all of a sudden they were taking off their clothes and I’m like, “Wait, that girl’s got, like, pecs. And oh, that’s a penis.” I was enjoy, “What the hell is going on?”
We did three or four songs, the crowd went nuts and I was standing next to this 6-foot-6 performative queen who gave me a hug and a kiss. I was beside myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay following. I was