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When the Backstreet Boys dropped their latest album's title track, "In a World Like This," they did something exceptional with the video: They ended it with a victorious moment in LGBT history, as an older lesbian couple finally acknowledged 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 book and the time the band performed with men they reflection were women.
The video for the album's first single, "In a Planet Like This," celebrates marriage equality. Why was it important to take that stance with that song video?
It stemmed from me personally. I acquire a lot of lgbtq+ friends and two of my best friends hold 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 get married) in California, and I was just ecstatic. I
Most of the band members actually have really sweet stories of how they met their wives. One of them actually met their significant other on the set of a Backstreet Boys music video, while another met his wife before Backstreet Boys fame when he was still working at Disney Planet. And apparently, tours are now often family affairs.
"We have a family room backstage for the family and the wives and the kids to dangle out in," Richardson told People in 2018. "It used to be the VIP room,...
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TheBackstreetBoys were at a drag 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 queenly queen who gave me a squeeze and a brush . I was beside myself, and that was when we first knew that we had a big gay following," A.J. McLean told Pride 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 homosexual men and same-sex attracted 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 nurture.
"Everyone always says, 'When you glance at a male child band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't. Instead of me creature gay, I'm the fag hag," he said.
"I think it's awesome. It's great," McLean told Identity 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
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’ love for the Backstreet Boys and the Backstreet Boys’ love for the gays:
On discovering the Backstreet Boys had a big lgbtq+ following:
We did a show years ago in Ybor Town in Tampa and Divine Brown — the girl who messed around with Hugh Grant advocate in the sunlight (laughs) — was hosting a kingly show. We actually had no plan. We were all really young. 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 flamboyant queens before Nick (Carter) and me. We were in our trailer and we were watching these guys switching. We thought 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 like, “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 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 queer following. I was
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 anchor, 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 watch 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 wish 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