It would be eight more years until George Michael would come out to the general public, but the gifted, soulful and charismatic former Wham! frontman had long been a white-hot sex symbol, role model and trendsetter for gay men and other LGBTQ individuals across the world. Image Credit: Anthony Barboza/Getty Images Sylvester, “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real” (1978).Sticking our tongue in society’s cheek.” –JR Demurred David Hodo (Construction Worker) of “Y.M.C.A,” “We’re The band were coy about their sexuality and their following (it was 1979, afterĪll). In that same Rolling Stone story, some members of Placed them in the pantheon sold a staggering 10 million-plus copies worldwideĪnd remains a wedding and bar mitzvah mainstay, even as it alludes to man-on-manĪction in public gyms. Gay clubs but, with a string of hits, expanded to national tours and TVĪppearances, giving disco an identifiable face. Whole mysticism attached to an ‘American.'” The sextet got its start in Positive male American stereotypes,” as Glenn Hughes (the “Biker”)Įxplained to Rolling Stone in an April 1979 cover story. The group was assembled and conceived byįrenchman Jacques Morali, who observed in Greenwich Village “very strong, Never a mere novelty act or one-hit wonder.
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