Belinda carlisle gay

Pop icon and member of the trailblazing tune group The Go-Go’s, Belinda Carlisle has maintained her icon status but now, she is coming to the music with a new five-track EP titled Kismetwhich includes the solo “Big, Big Love”.

Not only does this mark Carlisle’s return to the recording studio since 1997, but it also marks a reunion with Diane Warren, who wrote “Big, Large Love” as well as Carlisle’s 1987 single “I Get Weak”.

The EP also includes “Deeper Into You,” “I Couldn’t Do That To Me,” and “Sanity” as well as “If U Go”, which was also written by Warren.

Carlisle has not only been a cultural legend but also a gay icon and ally from the very beginning. “Even [my friends] in upper school – 90% of them were gay or lesbian even though they weren’t out…. that’s just the way it’s always been,” Carlisle tells GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos. ”I remember in the punk days in L.A. it was so inclusive and so welcoming…. we had a huge gay monitoring. It was just very diverse and I didn’t even think about sexuality. There was no reason to think about it.”

She recollects, “I remember when the first AIDS case in West Hollywood. It was a guy that

In the '80s, Belinda's Carlisle's career demonstrated that, for some, heaven really is a place on earth. As the guide singer of the supremely successful girl group The Go-Go's – they had the beat, and the looks and talent – the now-54-year-old eventually embarked on a solo undertaking. Four albums and numerous hit singles later, Carlisle's new "ICON" collection is a celebration of the singer's best that also includes her first U.S. pop single in over 15 years, "Sun."
Carlisle chatted recently about not wanting to do another pop album, telling her gay son about her own "sexually adventurous" experiences and the reason she cares about gay rights now more than ever.

Which song of yours has the most significance to you?
Oh gosh. The first one that comes to mind is "Heaven is a Place on Earth," only because it was so enormous and it really established my career not just in this country but all over the world.

The song you long for you didn't have to sing ever again?
Um, yes. There are a few of them. But they're songs that people insist on hearing. (Laughs) I don't like doing "Heaven" in rehearsal. I don't like doing "We Got the Beat" in rehearsal. There are certain songs I get sluggish

There are many (living and dead) people out there who are considered queer icons. They don't own to be gay or identify as LGBT in arrange to have this honor bestowed on them. Simply put, they are queer icons because they possess done something that has helped us progressed over the years in terms of acceptance, visibility and more.

Belinda Carlisle is one of those people. The legendary singer has been making us bop our heads with her infectious hits, both solo and with The Go-Go's, for nearly forty years now, and has been a major supporter of the LGBTQ community in the process.

She is the first celebrity we are featuring in our Gay Star series, and Belinda was nice enough to settle down with me over the phone (she currently resides in Thailand) to discuss what the people has meant to her, when she and The Go-Go's discovered their major fan base, and her touching story about her son James' coming out process. Take a look.

You’ve been in the melody industry for forty years now, starting around a time where the LGBT community was starting to have a larger presence in the world. At what point did you, or fe

BelindaCarlisle,best known for her smash '80s hits like "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Mad About You," has always stood behind her 21-year-old son, James Duke Mason, who is openly gay.

But the former lead singer of The Go-Go's tells Best Daily that she'd be a "passionate" female homosexual, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) rights advocate even if he didn't recognize as gay.

"When he came out to me, one of the first things that came to mind is, 'What sort of world is he going to have to live in?'" It's getting better for gay people but there is still a lot of homophobia out there," she said. "I don't understand the homophobia and the issue with giving gay people equal rights. I just don't get it."

It isn't the first time Carlisle, 55, has spoken out about LGBT rights in recent weeks. She told Metro earlier this month that when she first learned James was queer , she was worried over how her husband, clip producer Morgan Mason, would react.

"I ended up carrying that secret around with me for three months," she said at the time. "I saw my therapist and went though all the things you know aren’t genuine –- is it something I said or did? I knew that wasn’t the case but it’s a