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Londonderry jazz musician Gay McIntyre has died aged 88
"Whenever he plays, you're getting, you're getting everything that he feels, as a person, everything that he's seen, that's made him angry, that's made him calm or that's made him love," Linley said of Gay.
The suggestions for Gay never stopped coming. He was one of the show-stoppers at both the Derry and Cork Jazz Festivals and also played at jazz festivals across mainland Europe.
Retirement was not in his vocabulary, and at 80, he reflected that his music was getter better and better.
"I've never had as many offers as I've had in the last year. For that to occur to you at 80 years of age is quite strange," he said.
Most recently, Gay had fans - young and old - eating out of the palm of his hands every week during his residency at Bennigan's jazz club in Derry, where his solos, to this day, stay legendary.
Foyle MP Colum Eastwood said the news of Gay's passing "will be shared across Derry and on both sides of the border".
"His musical talents were synonymous with our city and the thousands of performances he gave over the years w
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Singer Khalid comes out as gay after he was outed
Singer Khalid came out as gay in a series of posts on X after he said he was outed by someone else.
In a post on Friday, the "Location" singer shared a rainbow flag emoji followed by "there yall proceed . next topic please lol."
Someone responded saying, "Wait hope Mr Khalid isn’t GEHHH!." To which he replied: "I am! And that’s okay."
The singer, whose full name is Khalid Donnel Robinson, opened up about his sexuality after someone outed him, he explained in another post on X.
"Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! In reality it ain’t nobodies business! But I am okay with me cherish yall," he wrote.
NBC News reached out to a rep for Khalid for further comment.
The Grammy-nominated singer, 26, released his third studio album "Sincere" in August.
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Today, the LGBTQ+ community can look to several same-sex attracted musicians for inspiration, but that wasn’t always the case. Several pioneering openly gay singers paved the way from a day when sexual orientation wasn’t a topic for general discussion.
Indeed, these famous same-sex attracted musicians faced tremendous backlash and damage to their careers because of their honesty and openness.
As we explore queer performance art, we pay homage to those who came before us. In this piece, we’ll list some of the most influential names in the queer art movement and their impact on our past and present.
Being an Openly Homosexual Musician
Undoubtedly, the entertainment industry has come a distant way in accepting and representing LGBTQ+ individuals. However, it wasn't always this way, especially for musicians.
Coming out as a homosexual musician in the 20th century was no tiny feat. It required extreme courage and determination, especially when the music industry was predominantly hetero-normative.
Sexuality was not only a taboo topic for public discussion but could also product in alienation from fans and even cause break to one's career. As such, many gay musicians chose to keep their sexual orientation hidden
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