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[phaballa]

Someone did their research for this interview:

LF: Speaking of Lou, he created this other boy band called US5-they're huge in Germany. One of the members, a blonde kid named Richie Stringini, was caught on cell-phone camera in a Berlin gay bar bathroom stall, shirtless, with a guy's head in his crotch. So to counteract this outing, Richie went on

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[brighton_girl]

Is Richie the one that has a bandmate in love with him? I can't google him at work (gaythailandboys probably wouldn't go over well with the web security team).

I actually think that while it would make huge headlines in the press, people would still dig Justin's music. I think that while he does have people who appreciate how attractive he is, most of the time it's just the way he moves and how he sounds. Plus, half the people think he's gay anyway.

[phaballa]

US5 aren't actually Thai, that's just where I got my CD/DVD from :P Richie is from Illinois. And yeah, he's the one with the bandmate who's in love with him, or so we assume from all the touching and the blowjob pictures. The bandmate is Jay, who is... English, but raised in Germany from the age of (I want to say 8, but that could be wrong). ANYWAY. Yeah, there are shady pics of them getting it on in a bathroom. And uh, I'm pretty sure Richie was underage at the time. Not for Germany, but he was 17.

See, I tend to think that the half of the people who think he's gay are the ones who don't like him (except for slashers, of course, because we're special :P). I don't know that it would hurt him too much as far as the general public... but I have a feeling all the rappers he works with wouldn't be that pleased, considering some of the homophobic remarks they've made in the past. Justin's in such a unique position... it's interesting to think about, anyway. I don't think it'd ever happen, even if he is gay.

[brighton_girl]

No, I know they aren't Thai, but when I googled him, that's the website that came up!! Those boys are cute though.

Yeah, for some reason the rap world is incredibly homophobic, which makes me sad and angry. :\

[phaballa]

Ahaha. They ARE cute. Their concert is adorable, it's completely ridiculous.

[lucy_u2]

how do you think the general public would react if Justin came out? Or the music industry?

He would lose a huge portion of his male audience. Some big names in music industry wouldn't work with him anymore. But his female audience would keep getting bigger, I guess. *lol*

[phaballa]

Sadly, I think that's the opposite of what Justin wants. He seems to be trying to pull the guys in more and gaining respect outside of pop, in R&B and hip hop, which really aren't known for being tolerant of the gays. Hmmm.

[pjordha]

It's not just R&B/Hip Hop people who are homophobic. What about the country music people he wants to impress? Or the pop music people? How much would Justin love doing an album with Coldplay? There's a lot of homophobia in this country, and it's not just limited to the "urban" sectors of the radio dial.

Sadly, I think that's the opposite of what Justin wants. He seems to be trying to pull the guys in more and gaining respect outside of pop, in R&B and hip hop, which really aren't known for being tolerant of the gays. Hmmm. What mainstream American music genres *are* tolerant of the gays? Hard rock guys? Country guys

[phaballa]

Oh, I completely agree. If Justin were trying to break into rock or country (beyond the one duet with Reba) then I would be wondering how those sectors of the music industry would react if he came out. I wonder how people like Tim McGraw feel about Lance now, actually. It was nice to hear in his interview with Tyra that guys like Marc Anthony were so supportive of him coming out.

I read an essay about the misogyny issue, actually, in relation to boybands, which basically came down to--anything that little girls think is good is automatically devalued by mainstream culture because if young girls like it, it must suck. Because the opinions of young girls don't mean anything in our society. And yeah, I think you could make the same argument for gays--things that gays like are automatically devalued.

It's not like Justin was all into PFLAG *until* he started working with "urban" artists. If that's what's keeping him from being who he is, then it's Justin's problem, not the rappers.True. But I think in the end, Justin will always

[millieandleah]

Lance is definitely awesome. http://jezebel.com/gossip/clips/and-thats-when-i-totally-knew-i-was-gay-314746.php?autoplay=true

Maybe you've already seen this clip, but if not...it just further cemented the awesomeness that is Lance Bass for us.

[phaballa]

I DID see that. I downloaded the whole interview. Danielle is the cutest girl EVER and she and Lance were (are) so adorable together. The story about how he didn't want to take her virginity was the sweetest thing ever.

I did not think I could love Lance more. CLEARLY I was mistaken.

[millieandleah]

YEAH the whole way he was all gentlemanly and thoughtful was just so hot!