Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle has
said she cannot imagine having a straight son.
Carlisle's 20-year-old actor son James
Duke Mason appeared in the 2012 film What Happens Next and the
upcoming Disappear Here. Mason has previously said he came
out gay to his family and friends at the age of 14.
When gay glossy The Advocate
asked, “Would you say you've always been accepting of the LGBT
community or was it something that evolved for you over time?”
Carlisle answered: “No, I've always been.”
She continued: “In high school my
best friend was gay – in the closet, but gay. In fact, most of my
friends have always been gay or lesbian and I have a gay son – I
can't imagine that being any other way. I can't imagine having a
straight son. So it's something I've never really thought about.”
Carlisle, however, admitted that
finding out her son was gay was “shocking.”
“[W]hen he told me I was still
shocked. It wasn't that it was bad, but the first thing I thought
about was what he would be up against as a gay person,” she
explained. “It's getting better, but it still has a long way to
go. I'm one of the most gay-friendly people you'll meet – 100%
gay-friendly – and still, when it's you own child it's still
something to think about and it's a pretty heavy thing.”
The music video for Sun,
Carlisle's first U.S. single in over 15 years, is embedded on this
page.