Singer Boy George believes that a gay
person is not obligated to come out.
Appearing on Piers Morgan Live,
the 52-year-old George – famous for his androgynous style of
dressing – weighed in on the recent coming out of Michael Sam, a
24-year-old college football player and solid NFL draft prospect, by
saying that he didn't mind someone being closeted so long as they are
not anti-gay.
(Related: Obama,
Thomas Roberts weigh in on Michael Sam's coming out gay.)
“One of the funny things about coming
out public is that people always encourage you to do it, and then
when you do it, they say, 'All you do is talk about being gay.' So,
you can't win,” George told host Piers Morgan.
“When I was younger, I was a little
more kind of gung-ho in that everyone should come out. Now I think,
if it makes you happy come out. If it's going to make you miserable,
don't come out. Just don't have a go at other gay people. So long
as someone isn't attacking gay people, I don't care if you're in the
closet.”
He added that the gay community needs
more allies like Ben Cohen.
(Related: Ben
Cohen: Sport shouldn't discriminate against gays.)
“Because no one is going to listen to
us queens, you know, screaming for equality,” George said. (The
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