“Any longstanding R.E.M. fan who had not figured out I was queer before that point wasn’t looking very hard,” Stipe says in a new interview.

“Any longstanding R.E.M. fan who had not figured out I was queer before that point wasn’t looking very hard,” Stipe says in a new interview.
That said, the metal legend said his sexual orientation is “not important to the music.”
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“… I read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too,'” explains the singer.
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“OK, I kind of just need to talk to people about the fact that I am. I’m gay.”
“Delivers the sort of power and pleasure you’d expect from the ‘loudest band on Earth.'”
“It’s about a guy and that’s what I wanted people to know—I want to be clear that that’s what it’s about.”