Recently a friend of mine attended the New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys concert in town. As we reminisced about old times and past celebrity favorites I admitted that I probably have an unconscious gay-dar in preferring the gay member of the band out of the others even before they were out and wondered if this contributed to my disastrous love life to date. Is it my fault that I like well dressed, sensitive types? At this rate I'll probably be forever single or resemble Grace from Will & Grace. A brief rundown of my embarrassing teenage crush list of popstars.
New Kids was actually a bit ahead of my time. I was still in elementary school but some of the older kids were into them in the early 90s. While most of the girls liked Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre, I once said to a classmate I preferred Jonathan.
NSYNC
All the girls liked Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez. I thought Justin was too cocky and JC was too boring. On a magazine quiz about the band, I checked Lance Bass as the one I would pick if I had to choose a favorite but I admit the selection to choose from wasn't that great.
RICKY MARTIN
During the Latin craze of the late 90s, I was Living La Vida Loca like all his other fans (sooo embarrassing!). He was cute, dressed well, and polite. Well what do you know, those tight pants Ricky was wearing while shaking his bon-bons was suspiciously too tight even by male Latin standards! Now that I think of it, some of the hands groping him in the She Bangs video definitely look male.
ADAM LAMBERT
I totally preferred him before that other forgettable guy won American Idol, but after he rocketed out of the closet and talked nothing except being gay instead of his music I forgot about him.
And probably a lot more in the UK boybands like Boyzone, Westlife and Take That. Boybands in general just feature a lot of same looking young boys in silly costumes and makeup singing elementary rhyming lyrics about love.. Who were your favorite boy band members?
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Maybe you just preferred them because they were the least threatening as a crush. You sensed the sensitivity which is more appealing than their amped up male testosterone fueled bravada and sexuality which is kind of scary in some men. Also it's always fun to like the one that no one else likes because then it feels like you him all to yourself. :)
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