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Elton John: Gay Victims "Could Have Been Me"

Recently wed star discusses gay rights and persecution in British mag

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2007 8:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Pop icon Elton John attacks the bullying of gays around the world and discusses his recent marriage. Under his own byline in the British magazine The New Statesman, the 60-year-old musician says he was afraid crowds would jeer at him following his London marriage to... Read full story »

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