Cher recalls meeting gay men for the first time as a child: “Why isn’t everybody like this”
Cher is a living legend –– and she continues surprising us.Sporting a blonde beehive, rhinestones around her eyes, and the most glamorous shoulder pads we’ve seen in ages, the 77-year-old recently graced the cover of the newly reincarnated Paper Magazine.In promotion of her first-ever holiday album –– simply titled, Christmas –– and her first collection of original tracks in a decade, Cher has been making the press rounds.
And boy, is she as fiery as ever!A post shared by Paper Magazine (@papermagazine)In a sprawling interview, she dished on putting her own spin on Christmas classics –– like campy favorite “Santa Baby” which she’s always felt –– and the record’s unexpected collaborations, like rapper Tyga. “You would never expect in the same sentence to hear ‘Cher and Tyga,'” she joked. (Her hunky 37-year-old BF keeps her up to date on today’s popular artists.)But the noted ally got especially fired up when talking about the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the U.S.“It’s f*cking insane,” she said. “I don’t understand, this is not my America … It’s like, you have to be one thing and all of a sudden, all the things that add spice and excitement and beauty, unless you do it in their way, it’s no good and they want to get rid of it all.
Like teaching Black history or banning books that are fabulous books.”“INVOLUNTARY RELOCATION”WILL NOW REPLACE “SLAVERY”& TAUGHT IN TEXASNEW FLORIDA “DONT SAY GAY”LAWPLEASE?????? ,YOU GUYS…LISTEN…THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE RADICAL REPUBLICAN ONSLAUGHTHer advice? “You have to show your displeasure and you have to show how wrong it is to discount people in a community for being who they are,” she said.As it turns out, the Queen of Camp has a looooong history with the queers, having met her “first gay guys” at 9-years-old. “I thought, ‘Why isn’t everybody like this,'” she remembered. “‘None of the men I know are like this, none of the men are so funny and so vivid and so full of life and fun to be around.’ And that was my.
