2012 - Mika Tells Instinct, “Yeah, I’m gay.”

[lalacaat22]

I don't know what is going on in Europe but there is a campaign in the US that is aimed at LGBT teens (I said children before but I mean high school aged teenagers, so non English speakers don't misunderstand ).

 

The campaign is not aimed at homophobes, it is aimed at their victims. There has been an epidemic of suicides and celebrities are being encouraged to come out and show these kids that they have nothing to be ashamed of and no matter how desperate their circumstances may seem if they can just hold on a few more years it will be get better.

 

I'm sure Mika has many reasons for coming out and we don't know exactly what they are (yet), but this has been cited as the reason by Anderson Cooper and many others for them to come out. These are very private people who had no reason to make public statements but they decided that speaking out was more important than maintaining their privacy.

 

Whether this is a direct motivation for people to come out or not, I don't know, but the pressure is on for everyone to come out now because the gay rights movement has picked up a lot of steam in the past couple of years and there is a growing acceptance of homosexuality by the general public.

 

Well said Christine.This sort of goes along with something I said earlier. I'm not homosexual myself, but my closest and dearest friend is and she was terrified to tell me because she thought I would turn away from her. And what I'm about to say I think goes for anybody really, I believe that coming out, doesn't change who you are. People love Mika for his music and so his being gay shouldn't influence that. His music is for the public to hear, but his relationship is for him.

[flyingkites]

To answer your question, Christine, you have to bear in mind that Europe means several countries ( 27 for the EU only) so there are discrepancies. Besides, even in the more modern, broad minded countries of Europe, mentalities differ. People from Northern Europe tend to be more tolerant (Sweden, the Netherlands, for instead) and for the other countries, it depends on their religious or cultural beliefs.

 

That is very true. I haven't come across these campaigns but I assume it's only because the suicides of gay teenagers are not an epidemic here. Finland is a pretty liberal country and in general homosexuality is well approved here - we even had an openly gay president candidate for this year's elections. I consider myself very lucky to live in a country that is so tolerant (even if I sometimes forget about it and moan about the most trivial things ).

 

Even though it's sad these kind of campaigns are needed I'm glad to hear they exist and the general public has recognised the issue. I sincerely hope they help the victims who have to put up with hateful people on a daily basis.

[lalacaat22]

That is very true. I haven't come across these campaigns but I assume it's only because the suicides of gay teenagers are not an epidemic here. Finland is a pretty liberal country and in general homosexuality is well approved here - we even had an openly gay president candidate for this year's elections. I consider myself very lucky to live in a country that is so tolerant (even if I sometimes forget about it and moan about the most trivial things ).

 

Even though it's sad these kind of campaigns are needed I'm glad to hear they exist and the general public has recognised the issue. I sincerely hope they help the victims who have to put up with hateful people on a daily basis.

 

I think it's great that you live in a country where homosexuality is approved! The campaigns are sad really, and it's good to know that there's a place where they aren't needed. I think the world has enough problems, there doesn't need to be any more hate in it.

[Dreamy_Queen]

I think this time you are totally wrong honey. Don`t search for any other truth there. It doesn`t matter now what tabloid or a newspaper published Mika`s words. He said things aloud in London Heaven. That`s it. Please accept the reality. If you don`t - then how do you live in this world ? We are not living if we cannot accept reality. We suffer and we hurt ourselves. I care for what you say so much, I don`t want you to deceive yourself.

 

It is not a tragedy what happened . Syrian civil war is a tragedy now, imo.

 

Are you kidding? Tragedy? For me?

Do you remember?

 

 

Watson: Mm. Oh, right. Do you have a…boyfriend? Which is fine, by the way.

Sherlock: I know it’s fine.

 

I'm totally happy with it, if you read my previous posts. This is the best variant for me (i'm being egoistic, I know). I said to you that it will happen some day a year ago.

And I have absolutely other reasons for my question. It is not for me, actually. Some friends asked me if it ir a reliable mag, and I had no idea.

Edited August 5, 2012 by Dreamy_Queen

[Christine]

Here is Anderson Cooper's statement for those who don't know him/haven't read it. He is a reporter for CNN and made this statement just before the story about Mika having a boyfriend of 5 years surfaced.

 

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Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I've thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to.

 

But I've also wanted to retain some privacy for professional reasons. Since I started as a reporter in war zones 20 years ago, I've often found myself in some very dangerous places. For my safety and the safety of those I work with, I try to blend in as much as possible, and prefer to stick to my job of telling other people’s stories, and not my own. I have found that sometimes the less an interview subject knows about me, the better I can safely and effectively do my job as a journalist.

 

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly. As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter. I’ve stuck to those principles for my entire professional career, even when I’ve been directly asked “the gay question,” which happens occasionally. I did not address my sexual orientation in the memoir I wrote several years ago because it was a book focused on war, disasters, loss and survival. I didn't set out to write about other aspects of my life.

 

Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.

 

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.

 

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

 

I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don't think it's anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I’m not an activist, but I am a human being and I don't give that up by being a journalist.

 

Since my early days as a reporter, I have worked hard to accurately and fairly portray gay and lesbian people in the media - and to fairly and accurately portray those who for whatever reason disapprove of them. It is not part of my job to push an agenda, but rather to be relentlessly honest in everything I see, say and do. I’ve never wanted to be any kind of reporter other than a good one, and I do not desire to promote any cause other than the truth.

 

Being a journalist, traveling to remote places, trying to understand people from all walks of life, telling their stories, has been the greatest joy of my professional career, and I hope to continue doing it for a long time to come. But while I feel very blessed to have had so many opportunities as a journalist, I am also blessed far beyond having a great career.

 

I love, and I am loved.

 

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God’s greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life. I appreciate your asking me to weigh in on this, and I would be happy for you to share my thoughts with your readers. I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn’t mean an end to a small amount of personal space. But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter’s shield of privacy.

[Starrats]

First this:

GO MIKA

 

 

and now this, I just had to say something:

 

I am just can not understand how children became homosexuals.

I do not understand how children can be in bed with someone. They are children!

 

Children don't become homosexuals the are born that way, to put it simple, it's all about how your brain works and how much of certain hormones your body produces.

 

Those children will know that they are different from a very young age, because they can see or hear from others that there are little things in which they are different from other (heterosexual) children.

 

At first they don't even know that they are different. But when they go to school there teachers might ask there parents about certain behavioral difference that they show or the parents will notice it themselves. And then there is a choice for those parents accept you kid the way they are or FORCE you kid into a different lifestyle because you can't accept the way your kid is or you are afraid of that others might say.

 

And when that kid is forced to live a different lifestyle they might look normal on the outside and they might act heterosexual but on the inside they are afraid of being judged and unhappy because they can't be who they really are, because others might hurt them because some people decided homosexuals are abnormal and should be cured and ignored with force.

 

And children do not "go to bed with someone" like you said.

 

Just an example of a child that is different from an early age:

 

A heterosexual girl (child) might come home with a drawing of superman and tell her mommy that she thinks he's cute or that he's boring because he is a figure that boys find cool.

The parents will laugh and think that it's cute.

 

A heterosexual boy would come home with the same drawing and tell mommy how cool superman is and that he wants to be just like him when he grows up.

The parents will buy superman clothes and lunchboxes and think it's cute.

 

A homosexual boy could say that he thinks superman is cute or boring like the little girl did.

Parents will think it's odd and will accept this or force that boy into superman clothes and give him a superman lunchbox because that's what other boy's like and the hope the "problem" will go away. But that little boy will be miserable.

 

Being a homosexual is not just about sex and doing something that others might consider a sin it's just who they are.

 

And who they are is people, humans, they have feelings, dreams, interests, hobbies, they might want to have/adopt a child, they want to grow old with someone they love just like everybody else.

 

The only difference is that they want to do these things with someone who has the same gender as they have.

Edited August 5, 2012 by Starrats

[Christine]

And I have absolutely other reasons for my question.

 

i know I am dreading any hint of ambiguity in this article or any subsequent statements. I hope whatever he says is very clear and his message is consistent from one interview to the next.

[AnnaMariaPetra]

Here is Anderson Cooper's statement for those who don't know him/haven't read it. He is a reporter for CNN and made this statement just before the story about Mika having a boyfriend of 5 years surfaced.

 

--------------------------

 

Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I've thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to.

 

But I've also wanted to retain some privacy for professional reasons. Since I started as a reporter in war zones 20 years ago, I've often found myself in some very dangerous places. For my safety and the safety of those I work with, I try to blend in as much as possible, and prefer to stick to my job of telling other people’s stories, and not my own. I have found that sometimes the less an interview subject knows about me, the better I can safely and effectively do my job as a journalist.

 

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly. As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter. I’ve stuck to those principles for my entire professional career, even when I’ve been directly asked “the gay question,” which happens occasionally. I did not address my sexual orientation in the memoir I wrote several years ago because it was a book focused on war, disasters, loss and survival. I didn't set out to write about other aspects of my life.

 

Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.

 

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.

 

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

 

I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don't think it's anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I’m not an activist, but I am a human being and I don't give that up by being a journalist.

 

Since my early days as a reporter, I have worked hard to accurately and fairly portray gay and lesbian people in the media - and to fairly and accurately portray those who for whatever reason disapprove of them. It is not part of my job to push an agenda, but rather to be relentlessly honest in everything I see, say and do. I’ve never wanted to be any kind of reporter other than a good one, and I do not desire to promote any cause other than the truth.

 

Being a journalist, traveling to remote places, trying to understand people from all walks of life, telling their stories, has been the greatest joy of my professional career, and I hope to continue doing it for a long time to come. But while I feel very blessed to have had so many opportunities as a journalist, I am also blessed far beyond having a great career.

 

I love, and I am loved.

 

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God’s greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life. I appreciate your asking me to weigh in on this, and I would be happy for you to share my thoughts with your readers. I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn’t mean an end to a small amount of personal space. But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter’s shield of privacy.

 

Thanks for posting this Christine. It's a very eloquent article.

[flyingkites]

I think it's great that you live in a country where homosexuality is approved! The campaigns are sad really, and it's good to know that there's a place where they aren't needed. I think the world has enough problems, there doesn't need to be any more hate in it.

 

Well said.

[Karimah]

Someone here said something about wondering if he wanted children? Theres an interview on YouTube at the Blue Balls festival where he says he wants children soon.

[Sephira]

I don't know what is going on in Europe but there is a campaign in the US that is aimed at LGBT teens (I said children before but I mean high school aged teenagers, so non English speakers don't misunderstand ).

 

The campaign is not aimed at homophobes, it is aimed at their victims. There has been an epidemic of suicides and celebrities are being encouraged to come out and show these kids that they have nothing to be ashamed of and no matter how desperate their circumstances may seem if they can just hold on a few more years it will be get better.

 

I'm sure Mika has many reasons for coming out and we don't know exactly what they are (yet), but this has been cited as the reason by Anderson Cooper and many others for them to come out. These are very private people who had no reason to make public statements but they decided that speaking out was more important than maintaining their privacy.

 

Whether this is a direct motivation for people to come out or not, I don't know, but the pressure is on for everyone to come out now because the gay rights movement has picked up a lot of steam in the past couple of years and there is a growing acceptance of homosexuality by the general public.

 

It is normal to deal with troubled youth who are victims of homophobia but to get things must change attitudes, it is the majority of people that should be informed about the homosexuality in the fight against homophobia for people to stop thinking that this is a disease or depravity. We have to inform people by sciences because it is something more difficult to reject. So this will allow people to be gay to not feel as strange animals, reduce homophobia and the way people in general see homosexuality.

 

In Europe there are campaigns with a phone number for gay youth and their parents to inform them and if they have become victims of homophobia. But nothing is done to school for biology classes where is sexual education class in France to explain homosexuality. I think it's a big gap in education.

[vanessa]

Haven't seen this short vid been posted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7K9cDD2b4M&feature=player_embedded

[Sephira]

Someone here said something about wondering if he wanted children? Theres an interview on YouTube at the Blue Balls festival where he says he wants children soon.

 

stop joking

[krjsantos]

Here is Anderson Cooper's statement for those who don't know him/haven't read it. He is a reporter for CNN and made this statement just before the story about Mika having a boyfriend of 5 years surfaced.

 

--------------------------

 

Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I've thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to.

 

But I've also wanted to retain some privacy for professional reasons. Since I started as a reporter in war zones 20 years ago, I've often found myself in some very dangerous places. For my safety and the safety of those I work with, I try to blend in as much as possible, and prefer to stick to my job of telling other people’s stories, and not my own. I have found that sometimes the less an interview subject knows about me, the better I can safely and effectively do my job as a journalist.

 

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly. As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter. I’ve stuck to those principles for my entire professional career, even when I’ve been directly asked “the gay question,” which happens occasionally. I did not address my sexual orientation in the memoir I wrote several years ago because it was a book focused on war, disasters, loss and survival. I didn't set out to write about other aspects of my life.

 

Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.

 

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.

 

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

 

I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don't think it's anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I’m not an activist, but I am a human being and I don't give that up by being a journalist.

 

Since my early days as a reporter, I have worked hard to accurately and fairly portray gay and lesbian people in the media - and to fairly and accurately portray those who for whatever reason disapprove of them. It is not part of my job to push an agenda, but rather to be relentlessly honest in everything I see, say and do. I’ve never wanted to be any kind of reporter other than a good one, and I do not desire to promote any cause other than the truth.

 

Being a journalist, traveling to remote places, trying to understand people from all walks of life, telling their stories, has been the greatest joy of my professional career, and I hope to continue doing it for a long time to come. But while I feel very blessed to have had so many opportunities as a journalist, I am also blessed far beyond having a great career.

 

I love, and I am loved.

 

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God’s greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life. I appreciate your asking me to weigh in on this, and I would be happy for you to share my thoughts with your readers. I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn’t mean an end to a small amount of personal space. But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter’s shield of privacy.

 

First this:

GO MIKA

 

 

and now this, I just had to say something:

 

 

 

Children don't become homosexuals the are born that way, to put it simple, it's all about how your brain works and how much of certain hormones your body produces.

 

Those children will know that they are different from a very young age, because they can see or hear from others that there are little things in which they are different from other (heterosexual) children.

 

At first they don't even know that they are different. But when they go to school there teachers might ask there parents about certain behavioral difference that they show or the parents will notice it themselves. And then there is a choice for those parents accept you kid the way they are or FORCE you kid into a different lifestyle because you can't accept the way your kid is or you are afraid of that others might say.

 

And when that kid is forced to live a different lifestyle they might look normal on the outside and they might act heterosexual but on the inside they are afraid of being judged and unhappy because they can't be who they really are, because others might hurt them because some people decided homosexuals are abnormal and should be cured and ignored with force.

 

And children do not "go to bed with someone" like you said.

 

Just an example of a child that is different from an early age:

 

A heterosexual girl (child) might come home with a drawing of superman and tell her mommy that she thinks he's cute or that he's boring because he is a figure that boys find cool.

The parents will laugh and think that it's cute.

 

A heterosexual boy would come home with the same drawing and tell mommy how cool superman is and that he wants to be just like him when he grows up.

The parents will buy superman clothes and lunchboxes and think it's cute.

 

A homosexual boy could say that he thinks superman is cute or boring like the little girl did.

Parents will think it's odd and will accept this or force that boy into superman clothes and give him a superman lunchbox because that's what other boy's like and the hope the "problem" will go away. But that little boy will be miserable.

 

Being a homosexual is not just about sex and doing something that others might consider a sin it's just who they are.

 

And who they are is people, humans, they have feelings, dreams, interests, hobbies, they might want to have/adopt a child, they want to grow old with someone they love just like everybody else.

 

The only difference is that they want to do these things with someone who has the same gender as they have.

 

 

Just :clap:

[WeAreGolden*]

Haven't seen this short vid been posted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7K9cDD2b4M&feature=player_embedded

 

Could someone please translate?

[Karimah]

stop joking

 

I'm not, its here

 

http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google&rdm=4of0xhzjb&tsp=1#/watch?v=HMWixCweb40

[Sephira]

I'm not, its here

 

http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google&rdm=4of0xhzjb&tsp=1#/watch?v=HMWixCweb40

 

he can not already care for a dog because he is still touring, studio and interview, a child takes a lot of attention and sacrifice Who going to take care of this child Mika's mum

 

May be someone could have a baby with Mika

[Christine]

I'm not, its here

 

http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google&rdm=4of0xhzjb&tsp=1#/watch?v=HMWixCweb40

 

Wow he is full of surprises lately.

 

Guess we will start hearing stories of his son Gertrude soon.

 

That got really awkward towards the end when he was talking about the medal. Did anyone ever find the interview that put him in a bad mood?

[WeAreGolden*]

May be someone could have a baby with Mika

 

I'd happily volunteer

[LaraMay]

Haven't seen this short vid been posted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7K9cDD2b4M&feature=player_embedded

 

Whoever posted this either doesn't speak french and is just guessing what Mika's saying in this video or is just trying to mislead people, cause I'm pretty sure it's the same video as this one;

[Sephira]

I'd happily volunteer

I think we have to open a new thread "who wants to be the mother of the children of Mika?"

[Mikasister]

I think we have to open a new thread "who wants to be the mother of the children of Mika?"

 

If not the mother of his children at least the babysitter when he's touring

[Karimah]

I can't imagine there will be any shortage of surrogates!

[Sephira]

If not the mother of his children at least the babysitter when he's touring

 

I don't know what is the english expression for "mère porteuse" that's why I used the word mother only

[Mikasister]

I don't know what is the english expression for "mère porteuse" that's why I used the word mother only

 

Maybe you mean " foster-mother"?