{"id":48712,"date":"2016-12-27T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T17:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/"},"modified":"2016-12-27T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T17:25:42","slug":"that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/","title":{"rendered":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"600\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael-400x209.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael-240x125.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/p>\n<p>It was April 1998. After being arrested in Beverly Hills for &ldquo;lewd conduct&rdquo; for propositioning an undercover cop for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/George-Michael\">George Michael<\/a> sat down with CNN for an interview to discuss&nbsp;the&nbsp;arrest&nbsp;as well as his sexuality, which, up until then, he had kept ambiguous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/pop-superstar-george-michael-dies-age-53-20161225\" target=\"_blank\">Pop superstar George Michael dies at age 53<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked about that ambiguity, 34-year-old Michael replied, &ldquo;It works very successfully in pop culture because it means, especially if you&rsquo;re trying to communicate something&nbsp;emotional, or sexual, that you&rsquo;re communicating with both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>&hellip;My sexuality was not cut and dried.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, Michel said that he didn&rsquo;t have his first <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> relationship until he was 27.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I spent the first half of my career being accused of being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> when I hadn&rsquo;t had anything like a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> relationship,&rdquo; he&nbsp;explained. &ldquo;So I spent my years growing up being told what my sexuality was &hellip; which was kind of confusing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He&nbsp;continued: &ldquo;I want to say that I have no problem with people knowing that I&rsquo;m in a relationship with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> right now. I have not been in a relationship with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> for almost 10 years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/inspiration-alert-david-bowie-spent-final-year-creating-magic-20161225\" target=\"_blank\">Inspiration alert: David Bowie spent his final year creating magic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And as for the arrest and everyone learning that, yeah, OK, he&rsquo;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, Michael said: &ldquo;I think having done something as stupid as that&hellip;I&rsquo;m a very proud <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a>. I want people to know that I have not been exposed as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in any way that&hellip;I don&rsquo;t feel any shame. I feel stupid and I feel reckless and weak for having allowed my sexuality to be exposed this way. But I don&rsquo;t feel any shame whatsoever and neither do I think&nbsp;I should.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Preach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch&nbsp;the powerful interview below&hellip;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=IAqlB5ahgF0:hZr9C5Q4Qz4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=IAqlB5ahgF0:hZr9C5Q4Qz4:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/time-george-michael-came-national-television-dont-feel-shame-whatsoever-20161227?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/time-george-michael-came-national-television-dont-feel-shame-whatsoever-20161227?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d It was April 1998. After being arrested in Beverly Hills for &ldquo;lewd conduct&rdquo; for propositioning an undercover cop for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, George Michael sat down with CNN for an interview to discuss&nbsp;the&nbsp;arrest&nbsp;as well as his sexuality, which, up until then, he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d It was April 1998. After being arrested in Beverly Hills for &ldquo;lewd conduct&rdquo; for propositioning an undercover cop for sex, George Michael sat down with CNN for an interview to discuss&nbsp;the&nbsp;arrest&nbsp;as well as his sexuality, which, up until then, he &hellip; Continue reading That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-27T17:25:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\"},\"headline\":\"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-27T17:25:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":389,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/content\\\/docs\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/27110654\\\/michael.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/\",\"name\":\"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/content\\\/docs\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/27110654\\\/michael.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-27T17:25:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/content\\\/docs\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/27110654\\\/michael.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/content\\\/docs\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/27110654\\\/michael.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"description\":\"LGBT BLOG\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"width\":243,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gayfriendschat\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\",\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GayFriendschat.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/author\\\/gayfriendschat-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","og_description":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d It was April 1998. After being arrested in Beverly Hills for &ldquo;lewd conduct&rdquo; for propositioning an undercover cop for sex, George Michael sat down with CNN for an interview to discuss&nbsp;the&nbsp;arrest&nbsp;as well as his sexuality, which, up until then, he &hellip; Continue reading That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/","og_site_name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","article_published_time":"2016-12-27T17:25:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"GayFriendschat.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_site":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GayFriendschat.com","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/"},"author":{"name":"GayFriendschat.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f"},"headline":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d","datePublished":"2016-12-27T17:25:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/"},"wordCount":389,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg","articleSection":["NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/","name":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg","datePublished":"2016-12-27T17:25:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/27110654\/michael.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/that-time-george-michael-came-out-on-national-television-i-dont-feel-any-shame-whatsoever\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"That time George Michael came out on national television: \u201cI don\u2019t feel any shame whatsoever.\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","description":"LGBT BLOG","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization","name":"GayFriendsChat.com","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","width":243,"height":96,"caption":"GayFriendsChat.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gayfriendschat"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f","name":"GayFriendschat.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"GayFriendschat.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/author\/gayfriendschat-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}