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Lesbian Rocker Marries Man, ‘Gay’ Pop Festival Cancelled 7/11/2001 Lesbian Rocker Marries Man, ‘Gay’ Pop Festival Cancelled Former lesbian icon and rock star Sinead O’Connor’s surprise marriage (to a man) has led to the cancellation of “Wotapalava,” a “gay” music festival, just two weeks before its scheduled opening in Miami. A portion of the proceeds from the tour was to have supported the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — a homosexual pressure group that claims “sexual orientation” is unchangeable. In a statement issued July 2 on the Wotapalava Web site, tour organizer and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant said, “We have made this decision with the greatest of reluctance, but it seems impossible to proceed without a complete lineup of artists.” That artist lineup, which included the Pet Shop Boys, Rufus Wainwright, and Soft Cell, among others, hit a snag when O’Connor backed out of the tour. O’Connor, who had declared herself a lesbian last year, cited “unforeseeable family commitments” as the reason for dropping off the tour. Just weeks later it was learned that one of those “unforeseeable commitments” was O’Connor’s upcoming marriage to a man. The tour originally billed itself as the first openly “gay” music tour. Without O’Connor, however, organizers changed the billing to “gay friendly” and scrambled to secure heterosexual artists with a heavy homosexual fan base to fill the program opening. The move did little to help ticket sales for the 18-city tour, since most of Hollywood is already seen as “gay friendly,” and the performers in the lineup were far from current chart toppers. Organizers hope to try again next summer. “Wotapalava” is based on the British slang expression “What a palaver,” meaning “What a fuss about nothing.” HRC is in the forefront of homosexual groups that claim that homosexuals cannot change their “orientation.” One of the group’s staffers, spokesman Wayne Besen, is devoted to discrediting the ex-gay movement. |
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