Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has confirmed that he had a homosexual experience when he was younger and experimenting, but that he does not identify as gay now. He revealed to Guardian in a new interview that he had ‘gay experiences.’ He said he originally wrote in-depth about it in his book Acid for the Children, but left it out.
“I didn’t want it to be sensationalized,” he explained to Guardian. “To me, it wasn’t a big deal. I was experimenting and it turns out, ‘hey, I’m not gay’. So, it’s not really my story.”
Flea said he appreciates the Chili Peppers’ connection to the LGBTQ community. In a chapter of Acid for the Children titled Men Don’t Kiss Men, he said his birth father rejecting a kiss from him at the age of six had a major affect on him, leading to him wanting to rebel against male stereotypes.
Early in their career, the Chili Peppers posed for the Los Angeles-based gay porn magazine In Touch. “I felt honored that they wanted us in the magazine,” Flea said. “The gay community in Los Angeles were the first ones to really embrace the Chili Peppers.”
Via Alternative Nation
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