Caroline Sullivan: Better late than never - Boyzone break new ground for gay pop stars

The reunited Irish "boy" band Boyzone have never been beacons of progressive thought, but with the video for their new single, Better, they have done something rather groundbreaking. The storyline has each member getting romantic with a sexy (fictional) partner, but while four of the Boyz are paired off with girls, Stephen Gately gets cosy with a man. This isn't just the first time that Gately, who came out in 1999 and is in a civil partnership, has been allowed openly to express his sexuality i...

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