THE FEELING - THE FEELING FRONTMAN COMES OUT

DAN GILLESPIE, the lead singer of British pop ground THE FEELING, has revealed he is gay. The star has also spoken about his childhood, telling how he was brought up by his lesbian mother and marched at gay pride events from a young age. Gillespie says, "I was brought up on the gay scene because my mum is gay and so is my uncle. "Not only did I have two lesbian mothers but my mum was in a wheelchair. "We assumed the position of a kind of poster family for civil liberties organisations. "There is a picture of me when I was six holding up a banner saying, 'My mum is a lesbian and I love her.' It was at a pride event and was used a lot in the newspapers." Of his own sexuality, Gillespie adds, "Most of the kids at school seemed to know I was gay a long time before I knew myself. "I had a slightly effeminate air - and children are very intuitive aren't they? It's obvious really."