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Who? Genuinely. Who?

Because if you mean Rosemary, his first girlfriend.. she said that he was always far more interested in her male friends than her and always thought he was gay.

If you mean Mary... the woman he only dated for like 3 years at MOST and broke up with because he was cheating on her with men.. and who lied about their relationship for years... and who disregarded his sexuality.. and his boyfriends... and his HUSBAND.. yikes.

If you mean Barbara... yes yes the german pornstar that was cut out of Freddie's life personally because he figured out she was the one going to the press and making up wild stories about illicit affairs and escapades..

If you mean Winnie? You know he was a man, right? Or do you just hear a female sounding name and assume???

"Oh but in LAJ's book-" no. I don't want to hear it. That woman obsessed with Freddie's one longterm relationship with a woman to erase his entire queer identity, to straight wash him; to bad mouth all credible sources that would speak up about Freddie's true sexuality.. "oh Brian was so jealous of Freddie cause he ended up with Mary, and and Deaky was always too coked up to know what was going on and Roger's always too busy womanising, Mary was the only one who understood him". Do you know how many fake quotes of Freddie's exist because of LAJ and Mary's team work? Do you know how many of Freddie's boyfriends were erased because of them? Do you know the amount of people that believe Freddie was only with Jim because he was abusive and wouldn't let him leave?? LAJ is the reason so many people believe that Jim was lying in Mercury and Me. LAJ is the reason people now believe Freddie had a secret daughter (who shockingly only lived long enough to help promote LAJ's new book). LAJ is the reason, and only reason, people believe Freddie was Bisexual.

“… you have to get away from the idea that playing music is a competition. You should just keep on doing what you think is an interesting thing to do.”

Interviewer: From your point of view, as photo subjects, how were the four members?

Hasebe: Freddie's never off his guard. He has a showiness about him appropriate for a frontman, and understands how a photo should be taken. Brian can be a bit sensitive at times, so you need to know when you can take a photo and when you can't. That was especially true in the early days. As for Roger, he'll joke around in front of the camera when he's in a good mood, but when he loses interest he stops trying. I think he's photogenic in his natural state, though. The one who always gives me a smile and co-operates with me when I point the camera at him is John. I'm appreciative of the fact that he's so easy to work with, but man, he always has the same expression, haha!”

Translated by user ‘deathtoming’ at Queen Discussion Boards (x) from recent Queen In Japan book

All photos by Koh Hasebe

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