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“It was Derek (his older brother) who he first came out to in the early 90s. His older brother had taken him to a strip club, when Domingo asked him to go outside. He hadn’t come out to anyone at this point and there was some trepidation about admitting his sexuality to his tough, older brother. But he knew he ‘came from love’. ‘I told him that I was gay. He looked at me and was just like, “What?” He just couldn’t believe it,’ says Domingo. ‘Eventually, he said, “I don’t care, man. I love you anyway.” And he just hugged me. Then he said, “Have you told anyone else? I said, no. He said, “Alright, this stays between you and me.”’

“Two days later, his sister was on the phone. ‘She was pissed off. I said, “Look, yes, it was really hard for me to tell him.” She said, “No, no, no. Why didn’t you tell me first?” She was pissed off because she didn’t get the information first,’ he laughs recounting the story. Not long after, that Domingo delivered the news to his parents. His mum took it in her stride and, like his brother, agreed to keep her son’s sexuality to herself. ‘Twenty minutes later, the phone rings and she says, “I talked to your stepfather.” She puts him on and he says, in his blue-collar masculine way, “You’re a good boy and there’s nothing you can tell me that would make me stop loving you.”’

Excerpts from the article :

>The band knows all too well how the likes of Taylor Swift and Oasis have faced backlash for astronomical ticket pricing, but have very little sympathy.

>’How has it become less expensive to go overseas to see your favourite band than just see them in your own city?,’ Nick questions, before Tyson interjects: ‘We’re at a point with this conversation where the responsibility, especially in the headliner, falls on the artists. It’s on the fans to say, well, does my favourite artist need to make $75, 000,000 this summer? Or could they make $30,000,000? Is that enough money for you?’

>The singer adds: ‘It’s become a one-percenter’s experience, and I think that’s f****d up, because the people who love music the most, the people who need music the most, are the people that are hand-to-mouth, the people that come from where we’re from. It shouldn’t just be a District 1 Hunger Games kind of luxury to go to concerts. That type of artist, their audience will pay whatever, because they set that lifestyle of extravagance. We need to hold artists responsible.’

>The band are now tapping into uncharted territory by allowing fans to summon them to their city to play backyards, bowling alleys, and beyond, and reckon their house parties can fix a broken industry.

How is this not getting more attention? Declawing a cat is literally animal abuse and completely illegal in CA. It’s cruel, inhumane, and leaves a cat completely defenseless. It’s insane that she’s trying to excuse it by saying she was misinformed (as if she doesn’t have access to Google). It’s shameful of her to do this and I hope she redeems herself by making a hefty donation to some cat charities.