Steve Grand

I was just going to add some photos featuring this hottie and say something about him that's nice and fluffy, but I'm going to be a little more honest in this post, and possibly upset a few adoring fans too. If you don't think you can take it, look away now, scroll down and drool a little, and just ignore what I'm about to say...

I guess the media have been hyping him up a little, and the gay press out there have been determined to make a meal out of his sudden popularity too. But there's no denying that Steve Grand is more than just a hot body and a handsome face. He's not actually the first out gay country music star as some seemed to have been touting (KD Lang immediately springs to mind, but I guess women don't count?)

A friend of mine also told me about Steve Grand praising his "conversion" therapist, a guy who tried to tell the teenaged Grand that his homosexuality was a mental disorder. Apparently his parents were not happy with a gay son and tried to "turn him straight". It seems very odd for a man secure in his gayness to be praising a "therapist" involved in such a dangerous and damaging system.

Then there's also the fact that Steve Grand supports a Catholic Church in Lemont, Ill, and works with them as a musical director. Again, this is a little odd considering that church specifically raises funds to try to keep gay people below them, attacking gay equality and marriage rights.

I know what you're thinking, he's cute, he's sexy, and he's hot. But when you get beyond that nice exterior, are we really just looking at a self-loathing gay man riding the coat-tails of being the "first openly gay country music singer" for nothing more than fame?