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It's also funny now when I watch my video for Let A Boy Cry. At the time it was a real problem with
Vatican City in Italy because there were two boys kissing in it in a really sweet way. They were actually brothers, the two guys, and I asked them to kiss each other, as I was also co-director. They
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look like a couple, which was my intention, and people were bothered by it. Now it's the Same Love era and no one would blink! Yes, but there are still many things to change. For me they are not gay or lesbian issues but human rights issues.
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428:Ultratop 50
416:Ultratop 50
314:music video
308:Music video
304:in France.
195:Music video
129:Producer(s)
1473:1996 songs
1467:Categories
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937:7 December
832:Music Week
800:Music Week
776:7 December
753:References
571:UK Singles
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259:Music Week
959:18 August
955:. YouTube
734:Platinum
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426:Belgium (
414:Belgium (
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355:CD single
1445:Ultratop
1378:20 April
1345:Archived
1281:Archived
862:14 April
771:Facebook
737:500,000
727:France (
586:UK Indie
486:Israel (
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450:Europe (
440:Ultratop
136:Phil Jay
100:Nitelite
59:Released
1451:31 July
1403:4 March
722:50,000
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698:Region
498:Italy (
370:CD maxi
224:Italian
207:YouTube
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278:Divine
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79:Length
39:Single
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96:Label
73:Dance
68:Genre
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