He was very flattered and touched by the poem and the footnote at the bottom, where the boy expressed his feelings for my son, and even though my son likes this boy and values his friendship, my son is not gay.
He did say that he wouldn’t share it with anyone else and I agree with him, love letters are not to be passed around and shared with people they aren’t meant for. My son asked if I wanted to read the poem and I declined, because it’s personal, and it wasn’t meant for me. And gay kids are still bullied in school, in horrible, heart-wrenching ways, in ways that make me lose sleep at night. And even though it’s not really surprising, his admirer was also a boy.ĪWho wrote a poem. My eldest son came home from school to inform me that he thought one of his schoolmates liked him, because they slipped a self-authored poem to him in the hallway.
Your little baby is growing up and as a parent, you have to accept the fact that one day they will find someone and fall in love and move away from you and you will no longer get to boss them about what shirt to wear with what sweater. Check out My Chem's tour dates and listen to their new single, released last week, " The Foundations of Decay.It’s always sort of adorable and sad when your kid starts attracting attention from would-be suitors. See a tweet from Taylor and others showing both T-shirts below. Kerin Cunningham, the shirt's designer, called it "a bit whimsical, a little bit ironic, and a whole lot stupid in the best way." My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way conceptualized the Boy Zone T-shirt himself. There is also a new shirt bearing an imaginary magazine cover for Boy Zone, in the style of teen heartthrob rags, that labels the band the "saddest boys in the world." Ever!"īut the porn star tattoo T-shirt isn't the only new My Chemical Romance merch item making waves on the band's current tour. Seems reckless now but still zero regrets. hindsight I shouldn't have got a friend to do it, haha. Taylor said of his interactions with the band, "I was just freaking out as fan of the music but also just the fact they even knew me, haha.… was my peak fandom mixed with my rebellious who-gives-a-fuck phase. According to him, the unnamed rocker said they saw the ink in one of his "movies" and "thought it was cool." Subsequently, at the merch booth, My Chem have reportedly labeled the shirt the "Mickey Taylor Photo T-Shirt," acknowledging the photo's star. Taylor said he first received an email from a band member inquiring about his tattoo. "I had no idea when would drop or if, but it happened and I found out through Twitter which was WILD! The been incredible and it's made the whole situation even more bizarre and fever dream-ish haha. "Honestly the whole thing has been a pleasure," Taylor told the LGBTQ+ outlet Them.
In the garment's image, he's standing and wearing only white briefs as he displays the unsteady-looking art that was clearly inked by an amateur.
How's that for fan service? In keeping with My Chemical Romance's constant nods to their listeners, plus their unending support for queer fans, the band got Taylor to take new photos of his tat for the shirt. That would be Mickey Taylor, now a musician and animation student but formerly a sex worker who was the subject of the original pic. The person on the garment is the same person from the post. As it turns out, the new shirt and the post are indeed connected.