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Contents 1 Discussion 2 Orientation 3 Hare Krishna 4 Where to begin.. 5 Jesus Loves You redirects here. 6 Boy George 7 Changes to article 8 Oh, and one other thing.... 9 Vodafone LMA quote 10 Image

[edit] Discussion

This page needs some cleaning up. The part on the Kirk Brandon situation is extremely non-objective.

BOY GEORGES NATIONALITY

Is Boy George Irish or British? He certainly has an Irish surname (O Dowd).... answers anyone? Mind you, he was born in London....???

Boy George is strictly speaking a dual national: he is British by virtue of being born in the UK, but can claim Irish nationality from his parents, both of which are Irish.

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I love Boy Georgie.

[edit] Orientation

Boy George is bisexual not gay. 9 Jul 2004, Heegoop (UTC)

This is indeed what the article says. Why the introduction claiming otherwise? I'll change the introduction to match up with the rest of the article, as well as his own words, quoted at the bottom of the article.--69.158.51.130 23:04, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Category has now been fixed to correspond. -- Bovineone

no, he is gay everyone knows that, it's just that he claims to be bisexual but he is gay in real life, I mean come on, he cross-dresses, and if you want proof on this, check his NNDB entry. He also admitted this in an interview

• straight people cross-dress too, though, so that is hardly proof. --Beeurd 23:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hare Krishna

"a band named Jesus Loves You, a tribute to the Christianity that helped him overcome his drug problem. Much of Jesus Loves You's material was life-celebrating stuff, including the hit "Bow Down Mister", which was attributed to George's belief in the Hare Krishna movement."

this makes no sense as Hare Krishna is a Hindu movement not a Christian one. Rmhermen 00:33, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)

    He has a strange set of beliefs, just leave it at that. --69.156.58.221 05:39, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Where to begin..

This encyclopedia is wonderful and my favorite person is here for me to establish. "Boy George," the wonder boy of the London scene an icon to the American boy of what the scene was like in London for some. The common era between two countries coming together with the looks and sounds that shaped the time frame. Being flexable in his attire of lose gowns, colorful smocks, headwear, and wearing make-up the children almost everywhere noticed him. Boy George brought comfort to the boys as well as girls with his clear vocals of emotion and his flexability regarding fashion. Most people of that time were so tight with being dressed in a certain way and acting a certain way. They were like bulls in china cabnets if anything was to fragile for their way of life it would have to be broken. Girls and boys were drawn to Boy George and they could feel and be free from being broken if only for a little while.

[edit] Jesus Loves You redirects here.

I'm against it.--Greasysteve13 05:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The reason is explained by the article: "He also recorded under the name Jesus Loves You, (writing under the pseudonym Angela Dust)" -- Bovineone 04:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boy George

i LOVE boy george sooo much i really do thnx for making me soooo happy love you forever kisess to you from mexico te amo y siempre te amare precioso eres mi angel y siempre lo seras kn puede amar a semejante maricon

[edit] Changes to article

Hey, I made some substantial changes, so I figured I needed to outline them here.

(a) I regrouped information under subject - ie, time in CC, solo work, etc. I tried to put all of the subjects re: his music career first, then subjects regarding his personal life after that. (b) I substantially pared down the information about CC in here. Culture Club has its own article, which is where that level of detail should be. It should be mentioned here, but on a "high level overview". (c) I removed the quotes - there is a specific wiki, Wikiquotes, for quotations, and I moved it to that wiki.

I did pick out a little POV language as well. I like him too, but this is an encyclopedia, not a fan page, so we need to be neutral when we write about people.

Thanks! NickBurns 16:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh, and one other thing....

I did want to mention that it's normal protocol to refer to a person in their article by their last name. I debated whether the references to him should have been "O'Dowd" as it is his last name, but as he has never gone by that name, and most of the references were "George", I kept that and changed any that weren't. NickBurns 16:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vodafone LMA quote

I have moved this entry here because it is uncited and I cannot find any documentation online.

Boy George was involved in an incident on 11th October [Year???!!!], when he was attending the Vodafone Live Music Awards at The Roundhouse, in Camden, north London, was being interviewed by journalists when the youngsters began shouting homophobic jibes. George screamed: "I know I'm a queer. Shut your mouth 'til I knock you out."

He then flung his drink at the wall and headed towards some glass doors where the kids stood outside. Begged by his PR to come away, George swore at the ringleader. He then returned to the press pack and claimed he was "calm", adding: "Otherwise they'd be dead." (unsigned comment)

He did apparently have a confrontation with fans per this BBC News Online article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6043794.stm NickBurns 19:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Someone seems to think that the 1983 image is interchangeable with a current image of Boy George. Please pop by Image talk:BoyGeorge.jpg. Postdlf 09:43, 1 December 2006 (UTC)