Ironically, Fred Schneider, the lead singer of the B52s, is gay.
They’re all gay. The guitarist died of AIDS.
Which members weren’t?
On this forum, we should refer to “them” as homosexual!
The use of the term “gay” to refer to homosexual was the first effort I can recall homosexuals using to “soften” the language and remove the stigma associated with homosexual behavior.
In November 1987 an article entitled “The Overhauling of Straight America” appeared in Guide Magazine. A few years later its authors expanded it into a book: Marshall Kirk, Hunter Madsen: “After the Ball — How America will conquer its fear and hatred of Gays in the 1990s”. (Plume, 1990), ISBN: 0452264987.
http://library.gayhomeland.org/0018/EN/EN_Overhauling_Straight.htm