{"id":15026,"date":"2020-08-07T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/?p=15026"},"modified":"2020-09-01T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T11:20:01","slug":"sweden-pop-star-with-kurdish-roots-comes-out-as-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/sweden-pop-star-with-kurdish-roots-comes-out-as-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden: Pop star with Kurdish roots comes out as gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Darin Zanyar came out as gay to his Instagram followers. The 33-year-old is one of Sweden&#8217;s most famous pop stars &#8211; with seven number one albums. 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I know how difficult it can be. Took me a while, but I am proud to be gay. Happy pride!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darinofficial\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> D A R I N<\/a> (@darinofficial) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-08-03T10:58:07+00:00\">Aug 3, 2020 at 3:58am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone in the world should be able to be proud and accepted for who they are. I know how difficult it can be. Took me a while, but I am proud to be gay. Happy Pride!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zanyar was born in Sweden on June 2, 1987. His parents are from Kurdish Iraq. In 2004 he took part in a Swedish singing competition and made it to the finals. Although he didn&#8217;t win, his career started full blast afterwards. With seven number one albums, he is now one of Swedens best-selling artists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Darin zanyar  Lovekiller  Official  Music  Video\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bCxIkJFMvEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Coming-outs give hope to Kurdish queer community<\/h2>\n<p>Zanyar is not alone in this: Shortly before his outing, the Dutch-Kurdish singer Naaz declared on Instagram that she is queer &#8211; because she would love in more ways than she had previously thought. The Kurdish queer community celebrated the two stars&#8217; coming out in social media as the beginning of a new era. Until now, there have been hardly any famous role models for young Kurdish queers who have publicly come out. One user wrote:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These two amazing and talented Kurdish singers came out yesterday as a part of LGBTQIA+. Until now the Kurdish lgbt community lacked any representation. This is beyond of what you think. Now a kurdish child who feel different have a representation, and have someone to lookup too. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FOJiPG332Y\">pic.twitter.com\/FOJiPG332Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; milanananan (@milanmeriwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/milanmeriwani\/status\/1290312947877711873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another one said in his post:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you people remember Darin Zanyar? The famous Kurdish singer that blew up mid 00s?<br \/>Well, he just came out!<br \/>Making him the first Kurdish artist that\u2019s openly gay!<br \/>We\u2019re all proud and sending utmost support for this young man. Hoping he\u2019ll overcome the backlashes with ease. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UPLOFbpeZq\">pic.twitter.com\/UPLOFbpeZq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ZeeTheKid (@Zheera_ZJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zheera_ZJ\/status\/1290248098980065288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darin Zanyar came out to Instagram as gay. The 33-year-old is one of Sweden&#8217;s most famous pop stars &#8211; with seven number one albums. 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