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" Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears has stated that he is &amp;quot;proud&amp;quot; of being a role model for gay fans. The &amp;#039;Fire With Fire&amp;#039; singer told BANG Showbiz that he empathises with teenagers who are struggling to come to terms with their sexuality and often draws on his own experiences to help them.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m proud to be that. I know what it&amp;#039;s like to be a teenager, and what it&amp;#039;s like to come out, and the difficulties of it all. And how it feels to be in school and be bullied,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;If I&amp;#039;m the go-to for new gays, and if I can be someone that gay teenagers can look at as someone who&amp;#039;s happy and who has made a good life for himself, then that&amp;#039;s great. I had people like that for me when I was growing up, and it was very important.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;My advice would be to just stick to who you are. There are sacrifices you have to make, there are crosses that you have to bear. You&amp;#039;re always going to be portrayed in a certain way, you&amp;#039;re always going to be pigeonholed.  &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s the price that you&amp;#039;re going to pay. But it&amp;#039;s a price that&amp;#039;s worth it. It&amp;#039;s a responsibility. So that would be my advice - remain exactly who you are.&amp;quot; Shears recently followed fellow gay icons Madonna, Ellen DeGeneres and Adam Lambert by decrying the recent spate of homosexual teen suicides in America.  &amp;quot;When I read about suicides and gay teenagers it&amp;#039;s so tragic,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think teenagers realise that it actually does get better. The minute you&amp;#039;re done with high school your life gets better.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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