Editing George Michael (section)

===Sexuality and relationships===
Michael stated that his early fantasies were about women, which "led me to believe I was on the path to [[heterosexuality]]", but at puberty he started to [[Sexual fantasy|fantasise]] about men, which he later said "had something to do with my environment". At the age of 19, Michael told Andrew Ridgeley that he was [[bisexual]].<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Jane |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/home/hall-of-fame/george-michael-interview |title=George Michael on beating drugs, depression and his outing in LA – October 2004 |publisher=GQ magazine |date=October 2004 |access-date=16 June 2013 |archive-date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920091856/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/home/hall-of-fame/george-michael-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> Michael also told one of his two sisters, but he was advised not to tell his parents about his sexuality.<ref name="Andrew Johnson"/> In 1998, not long after he was [[outed]] for his sexuality, Michael said on ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'' that he became confident he was [[Homosexuality|gay]] when he fell in love with a man.<ref>{{Citation |title=George Michael Honest Interview – 1998 | date=27 February 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkqzdAH0tvA |access-date=2 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=2 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802061159/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkqzdAH0tvA |url-status=live }}</ref> This stance was reiterated in a 1999 interview with ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', where Michael told the editor-in-chief, Judy Wieder, that it was "falling in love with a man that ended his conflict over bisexuality".
"I never had a moral problem with being gay", Michael told her. "I thought I had fallen in love with a woman a couple of times. Then I fell in love with a man, and realised that none of those things had been love."<ref name="Wieder">{{cite book|title=Celebrity: The Advocate Interviews |last=Wieder|first=Judy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wciFOQAACAAJ |editor-last=Wieder|editor-first=Judy|year=2001|publisher=Advocate Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1-55583-722-8|page=15}}</ref>

In 2004, Michael said, "I used to sleep with women quite a lot in the Wham! days but never felt it could develop into a relationship because I knew that, emotionally, I was a gay man. I didn't want to commit to them, but I was attracted to them. Then I became ashamed that I might be using them. I decided I had to stop, which I did when I began to worry about AIDS, which was becoming prevalent in Britain. Although I had always had [[safe sex]], I didn't want to sleep with a woman without telling her I was bisexual. I felt that would be irresponsible. Basically, I didn't want to have that uncomfortable conversation that might ruin the moment, so I stopped sleeping with them." In the same interview, he added: "If I wasn't with Kenny [his boyfriend at the time], I would have sex with women, no question". He said he believed that the formation of his sexuality was "a nurture thing, via the absence of my father who was always busy working. It meant I was exceptionally close to my mother", though he stated that "there are definitely those who have a predisposition to being gay in which the environment is irrelevant."<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk"/> In 2007, Michael said he had hidden his sexuality because of worries over what effect it might have on his mother.<ref name="Andrew Johnson">{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=Johnson|title=George Michael: Why I had to keep my homosexuality secret|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html|work=The Independent|location=London|date=30 September 2007|access-date=15 February 2008|archive-date=17 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517055242/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, he added: "My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bisexual."<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/george-michael-an-exclusi_b_157401.html|title=Johann Hari: George Michael: An Exclusive Interview|work=HuffPost|date=13 January 2009|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-date=23 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323070944/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/george-michael-an-exclusi_b_157401.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the late 1980s, Michael had a relationship with make-up artist Kathy Jeung, who was regarded for a time as his artistic [[Muse (person)|"muse"]] and who appeared in the "[[I Want Your Sex]]" video.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38432981 George Michael: Six songs that defined his life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003211257/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38432981/ |date=3 October 2020 }}, BBC, 26 December 2016</ref> Michael later said that she had been his "only bona fide" girlfriend, and that she knew of his bisexuality.<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk"/> In 2016, Jeung reacted to Michael's death by calling him a "true friend" with whom she had spent "some of the best time of [her] life".<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7633328/george-michael-dead-music-video-women-memories-photos George Michael's Leading Ladies Share Memories, Photos of '90s Video Heyday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819165934/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7633328/george-michael-dead-music-video-women-memories-photos |date=19 August 2020 }}, ''Billboard.com'', 26 December 2016</ref>

In 1991, Michael established a relationship with Anselmo Feleppa, a Brazilian dress designer whom he had met at the [[Rock in Rio]] concert in January that year. Six months into their relationship, Feleppa discovered that he was [[HIV/AIDS|HIV-positive]]. Michael later said: "It was terrifying news. I thought I could have the disease too. I couldn't go through it with my family because I didn't know how to share it with them – they didn't even know I was gay."<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> In 1993, Feleppa died of an AIDS-related [[brain haemorrhage]].<ref name="thebiographychannel.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/george-michael.html|title=George Michael – Biography on Bio|publisher=Thebiographychannel.co.uk|access-date=17 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025134538/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/george-michael.html|archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> Michael's single, "[[Jesus to a Child]]", is a tribute to Feleppa (Michael consistently dedicated it to him before performing it live), as is his album ''[[Older (George Michael album)|Older]]'' (1996).<ref name="Hello">{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/georgemichael/|title=Latest news and profile of George Michael|work=Hello!|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-date=16 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216104729/http://hellomagazine.com/profiles/georgemichael/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, speaking about the loss of Feleppa, Michael said: "It was a terribly depressing time. It took about three years to grieve, then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a114785/michael-music-saved-me-from-depression.html|title=Michael: 'Music saved me from depression'|work=Digital Spy|date=24 July 2008|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509011610/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a114785/michael-music-saved-me-from-depression.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996, Michael entered into a long-term relationship with Kenny Goss, a former flight attendant, cheerleading coach,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unt.edu/northtexan/archives/f03/cheerextrafb.htm|title=Cheerleader feedback|publisher=University of North Texas|date=Fall 2003|access-date=27 April 2009|archive-date=2 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702123907/http://www.unt.edu/northtexan/archives/f03/cheerextrafb.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and sportswear executive from [[Dallas]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.home.no/cheznobby/id50.htm|title=Kenny|work=Chez Nobby|access-date=27 April 2009|archive-date=16 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141739/http://www.home.no/cheznobby/id50.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> They had a home in Dallas,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=146309|title=Goss Gallery to Open in Dallas Featuring International Contemporary Art|publisher=Goss Gallery|agency=PR Newswire|access-date=27 April 2009}}</ref> a 16th-century house in [[Goring-on-Thames]], Oxfordshire,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXbJUagH_Kw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619101235/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXbJUagH_Kw&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=19 June 2012 | url-status=dead|title=Oprah.-.2004.05.26.-.George.Michael(SVCD).mpg|last=BeeTheArtist|date=7 December 2011|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-home/2005/may-june/pop-star-george-michael-and-kenny-goss-at-home/|title=Pop Star George Michael and Kenny Goss At Home|work=D Magazine|date=May–June 2005|access-date=29 December 2016|archive-date=29 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229170658/http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-home/2005/may-june/pop-star-george-michael-and-kenny-goss-at-home/|url-status=live}}</ref> and an £8&nbsp;million mansion in [[Highgate]], [[North London]].<ref name="thebiographychannel.co.uk"/> In late November 2005, it was reported that Michael and Goss planned to register their relationship as a [[Civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership in the UK]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4483552.stm|title=George Michael to 'marry' partner|work=BBC News|date=29 November 2005|access-date=27 April 2009|archive-date=27 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327121126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4483552.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> but because of negative publicity and his upcoming tour, they postponed their plans.<ref name=BBC20060726>{{cite news|title=Michael issues 'marriage' denial|date=26 July 2006|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5216598.stm|access-date=28 October 2009|archive-date=15 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115043110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5216598.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 22 August 2011, the opening night of his [[Symphonica Tour]], Michael announced that he and Goss had split two years earlier.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ward|first=Kate|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/08/23/george-michael-kenny-goss-break-up/|title=George Michael announces break-up with Kenny Goss during emotional performance|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=23 August 2011|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209004253/http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/08/23/george-michael-kenny-goss-break-up/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Michael's homosexuality became publicly known following his April 1998 arrest for public lewdness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/george-michael-kenny-goss-remembers/|title=Kenny Goss Talks the Highs and Lows of Life with Former Love George Michael|work=People|last=Boucher|first=Phil|date=8 May 2017|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923124224/https://people.com/music/george-michael-kenny-goss-remembers/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Michael said "that hiding his sexuality made him feel 'fraudulent', and his eventual outing, when he was arrested [...] in 1998, was a subconsciously deliberate act."<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Andrew|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html|title=George Michael: Why I had to keep my homosexuality secret|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 September 2007|access-date=17 December 2012|location=London|archive-date=17 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517055242/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Michael entered a relationship with Fadi Fawaz, a Lebanese-Australian celebrity hairstylist and freelance photographer based in London.<ref name=usmagazine>{{Cite news|first=Megan|last=French|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/george-michaels-partner-breaks-his-silence-on-singers-death-w457823|title=George Michael's Partner Fadi Fawaz Breaks His Silence on Musician's Death|work=US Magazine|date=26 December 2016|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227081619/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/george-michaels-partner-breaks-his-silence-on-singers-death-w457823|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=peoplemagazine>{{Cite news|first=Aurelie|last=Corinthios|url=http://people.com/music/george-michael-found-dead-boyfriend-bed-fadi-fawaz/|title=George Michael Was Found Dead in Bed by His Boyfriend Fadi Fawaz: 'I Will Never Stop Missing You'|work=People|date=26 December 2016|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227075423/https://people.com/music/george-michael-found-dead-boyfriend-bed-fadi-fawaz/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was Fawaz who found Michael's body on Christmas morning 2016.<ref name=etmagazine>{{Cite news|first=Emily|last=Krauser|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/205831_george_michael_found_dead_bed_by_boyfriend_fadi_fawaz_christmas_morning/|title=George Michael's Boyfriend Fadi Fawaz Says He Found Singer Dead in Bed on Christmas Morning: 'I Will Never Forget'|work=ET Magazine|date=26 December 2016|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227081909/http://www.etonline.com/news/205831_george_michael_found_dead_bed_by_boyfriend_fadi_fawaz_christmas_morning/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=yahoonews>{{Cite news|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/33664673/fadi-fawaz-george-michaels-australian-boyfriend-found-him-dead-in-bed/#page1|title='I will never stop missing you': George Michael's Australian boyfriend found him dead in bed|publisher=Yahoo7 News|date=27 December 2016|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227131920/https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/33664673/fadi-fawaz-george-michaels-australian-boyfriend-found-him-dead-in-bed/#page1|url-status=live}}</ref>