和友人偶然提及西域男孩（Westlife）的歌。说到西域男孩，你还真不能不佩服他们。1999年出道，在许多男生团体（NSYNC， a1， OTown， 等……）相继解散，成员单飞后，西域男孩仍屹立不倒，年年一张专辑，支持者仍拥护着他们。我也同样年年支持他们，近乎每张西域男孩的专辑，我都会掏腰包买下。西域男孩里，我最欣赏的不是第一主唱Shane Filan，而是第二主唱Mark Feehily（全名：Markus Michael Patrick Feehily）。他的歌声，在Westlife的歌里，是最突出、明显的，近乎大多数的Bridge段，都由Mark包办。他的高音，更是无懈可击。西域男孩里还有Nicky Bryne和Kian Egan，一共四人。
团友一一结婚生子或交女友，但是Mark则从未与任何女生搭上。2007年在The Sun杂志上，Mark选择了坦白，承认了他是同性恋，与Kevin McDaid是一对。
Unbreakable … Kevin and Mark [Ram Shergill/Attitude Magazine]
转载自The Sun Archive 12 Dec 2007
Feehily publicly came out as gay in the UK tabloid The Sun, and announced his long-term relationship with Kevin McDaid, a member of the now-defunct British boy band V.[2][3] In an interview he said, “My life has got umpteen times better. My sexuality doesn’t define me as a person, but it’s a huge part of anyone to be open about it. It’s changed my life totally as I feel so much happier and at ease. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.” Unlike his band mates, for years Feehily did not discuss his private life.
Feehily later told Gay.com UK, “I am gay, and I’m proud of who I am.”
The pair have been dating since January 2005. In yet another interview, Feehily told the Sydney Morning Herald that despite the fact that the majority of Westlife’s fans are female, there had really been no negative reaction. “I am so much happier now and I think our fans can see that,” he said. “Through the years of getting to the point where I wanted to come out, I had to go through every kind of emotion, but I can honestly say that the day before I came out, I didn’t care what the reaction was going to be. That was the hardest point to get to.”
身为Mark的粉丝，初闻Mark Feehily是同性恋，心自然忽地冷了一秒，脑袋也愣了一秒，但是也就是这么一秒。同性恋又怎么样？我总认为，真爱无界限：能跨越国籍、年龄、身份、地位，甚至是性别！我是女校出身，这回事嘛，见惯不怪，更何况，我真的认为，以“爱”之名，无错，无罪！我佩服Mark承认自己的性倾向的勇气。那是对爱的坚贞，对爱的责任，对爱的付出。
真爱，无罪！真爱能是Us Against The World。
特注：我不是同性恋。