Monday, December 1, 2014
Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind
It’s hard to imagine two people coming from worlds as different as those of Elton John and Darren Walker.
Still, the two found much in common when they met in the presidential suite of the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, where Mr. John was staying. Surrounded by large photos of Mr. John’s two young sons, Zachary and Elijah, whom he is raising with his husband, David Furnish, the pair bonded over their childhood dreams and adult challenges; the way they came to grips with their sexual identity and outsider status; and their shared commitment to social justice and the elimination of H.I.V. and AIDS....