It is still unknown whether this legendary sger Prce was gay, bisexual, straight, or of any other sexual orientatn.
Contents:
- PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT
- WAS PRCE GAY? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT
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The operatg assumptn the late 1970s and early 1980s was that Prce was gay. Mician: Do you thk people thk that you’re gay?
People thought he was gay, not bee of any evince about his sex life, but bee he liked hangg out wh women; bee he sometim wore makp, heels, and flamboyant cloth; bee he didn’t signify as a “real man. The crowd began boog and shoutg racist and homophobic ephets.
The tle track pos provotive qutns (“Am I black or whe/Am I straight or gay? Prce: Gay In, Whether He Wanted to Be or NotHow to rencile his later nservatism wh the sexual liberatn he stood for earlier life?
WAS PRCE GAY? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
Mike Blake / RtersIn 2008, the New Yorker wrer Claire Hoffman asked Prce what he thought of social issu like gay marriage and abortn. The “homophobe” label attached self to him, acpanied by the bter shock of many fans.
“The pop star who ma his name on his effete, androgyno ‘Is he GAY or not? But the years after that saw Prce actively avoid talkg about gay rights, and some wrers saw subtle homophobia a few of his later lyrics and qutn of how someone whose art once seemed to preach the very ia of “stickg wherever and dog wh whatever”—wh magaz, etc.
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
Stewart go on to wre about how even though Prce’s lyril viewpot was almost always heterosexual—his songs were about men wantg women and women wantg men—he was unaaid of beg lled feme, gay, or perverted.