Nile Rodgers says Diana Ross "didn’t unrstand that 'I’m Comg Out' was a gay thg"

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• NILE RODGERS: DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS ‘A GAY THG’
• DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS A 'GAY THG,' ACRDG TO PRODUCER NILE RODGERS
•  NILE RODGERS SAYS HE LIED TO DIANA ROSS ABOUT MEANG OF IM G OUT HER REER GAY LGBTQ
• NILE RODGERS SAYS DIANA ROSS “DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS A GAY THG”
• NILE RODGERS EXPLAS HOW HE WROTE DIANA ROSS'S "I'M COMG OUT" AS A GAY ANTHEM
• GUARIST NILE RODGERS WROTE 'I'M COM' OUT' FOR THE GAY MUNY
• DIANA ROSS ‘DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG’, SAYS NILE RODGERS
• GUARIST NILE RODGERS WROTE 'I'M COM' OUT' FOR THE GAY MUNY

NILE RODGERS: DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS ‘A GAY THG’

But Rodgers and Edwards helped make that superstar she brighter than ever: Ross’ classic “Diana” album — released 40 years ago on May 22, 1980 — went on to bee the bt-sellg LP of her reer wh hs such as “Upsi Down” and the gay anthem “I’m Comg Out. ” “But she didn’t unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, ‘I’m g out of the closet, ’ ” says Rodgers. “He thought that that would be Diana sayg that she was gay, ” says Rodgers.

DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS A 'GAY THG,' ACRDG TO PRODUCER NILE RODGERS

Addg, "But [Ross] didn't unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, I'm g out of the closet. " Ross may have not known then but she fully embraced the song and what meant to the LGBTQ muny, who celebrate her as a gay in. Is Nile Rodgers Gay?

 NILE RODGERS SAYS HE LIED TO DIANA ROSS ABOUT MEANG OF IM G OUT HER REER GAY LGBTQ

We did not fd any reports that suggted that Nile Rodgers is homosexual. The dis-funk legend revealed that he and his Chic bandmate Bernard Edwards had wrten the song, a long-celebrated gay pri anthem, as a statement of empowerment for the often margalized LGTBQIA++ muny.

NILE RODGERS SAYS DIANA ROSS “DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS A GAY THG”

Rodgers nfsed that he had been spired to wre the Pri staple after seeg numero Diana Ross impersonators at a Manhattan gay nightclub lled the Gild Grape and realized that the new song would fely strike a chord wh the fans. So I said, 'No one thks of Diana Ross necsarily on the ontl of this, but [the gay] muny and her [gay] fans love her and idolize her.

NILE RODGERS EXPLAS HOW HE WROTE DIANA ROSS'S "I'M COMG OUT" AS A GAY ANTHEM

" Apparently Ross was not aware that "I'm g out" uld be taken as someone announcg their homosexualy. Rodgers admted - "So she may have misnsted the ia when Frankie Crocker told her what 'I'm g out' meant — that she thought we were tryg to imply that she was gay.

Diana is fely not homophobic, that's for sure. Nile Rodgers has said that Diana Ross “didn’t unrstand” that her 1980 h ‘I’m Comg Out’ “was a gay thg. Ross loved the song, nnectg wh the empowerg lyrics, but she “didn’t unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, ‘I’m g out of the closet, ’ Rodgers said.

GUARIST NILE RODGERS WROTE 'I'M COM' OUT' FOR THE GAY MUNY

He says he lled Edwards and said, "Diana Ross is revered by the gay muny, and if we wrote a song lled 'I'm Comg Out' for Diana Ross, would have the same power as Jam Brown's 'I'm Black and I'm Proud.

This gay power meang was totally lost on Diana Ross, who thought was about her leavg Motown Rerds and clarg pennce om Berry Gordy, who had ntrolled her entire reer to that pot.

DIANA ROSS ‘DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG’, SAYS NILE RODGERS

Acrdg to the BBC4 documentary How to Make It the Mic Bs, Ross loved the rerd until she put ont of [disc jockey] Frankie Crocker, who poted out that "I'm g out" is what homosexual people e to announce their homosexualy, that listeners would thk Diana herself was announcg she was gay, and that would her reer.

GUARIST NILE RODGERS WROTE 'I'M COM' OUT' FOR THE GAY MUNY

' and 'One night a dis on the outskirts of Fris, I was cisg…' The word 'cisg' those days was sort of taboo bee maly the people who cised were gay people, hardre. It pecially ronat wh the gay populatn, sce the ia of creatg your fay among your gay brothers and sisters and alli is what kept many of alive durg the years.

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