Prce is reportedly "very angry" after the New Yorker acced him of makg anti-gay marriage ments, wh the Purple One allegg that the magaze misquoted him a recent terview.
Contents:
- PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT
- WAS PRCE GAY? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
- TURNS OUT PRCE WAS A GAY-BASHG HOMOPHOBE
- PRCE IRATE AFTER ALLEGATNS HE’S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE
- RNCHY PRCE WAS ACTUALLY A NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN WHO REPORTEDLY OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE
PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT
Prce spent his reer celebratg genr fluidy and fyg tegori of straight and gay. * wss prince 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?
Mike Blake / RtersIn 2008, the New Yorker wrer Claire Hoffman asked Prce what he thought of social issu like gay marriage and abortn.
WAS PRCE GAY? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
It is still unknown whether this legendary sger Prce was gay, bisexual, straight, or of any other sexual orientatn. * wss prince gay *
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.
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. “Controversy, ” famoly, sniffed at the simplistic qutns directed at him: “Am I black or whe, am I straight or gay?
TURNS OUT PRCE WAS A GAY-BASHG HOMOPHOBE
Prce was a bold and darg mil novator, and a fearls challenger of genr boundari. But was Prce gay? This might answer that qutn. * wss prince gay *
’ Gay marriage, whatever.
PRCE IRATE AFTER ALLEGATNS HE’S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE
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.
RNCHY PRCE WAS ACTUALLY A NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN WHO REPORTEDLY OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE
The tle track pos provotive qutns (“Am I black or whe/Am I straight or gay? Whether was his performance of machismo Purple Ra or his liberately feme pantsu on the ver of Esquire, Prce spent his reer celebratg genr fluidy and fyg tegori of straight and gay.
Was he gay?