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Contents:
- DONNA SUMMER DENIED ANTI-GAY REMARKS AND HIV/AIDS STATEMENTS IN 1989 ACT UP LETTER
- LETTER SHOWS DONNA SUMMER DEFENDG HERSELF AGAST ALLEGED ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
- EXCLUSIVE: DONNA SUMMER DENIED MAKG ANTIGAY REMARKS THAT HURT HER CAREER
- MIC'S GREATT GAY IN: DIANA ROSS OR DONNA SUMMER? | THE TYLT
DONNA SUMMER DENIED ANTI-GAY REMARKS AND HIV/AIDS STATEMENTS IN 1989 ACT UP LETTER
It all seemed to be gog so well for ‘dis diva’ Donna Summer. After eight years of succs as the queen of the dis scene she had moved out of the club circu and was now playg large theatr and arenas. The gay muny had helped build her reer by buyg – by the tckload * donna summer gay comments *
Wh her danceable mic and glamoro style, Donna Summer beme an stant in for the gay muny durg her 1970s heyday.
So when she allegedly ma a number of relign-spired remarks about the gay muny as well as HIV/AIDS durg a 1983 performance, the "Queen of Dis" faced an immediate backlash. She is said to have also noted, "I've seen the evil homosexualy e out of you people... In , the sger, who died of lung ncer at 63 last month, ni makg the remarks about the gay muny, but whether or not would've been enough to appease those sullen fans at the time was wrten is uncerta.
Callg the accatns "unjt and unfair, " Summer not the letter addrsed to members of ACT UP, "I did not say God is punishg gays wh AIDS, I did not s wh ill tentns judgement over your liv. I haven't stopped talkg to my iends who are gay, nor have I ever chosen my iends by their sexual preferenc.
LETTER SHOWS DONNA SUMMER DEFENDG HERSELF AGAST ALLEGED ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
Back the 1980s, Donna Summer was protted by gay groups such as ACT UP for her statements attributed to a Village Voice article that AIDS was God's * donna summer gay comments *
"As the POZ blog not, the letter arrived at ACT UP offic when the anizatn's members began prottg at var Summer performanc, cludg a Boston Gay Pri event 1989. "I never said, ‘If you are gay, God hat you. " Below, see our slishow of other stars who have e unr fire for anti-LGBT statementsAnti-Gay Celebry StatementsPopular the CommunyYou May Like.
EXCLUSIVE: DONNA SUMMER DENIED MAKG ANTIGAY REMARKS THAT HURT HER CAREER
Donna Summer, whose post-'70s reer was promised by antigay remarks she allegedly ma at a 1983 ncert, disputed ever makg the ments, blamg them on an angry journalist, and lamented the impact of AIDS on her close iends, durg a 1989 terview wh The a profile the J... * donna summer gay comments *
In a newly released letter om Donna Summer to an AIDS advocy group, the dis sger fend herself agast long-standg accatns that she ma offensive ments about gay people durg a ncert. Durg the height of her fame dis's 1970s heyday, Donna Summer, who died of lung ncer May 17, was an in the gay muny.
That changed 1983, when the "Queen of Dis" allegedly ma several rogatory remarks about the gay muny and HIV/AIDS durg a performance.
The ments sparked immediate backlash om both gay and straight fans. "I have seen the evils of homosexualy, " The Advote reports she said.
MIC'S GREATT GAY IN: DIANA ROSS OR DONNA SUMMER? | THE TYLT
Donna Summer died yterday at the age of 63. She held many tl, cludg Dis Queen, Grammy wner, number one chart topper, and of urse, gay in. But as a born-aga Christi... * donna summer gay comments *
In , Summer explas the difficulti her personal life at the time, and rells her strong gay followg before "the nfn. "I did not say God is punishg gays wh aids [sic], I did not s wh ill tentns judgement [sic] over your liv. She said she never chose iends based on their sexual preference, and embraced her gay fan base.
Gay rights groups protted some of her ncert appearanc, although some the gay muny ntued to embrace her. The gay muny had helped build her reer by buyg – by the tckload – what The Advote magaze lled “fuck anthems” like Love to Love You Baby, I Feel Love and Hot Stuff. So all me as a b of a shock when her born-aga Christiany allegedly got the better of her at an Atlantic Cy gig and she me out wh a strg of homophobic remarks.
The clud the claratn that “It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” and that AIDS was God’s punishment on gays. The mpaign was far om unanimo; some gay clubs ntued to play her rerds and there was one notor cint where ACT UP members jumped on stage at an AIDS benef when the DJ played one of her tracks. Bronski Beat – a very upont gay band – also me for cricism when they released and ntued to perform a versn of I Feel Love 1985.