The history of pop mic, and of black pop mic particular, has always been gay history.
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SISSY MAN BLU: STRAIGHT & GAY BLU
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Billy Strayhorn, pianist and wrer wh the De Ellgton orchtra, was openly gay.
Hugh' private life was also much ls public than Raey's—but most scholars believe he was gay, and he did wre sympathetilly about gay characters a number of his works. Gay performers, and sometim gay subtext, ntued to be a part of blu and jazz and their rivativ.