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- PATTI LABELLE: LUTHER VANDROSS DIDN'T COME OUT AS GAY BEE OF HIS MOM
- FRIENDS CLAIM LUTHER VANDROSS WAS GAY
PATTI LABELLE: LUTHER VANDROSS DIDN'T COME OUT AS GAY BEE OF HIS MOM
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Sadly, his olr siblgs all died before him, meang that his mother outlived all her he never publicly me out as gay durg his lifetime, some of his close iends and lleagu have stated that he was. Acrdg to iend Bce Vilanch, Luther had his longt romantic relatnship wh a man while livg Los Angel durg the late 1980s and early December 2017, his iend Patti LaBelle also nfirmed that Vandross was gay. When Vandross was alive, there was speculatn that he was gay.
Wh Andy Cohen, LaBelle nfirmed what had been long mored for s about the R&B crooner: he was a gay man. Even wh today’s cril stris the civil rights and social acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people, beg ‘out’ remas a brave and bold enavor.
FRIENDS CLAIM LUTHER VANDROSS WAS GAY
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And if you’re Black and gay, ’s even more radil. One n only image the anxiety Luther Vandross mt have felt to even fathom the ia of beg an out gay Black man at the height of his mil reer the ’80s. Even if he wanted to, there was no historil ntext for Vandross to feel secure knowg that he would’ve still been loved for his talents spe the the muny’s homophobia and ep obssn wh toxic masculy.
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And for the man who ma women swoon over his velvet voice, beg gay jt wasn’t good for bs. In fact, don’t appear Vandross ever really red that people thought he was gay–he was simply unwillg to nfirm or ny . Like any Black gay man, closeted or not, Vandross only sired what anyone wanted out of life: love and happs.
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