GayCultureLand: Luther Vandross

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A gay magaze has revealed that the artist, who died last summer, was secretly homosexual and was extremely reful not to let the public iend, wrer Bce Vilanch, told the magaze that he was aware of the star's sexualy om the begng of his reer, he said: ""He was way '' (the closet). He said to me, 'No one knows I'm the life.'"

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PATTI LABELLE: LUTHER VANDROSS DIDN'T COME OUT AS GAY BEE OF HIS MOM

When Vandross was alive, there was speculatn that he was gay. But, he never officially me out. | iHeart" name="scriptn * luther vandross gay lover *

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.

FRIENDS CLAIM LUTHER VANDROSS WAS GAY

The real tragedy Patti LaBelle outg Luther Vandross as gay after his ath is not the outg self. * luther vandross gay lover *

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. 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. Though the pop world had Boy Gee and Elton John, as Luther’s genre ntemporari, he would have been R&B’s lone gay wolf.

In an upg issue of Out Magaze, iends of Luther Vandross reveal he was gay. Michael Mto, one of Vandross' iends quoted the story, says * luther vandross gay lover *

Beg the first the face of such opprsn is always dntg; particularly when one has to nont both racism and homophobia.

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 .

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