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
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
DONNA SUMMER DENIED ANTI-GAY REMARKS AND HIV/AIDS STATEMENTS IN 1989 ACT UP LETTER
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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.
LETTER SHOWS DONNA SUMMER DEFENDG HERSELF AGAST ALLEGED ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
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 controversy *
I haven't stopped talkg to my iends who are gay, nor have I ever chosen my iends by their sexual preferenc.
"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.
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EXCLUSIVE: DONNA SUMMER DENIED MAKG ANTIGAY REMARKS THAT HURT HER CAREER
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.