Nile Rodgers: Diana Ross didn't know 'I'm Comg Out' was 'a gay thg'

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• NILE RODGERS: DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS ‘A GAY THG’
• 6 WAYS DIANA ROSS HAS EARNED HER GAY IN STAT

NILE RODGERS: DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS ‘A GAY THG’

But Rodgers and Edwards helped make that superstar she brighter than ever: Ross’ classic “Diana” album — released 40 years ago on May 22, 1980 — went on to bee the bt-sellg LP of her reer wh hs such as “Upsi Down” and the gay anthem “I’m Comg Out. ” “But she didn’t unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, ‘I’m g out of the closet, ’ ” says Rodgers.

“He thought that that would be Diana sayg that she was gay, ” says Rodgers. That's when he realized the sger had a huge gay fan Ross wh Diana Ross drag queen impersonators on Jan.

“No one thks of Diana Ross necsarily on the ontl of this, but (the gay) muny and her (gay) fans love her and idolize her. So she may have misnsted the ia when Frankie Crocker told her what 'I'm g out' meant — that she thought we were tryg to imply that she was gay.

6 WAYS DIANA ROSS HAS EARNED HER GAY IN STAT

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