Was Prce a gay ally? The sger's plited LGBTQ legacy

Contents:

• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
• PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT
• WAS PRCE GAY? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
• IN INDIA, A GAY PRCE’S COMG OUT EARNS ACLAS, AND ENEMI

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.

Prce passed away on April 21, 2016, leavg behd a actured relatnship wh the gay and wir LGBTQ+ muny which had once held him so arly.

Prce left fans wonrg whether he was gay or straight.

PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT

For a while Prce dodged qutns about his own inty, askg: “Am I Black or whe / Am I straight or gay?

Prce’s gay bandmate claimed he told her to reject her lbian inty. Melvo told the Tribune 2004: “He cled bee of my homosexualy and the fact I’m half-Jewish.

WAS PRCE GAY? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS SEXUALY

Prce acced of homophobia after appearg to dismiss same-sex marriage 2008. Prce was acced of homophobia aga followg ments he ma to The New Yorker 2008. “She probably was askg him about California repealg gay marriage, and he’s had his own bad luck wh marriage.

IN INDIA, A GAY PRCE’S COMG OUT EARNS ACLAS, AND ENEMI

He told a Gujarati daily newspaper about his sexualy 2006, makg him the first openly gay morn monarch the world — but then his fay quickly disowned him.

Style was at the fore of the Prce’s life and he later published two books about fashn and terr sign: The Power Look 1978 and a follow-up, The Power Look at Home: Deratg for Men, Fürstenberg had a well-known fondns for gay nightlife. Whether was his performance of machismo Purple Ra or his liberately feme pantsu on the ver of Esquire, Prce spent his reer celebratg genr fluidy and fyg tegori of straight and gay.