Marv Gaye's Sister Calls Out 'Wicked & Vdictive' Qucy Jon

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• MARV GAYE'S SISTER CALLS OUT 'WICKED & VDICTIVE' QUCY JON
• JANE FONDA SAYS MARLON BRANDO WAS 'DISAPPOTG,' SHE REGRETS NOT SLEEPG WH MARV GAYE
• AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAYRECENT REVELATNS ON THE LGBTQ INTY OF SOME OF OUR MOST FAMO BLACK FIGUR SHOULD RHAPE OUR UNRSTANDG OF BLACK {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018/5:34 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:438PX;WIDTH:767PX;}(PHOTOS OM LEFT: REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE FOR THE RERDG AMY, FOTOS INTERNATNAL/GETTY IMAG)BY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018 / 5:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAY","SCRIPTN":"HETERONORMATIVE BLACK HISTORY IS PROBLEMATIC.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERNT OWENS","KEYWORDS":"NATNAL NEWS, QUCY JON, RICHARD PRYOR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“RICHARD PRYOR SLEPT WH MARLON BRANDO, HE WAS GAY?!” I SAW SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST. I QUICKLY THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “THIS IS NEWS?” AS I SCROLLED DOWN TO LOOK FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD-RENOWNED DTRY TAN QUCY JON APPARENTLY HELD BACK NO PUNCH A RECENT TERVIEW WH VULTURE AS HE DISSED THE BEATL, OUTED THE PRIVATE SEXUAL MALE PARTNERS OF ACTOR MARLON BRANDO, ACCED THE LATE MICHAEL JACKSON OF STEALG NCEPTS, AND CLAIMED HE ONCE DATED IVANKA TMP, ALONG WH OTHER THGS. TO SAY THAT JON, 84, HAD ANY R LEFT TO GIVE IS AN UNRSTATEMENT. HE DROPPED BOMBSHELLS THAT WENT VIRAL ACROSS THE TER, LEAVG MANY TO QUTN SOME OF THEIR LONGTIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NONE OF THE TERVIEW REVEALS HAD AS MUCH OF A BE AS HIS CLAIMS THAT THE LEGENDARY BRANDO AND PRYOR HAD A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP, CLAIMG THAT BRANDO WOULD “F— ANYTHG. ANYTHG! HE’D F— A MAILBOX. JAM BALDW. RICHARD PRYOR. MARV GAYE.” THE SUATN LATED ONCE PRYOR’S WIDOW JENNIFER NFIRMED JON’ CLAIMS, TELLG TMZ THAT HER LATE HBAND WAS ALWAYS OPEN ABOUT HIS “BISEXUAL EXPERIENC” WH IENDS AND WOULDN’T BE ASHAMED IF WAS REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC. (BRANDO’S SON, MIKO, HAS SCE NIED CLAIMS THAT HIS FATHER AND PRYOR WERE SEXUALLY TIMATE A SEPARATE TERVIEW WH TMZ.) BUT AS MANY HAVE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON TO REACT TO PRYOR’S BISEXUALY AS A MAJOR SNDAL, SERV AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR OUR MUNY HAS YET TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ONE, PRYOR HAD ALREADY SUGGTED THAT HE WAS TO THE SAME-SEX AS HE OFTEN TOLD STORI HIS STAND-UP ACTS ABOUT HAVG SEX WH OTHER MEN. PERHAPS HISTORY CHOSE TO ADOPT A LLECTIVE SELECTIVE MEMORY OF THE TAILS BACK THEN GIVEN THAT DID NOT F THE IMAGE THEY WANTED TO HAVE OF THE INIC BLACK EDIAN. BUT 2018, AS MORE BLACK ENTERTAERS ARE BEGNG TO LIVE THEIR LIV OPENLY AND EELY, SOCIETY HAS TO NOW RECKON WH HOW THEY TREATED PAST LEGENDS WHO WEREN’T GIVEN THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS MEDIA UPROAR WHEN SGER PATTI LABELLE NFIRMED ONGOG SPECULATN THAT HER IEND AND MIL LLEAGUE, THE LATE, GREAT LUTHER VANDROSS, WAS GAY AND THAT “HE WASN’T GOG TO E OUT AND SAY THIS TO THE WORLD [BEE] HE HAD A LOT OF LADY FANS AND HE TOLD ME HE JT DIDN’T WANT TO UPSET THE WORLD.” LIKE PRYOR, VANDROSS WAS AN ENTERTAER DURG A TIME WHEN THE DTRY WOULD HAVE RETALIATED AGAST HIM FOR BEG OPEN ABOUT . EVEN THOUGH VANDROSS’ SEXUAL ORIENTATN WAS OFTEN SPECULATED BEFORE LABELLE’S REMARKS, SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA STILL REACTED DISBELIEF AND SHOCK THAT ANOTHER BLACK ENTERTAER WE GREW UP WH ULD POSSIBLY BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S A NOT-SO-HARD-TO-PREHEND-FACT FOR YOU: THERE HAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE BLACK LGBTQ ENTERTAERS. THIS FACT IS ALSO NOTHG FOR YOU TO BE BE SURPRISED, NFED, OR UPSET ABOUT. LGBTQ DIVIDUALS, LIKE EVERY OTHER POPULATN ON THE PLA, HAVE BEEN AROUND SCE THE BEGNG OF TIME, AND JT BEE YOU ARE FALLY G TO TERMS WH THEIR EXISTENCE DON’T MEAN ’S NEW. WE NNOT HAVE AN HONT NVERSATN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY DURG BLACK HISTORY MONTH IF WE AREN’T WILLG TO SPEAK ON THE ROLE WHICH ERASURE HAS PLAYED THE RETELLG OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, THERE HAS BEEN VAR BLACK FIGUR WHO HAVE BEEN “STRAIGHTWASHED” OUR LLECTIVE MEMORY. GAME CHANGERS LIKE LANGSTON HUGH, JOSEPHE BAKER, MA RAEY, AUDRE LOR, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR LGBTQ INTY TEXTBOOKS AND PUBLIC NARRATIV. EVEN WHILE LIVG, CIVIL RIGHTS INS SUCH AS BAYARD RT WERE OFTEN FORCED TO KEEP THEIR OPENLY GAY EXPERIENC PRIVATE AS THEY FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATN OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL S, POLICY CHANG, AND A PARADIGM SHIFT SOCIETY FOR DIVIDUALS LIKE RT, ANGELA DAVIS, AND JAM BALDW TO BE FULLY EMBRACED AND REGNIZED FOR THEIR DUEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHILE ’S DISAPPOTG THAT MANY WH OUR MUNY ARE STILL FASCATED THAT BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE EXISTED BACK THE DAY, MAK SENSE GIVEN THAT OUR CURRENT NVERSATNS PERTAG TO BLACK HISTORY HAS MA A POT TO EXCLU THEM OM THE CELEBRATN. PERHAPS ’S TIME TO STOP ERASG THEM AND RRECT OUR PAST ERRORS ALTOGETHER. COMPANI, ANIZATNS, AND SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE A POT TO CLU ALL TYP OF BLACK HISTORIL FIGUR THEIR NVERSATNS OF OUR HISTORY IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO ACCURATELY PICT OUR STORI. WE ARE NOT A MONOLH OF HETEROSEXUAL MOVERS AND SHAKERS BUT A VERY CREDIBLE MIX OF STRAIGHT, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MA EXTRAORDARY NTRIBUTNS TO THE WORLD. LET’S STOP TELLG THE STRAIGHT STORY, BUT THE FULL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OPNS EXPRSED HERE DO NOT NECSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF BET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERNT OWENS IS THE AWARD-WNG EDOR OF PHILALPHIA MAGAZE’S G PHILLY AND CEO OF ERNT MEDIA EMPIRE, LLC. HE HAS WRTEN FOR USA TODAY, NBC NEWS, THE GR, HUFFPOST AND SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR PUBLITNS. 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• JANE FONDA REVEALS HER BIG SEX REGRET ABOUT MARLON BRANDO, MARV GAYE

MARV GAYE'S SISTER CALLS OUT 'WICKED & VDICTIVE' QUCY JON

He even went so far as to say both Richard Pryor and Marv Gaye were timate wh The Godfather himself, Marlon Brando. While Pryor’s widow nfirmed the ic slept wh Brando, relativ of the “What’s Gog On” sger are fur wh Jon for makg such claims publicly, and while they neher nfirm nor ny ’s legimacy, speakg on the matter at all is a ser problem for Gaye’s sister, Zeola Gaye. Zeola go on to say she and her fay are workg to perserve Gaye’s legacy, and she ref to let be tarnished over a mor he n’t even addrs himself.

While Pryor hted at his bisexualy his stand-up, Gaye claimed “Sexually, men don’t tert me, ” bgraphy, Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye. As for Qucy Jon’s take on Marv Gaye, Gaye told bgrapher David Rz 1982: “Sexually, men don’t tert me.

JANE FONDA SAYS MARLON BRANDO WAS 'DISAPPOTG,' SHE REGRETS NOT SLEEPG WH MARV GAYE

” – om the book “Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye”.

Marv Gaye. "Jennifer also told the Beast that Richard had a "dalliance" wh a transgenr woman but lost tert her after she unrwent genr-nfirmatn surgery, and noted that his stand-up rout addrsed his sexual enunters wh a 1977 gay rights benef show at the Hollywood Bowl, he said, "I have sucked a dick, " but then he beme hostile toward the dience, potg out the lack of black atten and sayg the suatns of blacks and gays differed. Usg the n word and the f word, he said that while blacks were rtg Los Angel's Watts neighborhood prott of racism, gay people "were dog what [they] wanted to do on Hollywood Boulevard and didn't give a sh about .

AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAYRECENT REVELATNS ON THE LGBTQ INTY OF SOME OF OUR MOST FAMO BLACK FIGUR SHOULD RHAPE OUR UNRSTANDG OF BLACK {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018/5:34 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:438PX;WIDTH:767PX;}(PHOTOS OM LEFT: REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE FOR THE RERDG AMY, FOTOS INTERNATNAL/GETTY IMAG)BY ERNT OWENSFEBARY 12, 2018 / 5:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AFTER QUCY JON ‘OUTED’ RICHARD PRYOR, LET’S STOP ACTG LIKE BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE DIDN'T EXIST BACK IN THE DAY","SCRIPTN":"HETERONORMATIVE BLACK HISTORY IS PROBLEMATIC.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-12T22:34:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERNT OWENS","KEYWORDS":"NATNAL NEWS, QUCY JON, RICHARD PRYOR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“RICHARD PRYOR SLEPT WH MARLON BRANDO, HE WAS GAY?!” I SAW SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST. I QUICKLY THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “THIS IS NEWS?” AS I SCROLLED DOWN TO LOOK FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD-RENOWNED DTRY TAN QUCY JON APPARENTLY HELD BACK NO PUNCH A RECENT TERVIEW WH VULTURE AS HE DISSED THE BEATL, OUTED THE PRIVATE SEXUAL MALE PARTNERS OF ACTOR MARLON BRANDO, ACCED THE LATE MICHAEL JACKSON OF STEALG NCEPTS, AND CLAIMED HE ONCE DATED IVANKA TMP, ALONG WH OTHER THGS. TO SAY THAT JON, 84, HAD ANY R LEFT TO GIVE IS AN UNRSTATEMENT. HE DROPPED BOMBSHELLS THAT WENT VIRAL ACROSS THE TER, LEAVG MANY TO QUTN SOME OF THEIR LONGTIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NONE OF THE TERVIEW REVEALS HAD AS MUCH OF A BE AS HIS CLAIMS THAT THE LEGENDARY BRANDO AND PRYOR HAD A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP, CLAIMG THAT BRANDO WOULD “F— ANYTHG. ANYTHG! HE’D F— A MAILBOX. JAM BALDW. RICHARD PRYOR. MARV GAYE.” THE SUATN LATED ONCE PRYOR’S WIDOW JENNIFER NFIRMED JON’ CLAIMS, TELLG TMZ THAT HER LATE HBAND WAS ALWAYS OPEN ABOUT HIS “BISEXUAL EXPERIENC” WH IENDS AND WOULDN’T BE ASHAMED IF WAS REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC. (BRANDO’S SON, MIKO, HAS SCE NIED CLAIMS THAT HIS FATHER AND PRYOR WERE SEXUALLY TIMATE A SEPARATE TERVIEW WH TMZ.) BUT AS MANY HAVE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON TO REACT TO PRYOR’S BISEXUALY AS A MAJOR SNDAL, SERV AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR OUR MUNY HAS YET TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ONE, PRYOR HAD ALREADY SUGGTED THAT HE WAS TO THE SAME-SEX AS HE OFTEN TOLD STORI HIS STAND-UP ACTS ABOUT HAVG SEX WH OTHER MEN. PERHAPS HISTORY CHOSE TO ADOPT A LLECTIVE SELECTIVE MEMORY OF THE TAILS BACK THEN GIVEN THAT DID NOT F THE IMAGE THEY WANTED TO HAVE OF THE INIC BLACK EDIAN. BUT 2018, AS MORE BLACK ENTERTAERS ARE BEGNG TO LIVE THEIR LIV OPENLY AND EELY, SOCIETY HAS TO NOW RECKON WH HOW THEY TREATED PAST LEGENDS WHO WEREN’T GIVEN THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS MEDIA UPROAR WHEN SGER PATTI LABELLE NFIRMED ONGOG SPECULATN THAT HER IEND AND MIL LLEAGUE, THE LATE, GREAT LUTHER VANDROSS, WAS GAY AND THAT “HE WASN’T GOG TO E OUT AND SAY THIS TO THE WORLD [BEE] HE HAD A LOT OF LADY FANS AND HE TOLD ME HE JT DIDN’T WANT TO UPSET THE WORLD.” LIKE PRYOR, VANDROSS WAS AN ENTERTAER DURG A TIME WHEN THE DTRY WOULD HAVE RETALIATED AGAST HIM FOR BEG OPEN ABOUT . EVEN THOUGH VANDROSS’ SEXUAL ORIENTATN WAS OFTEN SPECULATED BEFORE LABELLE’S REMARKS, SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA STILL REACTED DISBELIEF AND SHOCK THAT ANOTHER BLACK ENTERTAER WE GREW UP WH ULD POSSIBLY BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S A NOT-SO-HARD-TO-PREHEND-FACT FOR YOU: THERE HAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE BLACK LGBTQ ENTERTAERS. THIS FACT IS ALSO NOTHG FOR YOU TO BE BE SURPRISED, NFED, OR UPSET ABOUT. LGBTQ DIVIDUALS, LIKE EVERY OTHER POPULATN ON THE PLA, HAVE BEEN AROUND SCE THE BEGNG OF TIME, AND JT BEE YOU ARE FALLY G TO TERMS WH THEIR EXISTENCE DON’T MEAN ’S NEW. WE NNOT HAVE AN HONT NVERSATN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY DURG BLACK HISTORY MONTH IF WE AREN’T WILLG TO SPEAK ON THE ROLE WHICH ERASURE HAS PLAYED THE RETELLG OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, THERE HAS BEEN VAR BLACK FIGUR WHO HAVE BEEN “STRAIGHTWASHED” OUR LLECTIVE MEMORY. GAME CHANGERS LIKE LANGSTON HUGH, JOSEPHE BAKER, MA RAEY, AUDRE LOR, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR LGBTQ INTY TEXTBOOKS AND PUBLIC NARRATIV. EVEN WHILE LIVG, CIVIL RIGHTS INS SUCH AS BAYARD RT WERE OFTEN FORCED TO KEEP THEIR OPENLY GAY EXPERIENC PRIVATE AS THEY FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATN OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL S, POLICY CHANG, AND A PARADIGM SHIFT SOCIETY FOR DIVIDUALS LIKE RT, ANGELA DAVIS, AND JAM BALDW TO BE FULLY EMBRACED AND REGNIZED FOR THEIR DUEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHILE ’S DISAPPOTG THAT MANY WH OUR MUNY ARE STILL FASCATED THAT BLACK LGBTQ PEOPLE EXISTED BACK THE DAY, MAK SENSE GIVEN THAT OUR CURRENT NVERSATNS PERTAG TO BLACK HISTORY HAS MA A POT TO EXCLU THEM OM THE CELEBRATN. PERHAPS ’S TIME TO STOP ERASG THEM AND RRECT OUR PAST ERRORS ALTOGETHER. COMPANI, ANIZATNS, AND SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE A POT TO CLU ALL TYP OF BLACK HISTORIL FIGUR THEIR NVERSATNS OF OUR HISTORY IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO ACCURATELY PICT OUR STORI. WE ARE NOT A MONOLH OF HETEROSEXUAL MOVERS AND SHAKERS BUT A VERY CREDIBLE MIX OF STRAIGHT, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MA EXTRAORDARY NTRIBUTNS TO THE WORLD. LET’S STOP TELLG THE STRAIGHT STORY, BUT THE FULL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OPNS EXPRSED HERE DO NOT NECSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF BET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERNT OWENS IS THE AWARD-WNG EDOR OF PHILALPHIA MAGAZE’S G PHILLY AND CEO OF ERNT MEDIA EMPIRE, LLC. HE HAS WRTEN FOR USA TODAY, NBC NEWS, THE GR, HUFFPOST AND SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR PUBLITNS. 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" He acced gays of beg racially the words were livered angrily, Jennifer said, she unrstood Richard's pot. The actrs said she didn't want to sleep wh Marv Gaye at the time bee she was married to Tom Hayn.

In a new terview wh The New York Tim, the Grace and Frankie star played a quick round of "Confirm or Deny, " which she opened up about her time wh var stars cludg Marlon Brando and Marv Gaye.

"Who I do thk about, and what is a great regret is Marv Gaye. I was meetg a lot of performers to try to do ncerts for Tom and the woman who was helpg me do that troduced me to Marv Gaye. “Richard Pryor slept wh Marlon Brando, he was gay?!

JANE FONDA REVEALS HER BIG SEX REGRET ABOUT MARLON BRANDO, MARV GAYE

Earlier this year, there was media uproar when sger Patti LaBelle nfirmed ongog speculatn that her iend and mil lleague, the late, great Luther Vandross, was gay and that “he wasn’t gog to e out and say this to the world [bee] he had a lot of lady fans and he told me he jt didn’t want to upset the world.

Even while livg, civil rights ins such as Bayard Rt were often forced to keep their openly gay experienc private as they fought for the liberatn of all Black people. Jane Fonda has revealed she massively regrets rejectg the advanc of sger Marv Gaye an terview peppered wh sex 82-year-old actrs claimed Gaye, who died 1984, was so fond of her that he had a picture of her on his died at the age of 44 after his father shot him. ”“Who I do thk about, and what is a great regret is Marv Gaye, ” Fonda add.