Diana Ross ‘didn’t unrstand that “I’m Comg Out” was a gay thg’, says Nile Rodgers | The Inpennt | The Inpennt

Contents:

• 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’
• ‘BEG BLACK: THE ’80S’: DIANA ROSS DID NOT TEND FOR ‘I’M COMG OUT’ TO BE A GAY ANTHEM
• DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS A 'GAY THG,' ACRDG TO PRODUCER NILE RODGERS
• DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG
• DIANA ROSS ‘DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG’, SAYS NILE RODGERS
• DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS 'A GAY THG'
• NILE RODGERS SAYS DIANA ROSS “DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS A GAY THG”
• MIC DIVAS WHO ARE BELOVED IN THE LGBTQ {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}FROM MISS ROSS TO MARIAH, CHECK OUT THE DIVAS WHO ARE INS QUEER MUNI. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:2400PX;HEIGHT:1350PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}IT'S NO SECRET THE LGBTQ MUNY SUPPORTS MANY WOMEN ARTISTS AND THE DIVAS HAVE OFTEN CREDED QUEER MUNI FOR THE LONGEVY THEIR REERS. IN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, HERE ARE TEN BELOVED ARTISTS -- ALSO KNOWN AS "GAY INS" AND SHOW THE LOVE RIGHT BACK TO THEIR QUEER FANS.

6 WAYS DIANA ROSS HAS EARNED HER GAY IN STAT

Billboard Pri celebrat Diana Ross' AMAs acla wh six reasons on why she's earned the tle of gay in.

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

Her Glz & Glamour Has Always Been Admirable Her fellow Supreme, Mary Wilson, reflected on how the girl group had a massive gay followg. The legendary sger told GayStarNews “I thk bee we were so glamoro that tomatilly was a great attractn for the gay muny. He’s -starred the mic vio for her ver of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive, ” and referenced her his mic.

Her Thoughts On Gay Marriage Were Ahead of Its Time“Love is love and maybe you don’t need to be legal, ” The Boss, Ms. “I’m Comg Out” Is The Ultimate Gay AnthemJuly 12, 1979 will forever be known as the day dis died. He noted that the jam was also fluenced by the Dis Demoln Night, where he realized no black or LGBT people were attendance, basilly tegorizg the famo event as racist and homophobic towards the te fans of the genre.

‘BEG BLACK: THE ’80S’: DIANA ROSS DID NOT TEND FOR ‘I’M COMG OUT’ TO BE A GAY ANTHEM

In 2016, “I’m Comg Out” topped Billboard Pri’s list of gay anthems.

DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS A 'GAY THG,' ACRDG TO PRODUCER NILE RODGERS

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.

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DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG

“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. "I'm Comg Out, " om Diana Ross's Diana album, is perhaps the apex of gay anthems.

"She didn't unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, 'I'm g out of the closet, '" said Rodgers.

DIANA ROSS ‘DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG’, SAYS NILE RODGERS

"Rodgers said he ultimately nvced Ross to sg the track, argug would make the perfect opener for an entertaer, addn to tablishg her as one of the greatt gay ins. “She didn’t unrstand that that was a gay thg, ” Rodgers says, “that that was a person sayg, ‘I’m g out of the closet.

'” Ross later embraced the song, and her gay inhood.

OPINION: The story of “I’m Comg Out” and the impact of dis on gay liberatn is featured on this episo of “Beg Black: The ’80s.

DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS 'A GAY THG'

I tell the whole story of “Diana Ross x Gay Liberatn, ” one of the episos my podst, “Beg Black: The ’80s, but here’s the shorter Rodgers is a legendary sger.

NILE RODGERS SAYS DIANA ROSS “DIDN’T UNRSTAND THAT ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS A GAY THG”

She said she was blossomg to a new stage her reer as she was planng to leave Motown, her longtime rerd that, Rodgers went out to a gay club Manhattan and the bathroom, he found himself standg the middle of a sea of Diana Ross impersonators and he thought about how much the gay muny loved Ross. Crocker liked the rerd but he thought sound like she was sayg that she was g out, that she was gay.

She asked him if the song was about beg gay. It’s one of the many inic dis songs that have had a massive impact on the gay liberatn movement Ameri. It was part of helpg LGBTQ people feel great about of my terviewe this episo says he me out to his father the’70s, and his father said he did not know any happy gay adults.

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But the late ’70s, when dis was a natnal phenomenon, the terviewee saw lots of happy, thentilly gay adults on the public stage and that helped him feel fortable about beg a gay adult. Bee of them, he thought there was no reason why he too uld not grow up to be a happy gay adult.