Nile Rodgers says Diana Ross "didn’t unrstand that 'I’m Comg Out' was a gay thg"

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.

As a large portn of her fan base, the LGBTQ muny has nsired the legendary diva an OG gay in for her dynamic personaly and spiratnal rise to the top. Billboard Pri celebrat The Boss’ latt acla wh six reasons on why she’s earned the tle of gay in. 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

In 2016, “I’m Comg Out” topped Billboard Pri’s list of gay anthems. 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. "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 KNOW “I’M COMG OUT” WAS A GAY THG

"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.

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. 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.

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

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.

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.

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

Bee of them, he thought there was no reason why he too uld not grow up to be a happy gay adult.

And that’s more about the nnectn between dis and s polil impact the episo “Diana Ross x Gay Liberatn” of “Beg Black: The ’80s, ” available anywhere you get podsts.

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

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However, Nile explaed: “But she didn’t unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, ‘I’m g out of the closet. Addg, "But [Ross] didn't unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, I'm g out of the closet.

" Ross may have not known then but she fully embraced the song and what meant to the LGBTQ muny, who celebrate her as a gay in. Rodgers got the ia for “I’m Comg Out” after noticg three different drag queens drsed as Diana Ross at a Gay/Drag/Trans New York club lled the GG Barnum Room that had a trapeze wh flyers soarg over the dance floor. And ever sce the song has been terpreted as a celebratn of lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr, inty and the enuragement of self-disclosure and fabulons!

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Mic producer Nile Rodgers said mic dtry legend, Diana Ross didn’t know I’m Comg Out was “a gay thg” an terview wh the New York Post. Rodgers and Edwards helped make that superstar even more succsful wh her classic Diana album – released 40 years ago on May 22, 1980 – which 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.

Sign up to Rois O’Connor’s ee weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the si track on all thgs micGet our Now Hear This email for eeMic producer Nile Rodgers has said that Diana Ross “didn’t unrstand” that her h 1980 song “I’m Comg Out” ”was a gay thg”. ”Ross loved the song, Rodgers said, addg: ”she didn’t unrstand that that was a gay thg - that that was a person sayg, ‘I’m g out of the closet’. ”“I’m Comg Out” peaked at No5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, but has endured as an anthem the gay 1980, Ross has ed the track to open her live performanc.