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THE FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR WASN’T WHO YOU PROBABLY THK
He’s regard as the first rock star who was pletely open about beg gay. Strangely enough, the biggt obstacle he faced was other gay men, who were not at all willg to embrace such a flamboyantly effemate man as Jobriath was.
But gay men the early ’70s were still terrified of beg perceived as ls than macho or mascule. So he had zero support the gay muny. I thk that, had he been allowed to progrs, he might have found a followg among a more progrsive straight dience who were probably voyristilly fascated wh homosexualy and bisexualy, but he was never able to sta himself long enough to fd out.
First, I would very much like to see him rrectly remembered as the first openly gay rock artist. I would hope that LGBT micians who do ci to e out at the begng of their reers (as opposed to nyg for years then g for a ltle publicy pick-me-up) might observe how Jobriath handled beg openly gay the public eye, that wasn’t actually a gimmick to him, no matter how much his manager tried to play up as such.