Elton john is he gay
Elton John comes out in the 1970s - what would be diverse today?
Nema9821
Did anybody really think Elton John was straight?
To add on that did women ever have crushes on him and view him as a sex symbol in the 70’s? I’m sure some did but I’m talking about in general? Like Elton John posters in teen magazines?
Or did people not view him in that way and just saw him as a talented, huge star?
Back to the queer question, I grasp Elton John was married to a woman from 1984-1988.
Telemark22
… wait, what? The VP’s public image was all about being openly gay.
And at least two of the guys were straight.
journeyman_southpaw23
Here’s an NME article from 1974 with Freddie Mercury going on record as stating he’s “gay as a daffodil,” but playing it coy when the whistleblower pursues that line of questioning further. Queen didn’t act much press after the early years because they were slammed by the media so much and because Freddie was a nervous and private person offstage - the few interviews he did give later on were not very revealing at all.
Jeff_Lichtman24
Elton John coming out earlier than he did wouldn’t have caused the issues su
40 Years Ago: Elton John Reveals Bisexuality
It’s difficult to remember a time when Elton John was in the closet. And yet, much of the world was shocked when the flamboyant dancer – who wore sparkly warm pants in concert and was followed to Manhattan gay clubs – got candid about his personal life in the Oct. 7, 1976, issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
This wasn’t orchestrated as a publicity stunt, by the magazine or John. In reality, John had been avoiding the push during his run of shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which would be among his last before a planned hiatus. But writer Cliff Jahr and photographer Ron Pownall (the pair of freelancers that Rolling Stone had assigned to the piece) were persistent, and they finally got the call to meet with John on the last day of his tour. They would do the interview and shoot the photos in John’s suite at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel.
The magazine might not acquire had an agenda (other than to feature one of the biggest stars in the planet on the cover), but Jahr did. The writer was openly gay and had an inkling about the flamboyant rock star.
“Cliff was out and pro
How Elton John became an LGBTQ advocate and icon
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We get a look at how Reginald Dwight became one of most famous openly gay musicians of all time and how he positively impacts the LGBTQ community to this morning.
June is Pride Month, a time of the year when we rejoice LGBTQ+ people across the globe.
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Elton John is a huge advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and is undoubtedly one of the most famous openly lgbtq+ musicians of all moment. but it wasn't always that way.
When did Elton John come out as gay?
Elton John officially came out as gay to Rolling Stone magazine in 1992, but his affectionate relationships before this weren't so simple.
In 1969, Elton John was engaged to be married to his first girlfriend Linda Woodrow, but he ended the relationship two weeks before their wedding date.
Elton and his writing companion Bernie Taupin penned the 1975 track Someone Saved My Life Tonight ab
Did people in 1974 equate "The Bitch is Back" = Elton John is gay?
Wee_Bairn1
I recall when the song came out, but was too young to possess a concept of what being male lover was. Anyhoo, assuming I am not starting from a false premise, if, as I am told, Elton John’s gayness was not common knowledge in his 70’s heyday, what then did people make of a song where he is referring to himself as a “bitch”? Did that clue everyone in, and if not, why not? Did bitch hold a different interpretation back then?
xnylder2
Maybe I’m the only person who reflection this, but when I was younger, I assumed he was singing about a woman, from her point of view. This conviction was compounded in my slowly maturing brain when I heard Elton achieve a duet of this song with Tina Turner.
Kent_Clark3
“Bitch” was not automatically related with gayness in the early '70s. I think xnylder’s interpretation was a lot more common.
RealityChuck4
I don’t recall anyone making the connection back then. As was typical, only a small portion of those who listend to superior forty songs actually listened to the lyrics. My feeling was that he was referring to a woman.
People were not as obse