even though David Bowie wasn’t gay he still deserves a spot in LGBT history for making it easier for gay men to embrace who they are and express themselves the way they wanted
He does have a spot. He is bisexual. It was tough for him because it was getting to the point where he was more known for his sexuality and not his music. But he came back out of the closet later on:
“Bowie expressed a different view in a 2002 interview with Blender; where he was posed with this question: “You once said that saying you were bisexual was ‘the biggest mistake I ever made’. Do you still believe that?” His response:
“Interesting. [Long pause] I don’t think it was a mistake in Europe, but it was a lot tougher in America. I had no problem with people knowing I was bisexual. But I had no inclination to hold any banners or be a representative of any group of people. I knew what I wanted to be, which was a songwriter and a performer, and I felt that [bisexuality] became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do.”
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