StonedImmaculate said:

Oh yeah... my era too. class of '84. Now to have a line like that... you had to be fine.


Here I am flirting like a high school girl on the org.

Those were the good ole days.

laurarichardson said:

that is why I give Prince a pass. He alarms the gaydar so hard that it has to be intentional. And now he is so conventional RELIGIOUS, not just spiritual but FUNDAMENTALLY RELIGIOUS that he would have a hard time keeping this secret so I don't believe he would even chance a homosexual encounter.

laurarichardson said:

I have always thought that Prince real life persona is straight up pimp daddy. The whole high heel boots... two fold... he is very self concious about his height so the boots gives him some height and high heel or platform shoes is so 70 playa/pimp look.



and that is SUCH A TRUE STATEMENT. There are so many who have accused Prince of stealing songs, not giving credit for work done, not paying for work done... etc. Any one of those disgruntle people could have dropped a dime on him. but none have. I believe it is because there is no dime to drop.

JMHO

I hope that Jerome Benton doesn't see this thread.Remember when this topic came up several years ago? Jerome appeared at some event (a concert?) and he spoke to a few fans and said something like "Those folks on Prince.org really need to go out and get jobs!" He was obviously referring to this issue.

Reel said:

so let me get this straight (no pun intended)

Jerome Benton is gay.
Prince is bisexual.

You learn something new everyday on this site

Reel said:

and you just make shit up to have some kick ass fantasy in your head...
I could care LESS either way, but people just LOVE making it out that they know what people do behind closed doors (you have some pretty specific fantasies too I see). The point is that the original poster has no clue even ASKING the question he did. From a MOVIE? Really?
No one knows if Prince has or has not been involved with a guy or guys. Point being it's ALL just wacky speculation...and to what end? Just idle chatter? Everyone is really gay or bi and they just don't know it? To fuel your fantasies?

This thread is so off topic. Now we're debating Prince's sexuality ONCE AGAIN. It was an epic fail in subject line alone, now it's just pathetic.

ernestsewell said:

so is that horse getting a spanking? And is it by a male or female avatar? Inquiring minds must know!!

ernestsewell said:

Seriously! There's a whole section called "Prince Music and More" where his sexuality is discussed almost daily. No need to turn Jerome's thread into a Prince thread. Anyway, this topic should be locked. Its done. It was doomed from the jump.

Zannaloaf said:

Well, my old boyfriend knows. People at the gay bars Prince used to frequent in the late 70s knew.

ernestsewell said:

Oh sorry, you are right.

JudasLChrist said:

it's not so much the Prince being gay as the idea of Prince frequenting bars/being social that's hard to believe about this post
[Edited 5/24/10 11:36am]

Zannaloaf said:

This thread below should tell you something about that orger..lol

http://prince.org/msg/7/336902
[Edited 5/24/10 13:18pm]

I met someone who was from Minneapolis who said something similar. This guy said his older brother used to go to gay clubs in Minneapolis and that Prince was in there all the time picking up men. I could definately believe it if he had said it was during the "For You" era or even in the early months of the "Prince" album before it blew up. But this guy said it was during the "Purple Rain" era which made it totally unbelievable because Prince was such a big star then that it would have been all in the tabloids the next morning. I could have believed it if he had said that someone approached them at a table and asked if they'd like to be with someone famous for the evening and then they went outside and saw Prince waiting in a car. Now, that would have been believable but Prince himself in there was totally unbelievable.

Anyway, I do believe Prince is gay. I used to think that he had men's mouths shut either by contracts or by fooling with the only type of men that never would want the truth about themselves out, even if was for sleeping with a high profile person like Prince, they would just die if someone found out that they themselves were anything other than straight. There are men out there like that called trade and in their minds, they think they are straight. On the other hand, considering how Prince is concerning his religion, especially in recent years to the point that it's sickening, I wouldn't be surprised if he is gay but has never acted upon it. I can definately see that as a possibility. But I know one thing, if that bitch is straight, then so am I.

2elijah said:

makes sense now.....

JudasLChrist said:

"i never cared
i never was the kind to make a fuss
when he was there
sleeping in between the two of us"

:OOOO

ernestsewell said:

I feel exactly the same.I have met Jerome and yes he is married with 2 kids!

GLuv4U said:

It's a bit off because I got criticized for saying something negative about Robin Power. I wasn't banned or anything, but I was "reminded" about Robin's (sporadic) presence on here. But apparently Jerome and Prince's sexuality, etc are fair game.

Just sayin'.

This thread should have been when it started.

GLuv4U said:

So...it's an insult to Jerome to merely ask if he is gay? I disagree. Not that this is my favorite org topic, but it seems like you are saying that being thought of as gay is somehow a slur or something. I find THAT idea offensive.

On top of that, I mentioned earlier how Jerome had insulted gay people. If Jerome is going to run around insulting gay people, should anyone give two shits about whether Jerome got his feelings hurt cause someone wondered if he might be gay?

Let's put this HETEROSEXISM in perspective, shall we?

JudasLChrist said:

Its not insulting, its just not true. If someone asked if Jerome was biracial - it would be met with the same type of responses.
One problem with society nowadays is that people have been conditioned to question everything believing that it makes them more intelligent in some way.
Part of intelligence is the ability to recognize and analyze information. The facts are the facts. Dude isn't gay. Too many people know him and know this. People just like controversy.

BlaqueKnight said:

Oh...so the original poster was trying to show that they were intelligent, and people who responded by saying "you are insulting a married man" didn't mean 'insult' they meant 'not true'...even though they used the word 'insulting'.

I don't buy either of those points you made.

vainandy said:

These type of stories are ridiculous I remember hearing a story like in the early 80s,except that it was about Michael Jackson.The story goes that,in early 1982,he supposedly threw a big party and invited his celebrity friends.His "gay lover" crashed the party,got drunk and made a scene...crying as he shouted things like "Michael....why can't we tell the world about us?! Why you always keepin' me a secret??!!".The other guests were shocked.

I didn't believe this story,just like I don't believe those crazy Prince stories,lol.

JudasLChrist said:

You are mistaken if you think I care. My point is that he IS married and he IS NOT gay and none of your opinions are relevant against the FACTS.
I don't know what everyone else meant and don't care. The truth is what it is and it is simple. Whether you believe it or not doesn't change what it is.

BlaqueKnight said:

I wasn't making any assumption about how much you care. However one would assume that by participating in a conversation on a message-board you were minimally curious about other viewpoints than yr own.

I am not arguing that Jerome Benton in of any particular orientation. My contribution to this thread has been to critique what I see as heterosexist viewpoints and to share my own lived experience of Jerome Benton having insulted gay people nearly 20 years ago.

But to respond to yr point in particular. Plenty of married men with children have sex with men. Often they do it in secret. That is a COMMON fact. I'm not saying that that's how Benton has lived. I have no frig'n clue, but being married proves nothing.

a common fact?

JudasLChrist said:

Your response is a weak attempt to deter from the facts. MOST, not some, but MOST men are heterosexual. MOST, not some but MOST men who are married are heterosexual. Trying to use an unlikely probability to substantiate a factual point is the sign of a failing argument. There is a 10% chance that Jerome Benton would be gay. Of that 10%, the chance that someone with his personality type would be "closeted" is even less likely. The gay conspiracy theories get annoying sometimes. Lots of false rumors get passed along these days as "common facts" when they are anything but. Since there are those around the org that know him personally, I'd say its pretty sound that if he were chasing men by now, the whole org would know so and this would be a topic that came up fairly frequently. Casting doubt on facts is a sign of insincerity and speaks on one's character.
So he said some ugly shit to you back in the day. Sorry. That was wrong and its understandable why you would be frustrated with him. Nobody on here said his opinions on homosexuals were particularly insightful. That doesn't make him gay. Again, sometimes its not the term that's insulting, its the lie that is. There is nothing wrong with being gay. Still, people are often insulted when you call them something they aren't, simply because it is not true.

BlaqueKnight said:

What is wrong with U? Why do u want 2 come on the org and present facts and a sound arguement? Are u ok?

Graycap23 said:

BlaqueKnight said:

The latest stats are more like 3%, actually. I'm not arguing that he is gay. I'm just stating the FACT that married men have sex with men (and other women for that matter) and they often hide it. If don't think that fact casts doubt on Jerome in particular, but it should make everyone think in a more adult way about the truth about people's sexualities.

It's like this "Never assume anything about anyone's sexuality, including your own" - Larry-Bob Roberts.

As far as whether asking if someone is not heterosexual is offensive, I don't believe it is.

BlaqueKnight said:

Not the men I've met.