Fucking bigots the majority of you..'fruit' 'Gays' ... and what a wonderful line in cliches by virtue of the very nature of not only this thread, but also with mentions of Bette Midler, Cher and Madonna.

Not all us poofs are the same you know - stop putting people into boxes.

Prince is an icon to me and I'm a fruit - and I know lots of other poofs that like him too despite his blatant homophobia at times. Personally for me it's about the music. I like Eminem too - bet that doesn't fit in your stereotype does it - huh? Huh?

This whole thread is reminding me of a relavent story...

I grew up in Minneapolis, I have alot of anecdotes about Prince. Anyway there's theis gay bar we used to goto in the early 90s called The Salloon. At one time Prince was doing some hanging out with Patti Labelle.

The story goes that Prince and Patti Labelle walked into the Salloon one night and got semi-mobbed by a bunch of queens going "Patti Labelle! Patti Labelle!".

I wasn't there, but I heard all about it. Funny, eh?
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Because Prince never really acknowledged the gay community, like the others. I doubt Minnesota has that big of a queer following..lol.

He wrote a few gay songs in the early days such as Uptown where he mentions being seduced by a drag queen (she even made love to me, best bit I ever had) and the Stick from Time's first album was pretty fxxken gay (Ladies cum 2 quick, give me satisfaction put the stick in my mouth).

i agree. i think the only one and even thats a maybe is sometimes it snows in april

8-)Prince is just different.He wrote a few gay songs in the early days such as Uptown where he mentions being seduced by a drag queen (she even made love to me, best bit I ever had) and the Stick from Time's first album was pretty fxxken gay (Ladies cum 2 quick, give me satisfaction put the stick in my mouth)

tane1976 said:

Is that really what they're saying? I thought the lyric was...

You just come too quick...I gotta work my stick
get a little satiafaction....work the Stick in my ride

tane1976 said:

interesting interpretations of those songs, eh...too bad that's not what they're actually about, tho'.

cuz he ain't gay

The funny thing is gays know Prince is not gay while the straight population thinks he is gay...

It's the shoes!!! It's the shoes!!!

After reading fluid's response on another thread, that gave me an idea for this thread.

Until I joined the org, I have met very few gay men that are Prince fans. Going by Prince's feminine look, gestures, and even sometimes playful lyrics, I've never understood why Prince was never a huge gay icon.

Female singers like Cher, Janet Jackson, and Madonna are gay icons. Before them, there were females such as Judy Garland, Bette Midler, and Barbara Streisand. It seems that all gay icons were and still are all females. I understand that in previous times, there were not many gay male role models because they were living in the closet or even men whose appearance (like Prince's) is questionable.

Every gay man I know that I have asked about Prince, says "Prince is too fish (feminine)" or "I don't like his attitude, he is a complete bitch". Well, I would think that a gay man could relate more with another male, whether straight or gay, that would have had to suffer the same prejudice and admire the way he flaunts it rather than a straight female that hasn't had to go through any of this.

People like to say that all gay men secretly wish to be a woman. Well, that's a damn lie. There are gay men that range from extremely feminine to overly masculine and I know many that have absolutely no desire to be a woman whatsoever. I've seen all ranges, from the most masculine to the most feminine, gay men fall all over themselves for people like Madonna and Cher and they can't stand Prince. I have never understood that.