UCantHavaDaMango said:

This question was probably for Supa but in my case. I didn't. I actually tried to dress like Madonna.....I was, I think, in 7th grade when her first album dropped. Of course, we dressed like the male version of Madonna. I wasn't in drag or anything.

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HiinEnkelte said:

Do refer to sexual attraction by straight men or attraction to his music?

I have to admit something. Prince was the first guy I was ever attracted to. It was when I was 5 during the Purple Rain era. Obviously, I didn't know anything about attraction and sex but I remember seeing the videos, especially Lets Go Crazy, and seeing him with the guitar, the bike and Appolonia and the heels and thinking how cool he was and being attracted to him all at the same time.

His music was first and foremost, the most important thing to me. The funk brought me in but the image was just amazing. The way he mixed and still mixes the sexuality, the spiritualty and the aggressiveness with his performances that makes him sexy, cause he's a sexy man. I don't look at him like that anymore, but even with him being a JW, the sexuality still oozes out of him. You know you're the man when you have straight men wanting to hit it.

vainandy said:

Preach!!!!!

Scandalous69 said:

I can't stand the bitch. Madonna either, though I like her music. In fact, most of the gay icons are people I can't stand.

origmnd said:

So do you mean to say that Prince would be a man with a vagina or a hairy woman?












For the record, I think he's a woman. A hairy woman with a penis, but a woman.

I'm gay and have been a huge Prince fan for 20 yrs or so, but am not attracted to him at all - way too feminine for my tastes.

vivid said:

My point exactly. Even gay dudes that like their men on the swishy side are still attracted because they're men. Prince, while definitely male (as the infamous camel toe shot and the odd groupie rumour attests to) isn't quite it, at least not in the traditional sense.

So it's not surprising that very few, if any, gay men find him attractive. And it's equally unsurprising that certain bisexual and straight-identified men do.




Again, what that all says about women who have the hots for our hero is anybody's guess.

I'm gay, and have never really found prince attractive. There has been the odd photo or video where Ive thought he looks cute, or his sex appeal is overwhelming, but I'm definitely not attracted to him as I am other men. Its purely about his music, but there is also a love of how he defied conventions buried in there too.

I look at the Prince of the Dirty Mind / Controversy era and I see the man as a hero for what he was trying to do and say. Championing the cause of all those who don't fit into society's "conventions", be it down to their sexuality, their ethnicity, or simply their kooky dress sense. He helped to shape the perception of men in modern times. The belief that men have to be a certain way to be gay and a certain way to be straight was challenged by him, and for that i thank him.

I think a lot of people are surprised Prince attracts a lot of gay men, because the music generally associated with the homosexual lifestyle is house / disco music - but that is of course a generalisation, and Im rarely surprised when I meet a Prince fan who's gay. I can honestly say Prince hits almost every spot for me as a music icon and artist. The flamboyant showmanship is gay gay gay - his music is individual and unique, and he is highly sexual and unashamed of it.

CrozzaUK said:

At the risk of straying too far off topic, I think that's what's lead to some of the fanbase feeling uncomfortable with or alienated by his choice of religion nowadays. Prince attracted a lot of his fans because he was so unafraid of gender and sexual boundaries. Uptown was more than just a song to a lot of people. They really believed in the ideal. That he's chosen to join a faith that has relatively strict ideas about sex and the place and role of men and women feels like a betrayal, in a way.

meow85 said:

I was going to mention that myself. The mission statement he sang of in Uptown resonates in my brain, and it is a little disappointing to see he's gone in a different direction. That said, he still did what he did back then, and I believe it helped make a difference.

As a Madonna fan I feel a similar sort of disappointment about her now too. With age she's chosen to become more acceptable and preachy with her religious beliefs. I still dont necessarily think any less of them both, i'm just a little disappointed I guess.

UCantHavaDaMango said:

Well said by your boyfriend...he has that affect!!!

Imago said:

I dont mind gay men liking prince, but sometimes when i stumble upon the next thread about: Prince hands are so beautifull! His feet are so delicate! His eyes are making me weak! i sometimes get very irritated, because gay men sometimes seem to have the tendency to pay attention to trivialities that heterosexual men (like me) can't relate to.

Sorry to say, but sometimes these kind of threads take over Prince.org, while i am first of all interested in his music. And therefore the site Housequake.com is a better place to discuss his music, thats all.

Riverpoet31 said:

Oh,THANK YOU! Thank you SO MUCH for ALLOWING me to LIKE Prince. I'm SOOOO glad you don't mind!

theodore said:

So is yer avatar.

Imago said:

I saw this guy too many times today

CrozzaUK said:

On the one hand, there's nothing wrong with a person wanting to settle down a bit as they begin to age, and plenty of people get religion as they get older, but to do a 180 on things that were so important to you and so many other people because of it is actually a little sad, IMO.

Riverpoet31 said:

Did you even read half the threads on this post or did you just read the title and make a rash assumption about its content. If you had read it, you'd see that the majority of gay men on here have said they aren't attracted to Prince, but are first and foremost interested in his music and what he stood for.

You clearly have issues.

CrozzaUK said:

Not only that, but this guy has never seen anyone here go off about Prince's 'delicate feet or beautiful hands. It's all made up projections.

Who's obsessed with triviality here? What a dipshit.

Who will defend Prince against all the gaaaaays?
Who will stand up when faggots plaaaaay?
With Prince's obvious straight inclinatiooooon?
Assless pants, high heels and high fashiooooon?

We need a shortsighted dude from Straightsville!
Spokesmen for all the dudes and daredevils!
Cuz gays should stop claiming Prince is cute!
His cutesy feet are such a hoot!

But hey! If you really pay attention...
It's all straight girls posting the stuff you mention...
All that's laid bare on this thread...
Ain't Prince's assless pants...

It's Preeeeejudice! Prejudice! Prejudice!
Common, sing along with me!
Prejudice! Prejudice! Prejudice!
Shout the word with glee!

And now I just lost inspiratiooooon!
Along with my attentiooooon!
Look! It's Prince! On MTV!
Arsenio is watching Prince's assless pants with meeeee!

Scandalous69 said:

I was trying (but failed) to be sarcastic - I don't love her either. I just picked Babs because it's a stereotype that we all worship and adore her. Glad to see I'm not alone!

HamsterHuey said:

4 Mariah

His music along with his image is so camp its not true, all this make up, purple clothes, mulatto origins, prancing, obsession withsex, kitsch, mincing on stage, don't look at me I am a star its sooo DIVA!!!!!
This man(thyng) is too camp for words, he is like a row of pink tents, most of the songs could be interpreted in a homosexual way, gay men dink champagne from a glass with chocolate handles, play in each others ocean and do me baby as well. Hes just really out there.

To be honest I haven't met too many gay guys who liked him. I always got the impression that gay guys thought he was straight.

DanceWme said:

You *know* that motherfucker lights a candle every time he hears Graffiti Bridge.

Imago said:

u just made me spill my juice

DanceWme said:

And that poor dog probably has to bark in sync to "La la la, he he he"