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  • Clive Davis: Bisexuality: “I never felt it was understood by much of the straight or gay community”

    Clive Davis: Bisexuality: “I never felt it was understood by much of the straight or gay community”

    The legendary music man, Clive Davis has spoken about his experience of bisexuality since coming out as bisexual at the age of 80.

    The man who was responsible for bringing the world Whitney Houston opened up to Rolling Stone about what bisexuality meant to him.

    He said,

    “I don’t look upon it as the signal event in my life, but there was no way I was going to do an autobiography and not include the fact that only in middle age, after two failed marriages, would I look beyond gender for a relationship.

    I embraced bisexuality, which is the most misunderstood term in sexual identity. I never felt it was understood by much of the straight or gay community. You had to be either gay or straight — there was no in-between. I just opened myself up to the person rather than to the gender.

    I’ve read how, as some in the younger generation try to find their sexual identity, it doesn’t make any difference which gender it is until they locate the person.

    “I relate to that.”

  • FEATURE: 10 Celebs Who Came Out In 2013

    It’s been quite a year for celebrity outings, and as yesterday was National Coming Out Day, we decided to highlight the wonderful celebs that came out in 2013.

    Coming out is never easy, especially when the world’s cameras and press are following your every move and your career could fail because of it – so we applaud these celebs for coming out in 2013

    Robbie Rogers

    February 2013

    In February Footballer Robbie Rogers came out after posting a blog entry on his website saying, ‘Secrets can cause so much internal damage. People love to preach about honesty, how honesty is so plain and simple. Try explaining to your loved ones after 25 years you are gay. I always thought I could hide this secret. Football was my escape, my purpose, my identity. Football hid my secret, gave me more joy than I could have ever imagined’

    Jodie Foster

    January 2013

    Hollywood royalty, Jodie Foster finally ended years of press speculation when she came out during her acceptance speech at the 70th Colden Globe Awards. In the speech Foster said: ‘I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the Stone Age. In those very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends, and family, co-workers and then gradually, proudly, to everyone who knew her.’

    Matt Dallas

    January 2013

    Former “Kyle XY” came out of the closet to his fans in the beginning of 2013, via Twitter – when he tweeted about his engagement to his partner, Blue Hamilton.

    Jason Collins

    May 2013

    One of the world’s most famous Basketball players came out as gay in May 2013. He said that he chose to wear the jersey number 98 in tribute to Matthew Shephard who was a victim of hate crime in 1998. Collins called the number: “a statement to myself, my family and my friends.”

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  • Clive Davis Comes Out As Bisexual In New Memoir

    Clive Davis Comes Out As Bisexual In New Memoir

    The legendary music mogul behind Whitney Houston and Kelly Clarkson has spoken for the first time about being in monogamous relationships with men for the past two decades.

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