David Bowie
Was David Bowie gay? Learn all there is to know as we explore the sexuality of the legendary singer and actor.
Throughout his life, David Bowie—who died at the age of 69—played hard to get with sexuality. Not that he was shy about sex; by all accounts (including his own), he got plenty of that. But when it came to labeling his desires, Bowie pioneered the now-common pop star strategy of dropping hints and claiming identities in passing—only to discard them later—with the effect of maintaining the straight public’s interest and the queer public’s devotion.
In 1972, just before the release of Ziggy Stardust and while married to first wife Angela, Bowie declared he was gay: “I’m gay, and always have been, even when I was David Jones,” he assured Melody Maker, which described him as a “swishy queen … as camp as a row of tents.” (Bisexuality was also proposed, due to the wife.)
Then, in 1976, he was definitely bisexual: “It’s true–I am a bisexual,” he told a skeptical Playboy. “But I can’t deny that I’ve used that fact very well. I suppose it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. Fun, too.” However, Bowie did change his stance since then.
Bowie corrected himself later as he said that he was heterosexual.
The “Ziggy Stardust” star said: “I think I was always a closet heterosexual. I didn’t ever feel that I was a real bisexual. It was like I was making all the moves, down to the situation of actually trying it out with some guys […] I wanted to imbue Ziggy with real flesh and blood and muscle, and it was imperative that I find Ziggy and be him.”
Bowie added: “The irony of it was that I was not gay. I was physical about it, but frankly it wasn’t enjoyable. It was almost like I was testing myself. It wasn’t something I was comfortable with at all. But it had to be done.”
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