Michael Stipe (was Homosexuality)

[Neil Ward]

Ender, on Michael Stipe:

 <<Ender, playing devil's advocate:  Is he though?  He is in a long term
relationship with a man, but does that automatically change him from
bisexual to gay?  I'm not saying that to be argumentative.  i'm just curious
to know if settling into a monogamous relationship means settling into an
either hetero- or homosexual label (ew!  the "L"  word!)>>

Me again:

In answer to your latter question, I doubt that bisexual identity vanishes
if you happen to choose one sex or the other for a relationship (IMO).  As
for Mr Stipe, he said he was gay, whatever he meant by that.  I'm not sure
that he was ever really bisexual in the real or sense of the word.  In the
world of celebrity, 'bisexual' is often a euphemism for gay, and a label
leaked by publicists, either to dampen down homosexuals or spice up
heterosexuals.  Allegedly... <g>

Neil
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