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She is a woman who never bites her tongue – not in her music, nor in her everyday life and that is why we love her. When we really get down to it, record labels should never filter the true representation of their artists. Otherwise, what’s the point in calling an artist and artist? If we leave it up to these labels, we might as well just call them prepackaged puppets, with a hint of their true selves added.
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Her facial features haven’t changed much, and if you look closely at the photo, you may be able to figure this one out. She Who She Is & How She Angered The Gay Community…

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His tenor voice possesses a four-octave range…how many of these youngins can hang with that? Laaawd, these youngins ain’t got nothing on him! Now, as far as what Tevin had to say about being what he described as a “try-sexual,” peep that info below…

Try-sexual is how he explained as the best way to describe who he is. That doesn’t take away from the fact that Tevin looks like he’s on his way to a “Comeback”! After a “shutdown” performance at Essence Music Fest 2014, and a concert at B. B King’s Blues Club & Grill in New York, Tevin is getting ready to set the rest of 2015 on fire!

Tevin’s had his share of hurdles in his career also, but the now 38 year old Tevin, may have gained many lessons that might make 2015 the year that we are reintroduced to Tevin, the grown man, not the pre-teen kid from back in the day. Back in 2003, his interview with Jamie Foster Brown had everyone talking. This was “Pre-Social Media”, but the effects of the interview have been long lasting. Here’s an excerpt from the 2003 interview with Sister 2 Sister Magazine.

Jaime: You don’t want them to know what your sexuality is?

Tevin: I’m not gay, but there are a lot of different things that I do like, sexually. Being in the business, you are introduced to a lot of different things. I’m not gay but I’m a freak and I think a lot of people know what a freak is.

Jaime: I don’t. What is it?

Tevin: Basically, I’m trying a lot of things. Being open-minded. It has nothing to do with attraction. It’s just having fun and I did a lot of that on the road with dancers. We had truth or dare.

Jaime: So you’re saying it could be male or female? Whatever is happening at that time?

Tevin: Right. I am not exclusively attracted to men. I’m not gay, but sexually…

Jaime: Would you say you’re bisexual?

Tevin: No, just TRY-sexual

Jaime: What is that? You, me and he?

Tevin: Leave that to the imagination

When asked by SoulTrain.com if he would discuss his personal life or if it deters him from wanting to be more open. Tevin said…

“I always say that I have to live my life for me. Everyone has to go home at night and live behind closed doors. No matter what you think you know about a celebrity and what they are doing, you truly don’t know. Everybody lives behind closed doors… As far as what I do in my personal life, if you get to know me then you’ll know. But I have friends and family that love me for who and what I am. I don’t need other people to love me for who I am, I need them to love me for my music and if they can’t do that then you’re not a fan. I divulge a lot in my album. I know the questions that people ask, so really the only way you’ll get to know me is through my music.”

Now, Shhhhh, here’s Tevin breaking it down:

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Okay now that we’ve summed up the obvious- that gay rappers are bound to draw some attention, here’s what is also just as shocking about this young brotha. He is the nephew of an iconic player in soul music. You know this icon extremely well and he’s responsible for some of the biggest soul music hits ever. Turn the page to check him out…

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We’re gonna put this out there before we even get into this story: Here at ILOSM, we do not care if a person is gay, straight, bisexual, purple, has three eyes and a kick stand for a leg. To us, people are people and it is the content of a person’s character that we prefer to judge one by. We salute the late, great Marvin Gaye for standing in his truth and letting the world know what you are about to read. We think that a story like this gives many lessons in tolerance and understanding. With that said, let’s get into the sexual revelation Marvin Gaye revealed to his autobiographer, David Ritz, in Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye…

Star athlete and now transgender, Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner), wasn’t the only famous ‘straight’ male cross-dresser, so was our beloved Marvin Gaye. Marvin was not gay, but he publicly revealed the following cross dressing revelation himself, although many people missed it back in the day.
In 1982, Marvin Gaye revealed this in his autobiography:

“My father likes to wear women’s clothing. As you well know, that doesn’t mean he’s homosexual. In fact, my father was always known as a ladies’ man. He simply likes to dress up. What he does in private, I really don’t know-nor do I care to know.”

There have been periods when his hair was very long and curled under, and when he seemed quite adamant in showing the world the girlish side of himself. That may have been to further embarrass me. I find the situation all the more difficult because, to tell you the truth, I have the same fascination with women’s clothes. In my case, that has nothing to do with any attraction for men. Sexually, men interest me. But seeing myself as a woman is something that intrigues me. It’s also something I fear. I indulge myself only at the most discreet and intimate moments. Afterward, I must bear the guilt and shame for weeks. After all, indulgence of the flesh is wicked, no matter what your kick. The hot stuff is lethal. I’ve never been able to stay away from the hot stuff.”

Shame and guilt haunted Marvin as a child:

“I wanted to beat the shit out of the guys when they teased me about Father,” Marvin said. “I wanted to smash their faces and cut their throats, but I was afraid. I suppose I was afraid that I was just like him-that I was too much of a woman to fight back. Instead of taking my blows like a man, I ran. My main memories have to do with running. And believe me, I was fast. I loved sports, and I always felt that I had great athletic ability-football, basketball, you name it-but I was scared of the confrontations, so I backed off.”

Did Marvin believe his father was homosexual?

“I didn’t know. I didn’t want to know. I just drove the thought out of my mind.”

Mrs. Gay had this to say when asked if she thought her husband, Marvin’s dad was homosexual. (By the way, ‘Gay’ is Marvin’s original last name and the name his family still used, but Marvin added the ‘E” on the end when he became a singer):

“I’m not certain. I do know that five of his siblings were homosexual. And it’s true that he liked soft clothing. Soft things of all kinds attracted him. He liked to wear my panties, my shoes, my gowns, even my nylon hose. Marvin would see him like that sometimes.”

As you can see, Marvin had some internal struggles that were implanted in him without his consent- whether it was a genetic inheritance from his father, or a learned set of behaviors from his father- it doesn’t sound like Marvin actually wanted it. Nevertheless, he dealt with it the best way that he knew how and truth be told, Marvin Gaye, the icon, became one of the bravest artists in entertainment.

Regardless of how anyone may have judged him about this revelation of being a cross dresser, he proved to have the courage of 1000 lions, by publicly disclosing such personal information.

He was Marvin Gaye- the man who women all over the world were going crazy over, the man whom guys looked up to for his swag, and the artist whose classic hits soul music lovers couldn’t get enough of. To risk all of that, is a display of bravery beyond what many could ever imagine. Job well done Marvin Gaye, your days of ‘running’ were over a very long time ago.

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