Is Bi the Last Taboo? Clive Davis Revives a Bitter Debate

[DonViejo]

Feb 22, 2013 4:45 AM EST

The record mogul’s revelation that he is bisexual sheds new light on a group long viewed with suspicion—even in the gay community. Tricia Romano on why the ‘B’ in LGBT gets a bad rap.

When record mogul Clive Davis came out as bisexual this week, he might have shocked those who didn’t work in the music industry, where his personal life was an open secret. But what was really surprising in this age of coming-out stories is that Davis came out as a bisexual—and not as a gay man.

Though the twice-married Davis has been in two monogamous relationships with men since 1990, he insisted, as he made the talk-show circuit in support of his new autobiography, The Soundtrack of My Life, that was he bi, not gay.

“For over 50 years, I had never had sex with a man. I wasn’t repressed; I had very good sexual relations with women. For me, this very maligned, misunderstood subject of bisexuality came up,” he told Meredith Vieira on Nightline. “I’m not lying—it exists.”

As same-sex marriage and other gay civil-rights matters become so commonplace they are almost passé, and as transgender issues have also increasingly taken center stage, bisexuality remains the most overlooked and misunderstood letter in the LGBT acronym. But despite the challenges that remain, bi advocates say they hope celebrities like Davis will help erase the stigmas that surround them.

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[joeybee12]

1. Too bad Clive is such an awful human being...

Series-ly, nasty man...wish someone else high profile who wasn't a cretin had come out as bi.