The david bowie of let’s dance was tanned, with a blonde quiff and dangerous white teeth, singing slick, accessible pop One could perhaps understand bowie’s statement that he was gay, or at least bisexual in 1972, but in the years that followed, bowie created personas that were more traditionally masculine in demeanour and appearance such as the thin white duke or the young americans era bowie. He was a world away from the guy in the ashes to ashes video, let alone the androgynous space alien of ziggy stardust.
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David bowie, sexuality and gender
In the 1970s david bowie's passport to fame was his daringly ambiguous sexuality
We reflect on 11 unashamedly queer moments from the long career of the late david bowie, on what would have been his 77th birthday.