Luther Vandross Is Famous for Songs of Straight Love. But His Own Passions Tell a Different, Richer Story.
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In Luther: Never Too Much, an eye-opening new documentary on the late singer that recently premiered on CNN, archival footage shows interviewers pressing Vandross about his sexuality.
Porter follows the lead not just of Vandross himself but also that of several lifelong friends interviewed in the film in leaving the exact nature of his sexuality ambiguous.
The documentary reveals Vandross to be a person whose taste and sensibilities are instantly recognizable to many a gay man as, well, himself.
It makes a compelling case for gay men to embrace Vandross as one of our own, to understand him as a figure not unlike George Michael.
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