released four quirky, super queer albums – but none are more beloved than their self-titled debut.
But I never have.”īefore announcing an indefinite hiatus in 2012, Jake Shears and Co. She shrugged off the rumors, stating, “Am I curious? I think every girl has wondered, more so than a guy. Some tracks even had listeners questioning Jackson’s sexuality: on “Speakerphone,” she has phone sex with a lady friend and her take on Rod Stewart’s “Tonight’s the Night,” in which she doesn’t change the song subject’s gender, suggests losing her virginity to another woman. On “Free Xone,” she sings of gay and lesbian couples who are “free to be who you really are” and her mega-hit “Together Again” recalls a friend who died of complications related to AIDS. The icon’s sixth studio album was so explicit in its exploration of queer themes that it was banned in Singapore. That is going to be really interesting.’” Then, I realized when I came out right before the album came out … ‘Oh, that is going to be interesting. She had actually written a song with the title for her previous album: “I thought it would be a great song to name an album after. It was widely believed that the singer-songwriter used her album title Yes I Am to confirm rumors that she was a lesbian, but that’s folklore.
