When an artist comes out as homosexual or cross gender, I find I lose respect for their art and am no longer interested in it. I’m not being judgmental against them. They are just no longer my cup of tea. I just don’t enjoy their art any more.
Homosexuality is no reason to turn against an artist. Freddy Mercury-brilliant showman. May have even done a country song.
You’re limiting yourself.
I’m not trying to be a smartass,just curious: what do you think of Carravagio, Durer or. Michelangelo ? I once read passing reference to homosexuality as “ the humanist disease” in a biography on Albrecht Durer.
Like it or not, a substantial proportion of the advances made in the Renaissance were made by homosexuals. It doesn’t diminish their work in my eyes because that issue seems insignificant beside what they accomplished.
Like you though, when I hear of this great homosexual artist I just know it` s going to be crap. Artists want universal recognition— targeting a particular market tells you there is limited appeal