[J. Williams]

this is an interesting question to me personally and i’ve asked myself the same thing. i was in the early 60s a big Judy Garland fan — this was during the time of her CBS television series. I was devoted beyond reason, made an audio tape of every show, played back Stormy Weather house on end via my old reel to reel recorder. Had no real clue as to my own orientation and assumed I was straight – just out of high school but hadn’t tested any waters sexually at that time. Not a late bloomer, really a non-bloomer I guess. Later continued the Judy interest bought some albums, read with sadness of her death and continued to love her music. The vibrato, her own storytelling on those recorded TV shows; she really was a great entertainer. I married and was living a hetero life but later, in the 80s and especially with easier access to the internet, gay porn via USENET newsgroups more recently the Web found that the gay world was most likely the place I belonged. I could identify completly with gay culture, love to surf gay websites now and consider myself bisexual. Judy Garland — early on — but not in the context of any gay culture. Frankly I had no idea that she was a gay icon but something in her music, style, life clicked with me. She didn’t turn me toward gay interests but it’s almost as if I was hardwired from the outset to find something in her that worked for me. So, I agree there’s a connection because I see it in myself but can’t say just what that linkage is. And yeah, I liked Barbra Steisand also at the time — big brash female singers who sung of tragedy, loss and triumph. No real answer but I guess sort of a confirmation that Judy Garland had an inate appeal to some gays.

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Name : J. Williams, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 55, City : shawnee, State : KS, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

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