Several people have attacked Patti LaBelle for revealing that Luther Vandross was gay. Their reason; he had a right to keep his sexuality a secret? Then why did he tell her? What most people in the community fail to realize is perhaps it’s the “secret” that killed him. How is it determined that he actually even wanted to keep his sexuality a secret by fans instead of his actual friends like LaBelle? Fans knew his music, LaBelle knew HIM. There is a HUGE difference.
Patti is coming from a place of love to let the community know how deep of an issue this is. She didn’t betray Luther Vandross was living half a life. He could not be who he was and he was ashamed and hiding but what happened when he sang in the wheelchair after the stroke was most unfortunate it was over for him and there was not going to be a do-over. One can only wonder if he was asking himself if the journey to be who others wanted him to be was really worth it. The same thing with Whitney when
