Was David Bowie's gay icon status left out of obits?
Over the course of his career, David Bowie called himself gay, bisexual, and straight, and his fluid sexuality was ground-breaking in the mainstream. But with his death, is Bowie's adventurous sexuality being downplayed?
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Over the course of his career, David Bowie called himself gay, bisexual, and straight, and his fluid sexuality was ground-breaking in the mainstream. Playwright and director Brad Fraser and rock critics Geeta Dayal and Bill Wyman take a look at whether or not Bowie's adventurous sexuality is being downplayed posthumously, a question Wyman examined this week in the Columbia Journalism Review.