Diana Ross Didn't Realize This Famous Song of Hers Was a Gay Anthem

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It took Diana Ross a little while to realize that one of her most famous songs, “I’m Coming Out”, was a gay anthem.

According to producer Nile Rodgers, the now 76-year-old songstress thought the song’s lyrics meant something else entirely.

The track was born during one of Nile‘s visits to the bathroom of transgender nightclub GG’s Barnum Room in New York City, where he was surrounded by a lot of Diana Ross impersonators. “All of a sudden a lightbulb goes off in my head,” he explained. “I had to go outside and call Bernard [Edwards, producer] from a telephone booth.

I said, ‘Bernard, please write down the words: ‘I’m coming out.’ And then I explained the situation to him.” Diana “immediately loved the song” and actually connected to the