[Chancie]

Originally Posted by Greyson

May she rest in peace. Certainly one of the best. I am not trying to be disrespectful in any way here. Do any of you remember before she married Bobby Brown all the rumors that she was a lesbian? She had the "friend" that was I believe a friend of her childhood. The friend played basketball and was her constant companion. I wonder where this woman is tonight.

My condolances to Whitney's daughter, mother, her ex-husband, her entire family and all of the people, fans who loved her.

I can't believe that Whitney Houston is dead.

I came out in the '80s and I remember dancing to her music at the Duchess in the West Village. I always thought that she had a gorgeous strong powerful voice. Years later, when she was a guest on Saturday Night Live, she was hysterically funny in a skit with that little girl who used to smell her own armpits.

I did hear rumors that she was a lesbian and I remember her saying, I'm not a gay girl. Why would I be a gay girl? People said, Why doesn't she just say, I'm not a lesbian, but so what if I was.

When I heard that she was struggling with drugs and alcohol, I did wonder if her own internalized homophobia contributed to her suffering, and I felt so sad for her.

Of course I don't know whether she had a girlfriend, or was a lesbian, or that she died from drug use, poor thing.