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Mar 25, 2021 · Janis Joplin was bisexual and “her most sustained relationship” was with a woman, Jae Whitaker. Janis had flings with rockstar men but, according to Alice Echols, author of Scars of Sweet Paradise, most of her long term partnerships were with women.
Dec 3, 2015 · Echols wrote of a friend of Joplin’s who recalled walking in on a “lesbian orgy” in 1969, Joplin greeting him with a provocative, “This is my life now.”. And Echols wrote of Caserta, at ...
Since Joplin was aggressively bi-sexual, her lesbianism was more likely just a part of her determination to get as much love or sex as she could – sexual orientation aside. Yet, Diane Gravenities, a close friend of Joplin’s, noted that “Janis was more comfortable, more “herself”…in the presence of women.
Joplin’s life came to an abrupt end in 1970 when she overdosed on heroin at the age of 27. But her story still resonates — maybe even more so today, says author Holly George-Warren. A woman who...
By Holly George-Warren. Purchase. You can look to two major influences that Janis had that I think affected her sexuality and the way she expressed it onstage. One was, of course, the great...
Before the supposed sexual liberation of the 60s, ‘good girls’ didn’t, and ‘bad girls’ did. Joplin tested this dichotomy, not just in her sexuality, but through her music and the way she lived her life on the cusp of a regressive era and a youth revolution.
Oct 17, 2021 · LGBTQ History Month: Janis Joplin. LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon is featured by the Equality Forum. Equality Forum is a national and international LGBT civil rights organization with an educational focus.
