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What I consider to be in the closet is someone who I would call a down-low gay man. There's down-low, there's down-low gay and there's gay.
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What's the difference between being down-low and being in the closet? So hopefully this story will empower them. All of these different types of things that occurred throughout my life, all these challenges and all these obstacles I felt was a universal story within the black community the community of color. I had another brother who was also sexually assaulted when he was in a group home and he was infected with the AIDS virus and he later died. I came from a dysfunctional family where my mother was a prostitute, she was a heroin addict and then my mother became infected with the HIV virus and she passed it to my baby brother and they both died from the AIDS virus. Because as I talk about in the book I was sexually assaulted at the age of 13 by a male next-door neighbor and that incident traumatized me. The great thing is because in writing my book, I was able to find my voice, a true voice that I had hidden for so long. You've written books about empowering men of color, so how do you think this book empowers men? It's been really empowering the experience of writing this book and knowing that I didn't have to out anyone to do that or to tell that type of story. I wrote it with the intention of hoping to provide a voice for not only myself but a lot of people who are in the industry or are struggling with their sexuality but also those people who are down-low men or gay men who are looking to get into the business and they can't. It is a memoir of my life as a down-low man in the entertainment industry. I think or I hope first and foremost that can understand and recognize that this is my memoir.
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I didn't write this book as a way to demean or out anyone or to do damage to anyone's careers.
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Yes.ĭo you think at any point you would reveal any of those names? Why or why not? To make sure I don't forget who's who because I knew I had to change everyone's name. I keep notes and I have those in a very safe place. I used to write for the New York Sun and the Tennessean. Writing the book of course I had to keep my notes. Where do you keep your list of names and corresponding fake names? TIME chatted with Dean in New York City about candor, empowerment and what down-low really means. They've been feeding heartily on guessing who his characters are. Blog commenters are far less diplomatic, though. But Dean says that his goal was not to out others, just himself. In a time when authors are being unmasked as frauds, some may find Dean's reliance on blind items very convenient. Run-ins often intimate with famous gay men hiding out in the film, television and music worlds. The catch? The 10-year industry vet doesn't actually reveal names he instead uses a slew of blind items recounting his Follow Dean, author of the new memoir Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry from Music to Hollywood has had celebrity blogs in a mini-frenzy since Simon and Schuster announced last year that he would release a book dishing about closeted gays in the entertainment industry.