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Lesbian acceptance and the truth of very poor health

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Singer Britney Spears was one of the best selling female performers of the 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Back in the ealy-1990s, I will never forget the huge impact on the gay world caused by Madonna and her bi-sexual explorations. Madonna christened her new-found attraction to women in the monumental book “Sex” and in the video for “ Justify My Love .” Gay magazines were covered with images of Madonna and her “gal-pal” lesbian comedian Sandra Bernhard . They were often photographed holding hands, caressing each other in public, or kissing.  The main-stream media took a rather sanitized look at these goings-on; and relegated them to just another Madonna publicity stunt. Gay culture took it more seriously: as a first serious push into American popular culture .  Subsequently, Madonna’s album “Erotica” flopped as did her semi-pornographic film “Body of Evidence.” Madonna regrouped, dropped much of the bisexual persona, and reinvented herself again as a wife, mo...