By: Ralph Bruno

Natalie, thanks for the feedback. I find your description of coming out to your parents to be wonderful. In the face of rumors spanning decades Whitney Houston persistently denied and/or evaded the question of her bisexuality. Denial as a defense mechanism is not lying. The person genuinely believes that she is being truthful. Even in the face of the obvious contradiction of independent facts, e.g witness testimony. Alfred Kinsey in his "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" (1948) and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" (1953)had to tackle the problem of the palpable denial of same-sex conduct. Kinsey's pains-taking design of his study forbade his interviewers from stating their own opinions, save for same-sex conduct. The person being questioned was asked to rate themselves on the 0 to 6 Kinsey Scale (K) (Zero being exclusive heterosexual conduct and six being exclusive homosexual conduct). In this startling instance, the opinion of interviewer was required. The interviewer was to give his own opinion, rating the person questioned on the K Scale. The "Queen of Denial" was the late and great Rock Hudson. His persistent denials kept up even unto his death from AIDS. Laura Nyro refused to come out until her obituary announcement. Almost every one gay, straight or bi is amazed when I venture the facts of Whitney Houston's bisexuality. The press has done a perfect job in stone-walling the facts. Currently, Robyn Crawford is being touted as Whitney Houston's "special friend." Kinsey's photographer, C. A. Tripp, wrote a masterful book called the "Homosexual Matrix." In the book he cites the "Special friend as one of the common denial forms of homosexuality. I say to all, please for our youth, especially those questioning, we should be celebrating her bisexuality not covering it up. Rabdrake