With the tragic loss of the iconic David Bowie, we take a look the glam-rock legend’s pioneering queer moments.

Early this morning, reports surfaced that the legendary British musician tragically lost his 18 month long battle with cancer. With his gender-bending image, and open sexual fluidity, David Bowie became an icon and inspired countless musicians after him – from Lady Gaga to Adam Lambert.

We run down Bowie’s queerest moments.

1. Bowie comes out as gay

On January 22, 1972, whilst promoting his Ziggy Stardust persona, Bowie came out to a Melody Maker reporter, saying: “I’m gay, and always have been, even when I was David Jones.”

2. Bowie comes out as bi

In 1976, with wife Angie very much in the public eye, he told Playboy that he was bisexual. And there was even a rumour that he had met his wife because “they were fucking the same bloke”.

3. Bowie comes out as a “closet heterosexual”

In 1983, Bowie told Rolling Stone magazine that declaring his bisexuality “was the biggest mistake I ever made”. He went on to add that he had always been “a closet heterosexual”.

4. Bowie And Jagger

Legend goes that Angie Bowie caught her husband and Jagger in bed together. When she walked in on them, Bowie reportedly said, “Oh, hello, how are you?”

Quoted in Christopher Anderson’s Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger, Angie was certain they’d been having sex.

“It was so obvious, in fact, that I never even considered the possibility that they hadn’t been screwing,”she said.

5. Dancing In The Street

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Jagger and Bowie’s rumoured affair came dancing out of the closet and into the streets in the video for the 1985 single, Dancing In The Street, which makes it look like like the two went at it right after shooting wrapped.