Was Jimi Hendrix gay? Army discharge records say so
Was Jimi Hendrix gay? Army discharge records say so The new Jimi Hendrix biography by Charles Cross called "Room Full of Mirrors" reveals a rather unexpected secret. According to official army records Hendrix was discharged for "homosexual tendencies." Cross says he wanted to leave the army so that he could be a musician and that he pretended to be gay so he could land a discharge. Hendrix's word on the departure was that he left the 101st Airborne Division in 1962 after being injured on a parachute jump. According to Cross and official records Hendrix told a base psychiatrist at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, that he had fallen in love with a fellow soldier. Could it have been more than a ploy? Who knows. Cross also says that Hendrix had a legendary appetite for women, including an affair with actress Brigitte Bardot.�[Date: 01-Aug-05 ]
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