Helen Reddy on her gay fans and classic response when asked if she is a lesbian

There a nice new interview with the great Helen Reddy in the new issue of Frontiers by my pal James F. Mills in advance of the singer’s holiday concert in Palm Springs on Dec. 14.

As you know, Miss Reddy ended a 10 year hiatus from performing and this has made her many fans – many of whom are gay – ludicrously happy.

The singer of such hits as I Am Woman, Angie Baby, Delta Dawn, Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady and Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), sold out a concert in Palm Springs in March and credits it to her gay fans.

“I have a tremendous gay following,” she says. “In fact, most of my best friends are gay gentlemen. We have a lot of fun.’

Because she wrote the feminist anthem I am Woman and had short hair, some assumed the three-times divorced and mother of two children must be a lesbian.

‘There was a show I did one time back in the days when AIDS was first starting. It was in someone’s back yard. … Someone in the audience called out, “When are you coming out Helen?” I said, “If there is a woman somewhere out there with a hairy chest and a big dick, I’m hers.”

Love it!

Below is Miss Reddy, now 72, performing her most iconic hit. Her voice has held up beautifully.