May I ask a tough question?
I hope my words are not misunderstood... please I don't mean to offend anyone! If I do, forgive me!
When did Madonna become a "gay thing"?
I mean, when I started being a fan, in the Eighties, everyone liked Madonna. It was.. "normal" to buy her records (one of my first M experiences was listening to the Into the groove 7'' during a party at a friend's house), to watch her movies, to go to her concerts. It was almost impossible to find a seat for the movie WTG, everyone wanted to go!
The question came to my mind after watching this Madonna Scrapbook IG post today:
I remember my male schoolmates watching the La isla bonita video and being excited and watching it frame by frame to see the moment when she touches herself a little (it seems so funny and innocent now).
A few years later, other schoolmates would call me "Lady Madonna" and make fun of me for being a Madonna fan. I think it was 1991.
When did Madonna stop being loved by heterosexual men and became mainly a gay icon?
Of course I know that NOT EVERY Madonna fan is gay, but most are, also in this forum. And her concerts it's rare to see non-gay fans. Sometimes you hear the stereotype that if you love M, you are gay: there is a movie (don't remember which one) when a girl tests a boy to see if he's gay by asking him the tracklist from Like a prayer.
I don't think this changed during LAP era. I suspect it was during the Vogue/Bat/TOD era, and then for Erotica.
After watching the great tv series Pose, it's really evident what she took from the gay underground culture and made it mainstream. Is this the reason?