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.
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