{"id":11417,"date":"2014-12-06T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan\/"},"modified":"2014-12-06T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T21:00:11","slug":"gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0a2d5ab970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chaka\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0a2d5ab970c-800wi\" title=\"Chaka\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chaka Khan, a worldwide singing superstar who has sold an estimated 70 million records across the globe, may be the Queen of Funk, but she&rsquo;s also a queen in the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>A singer, actress and activist, Khan has won 10 Grammy Awards (including two as the lead singer of Rufus), but, like many other icons, she&rsquo;s also had her share of struggle. Wrestling with addiction throughout her life, she declared herself sober in 2005. Through it all, she&rsquo;s remembered the importance of her <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> fanbase. In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.gopride.com\/news\/interview.cfm\/articleid\/488161\" target=\"_blank\">ChicagoPride.com<\/a>, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;It goes way back. I find my <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> followers to be the most un-fickle of all my followers. I tell you, when times got a little rough, when I had any rough spots, I could always do some track dates at some <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> clubs. I don&#8217;t know exactly what my appeal is, maybe it&#8217;s the butch in me, I don&#8217;t know. I know I&#8217;m kind of butchy. That&#8217;s cool. I love it. I truly embrace that part of myself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community has been known to embrace her right back. In additon to being invited to perform at Pride events, she&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DZh0LGqM-Wk\" target=\"_blank\">a drag queen favorite<\/a>, beloved for her style, voice and attitude.<\/p>\n<p>See the Queen in action with some of our favorite clips, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/12\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan.html\" target=\"_self\">AFTER THE JUMP<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chaka Khan&rsquo;s first big hit with Rufus was the classic &ldquo;Tell Me Something Good,&rdquo; written by Stevie Wonder. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award, the first for the group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1978, Chaka released her first solo album, including her hit, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Every Woman.&rdquo; Despite singing one of the most empowering songs of all time, she admits to sometimes lacking confidence herself. &#8220;I&#8217;m quite insecure,&#8221; she told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2008\/jan\/19\/urban.theatre\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m really weak and strong at the same time. I used to go to great lengths to prove my humanity, to self-medicate and party, just to show people that I can do the same things and see the same things as they do. I don&#8217;t feel the need to do that or be that any more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Khan&rsquo;s final hit with Rufus was &ldquo;Ain&rsquo;t Nobody&rdquo; in 1983. The track reached number one on the Hot R&amp;B chart and the top ten in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For those who were still unfamiliar with Chaka in 1984, Grandmaster Melle Mel made it hard to forget her name in his opening to &ldquo;I Feel For You.&rdquo; The Prince-penned track begins with a verse by Mel &ldquo;Chaka, Chaka, Chaka, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Let me rock you, Let me rock you, Chaka Khan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On screen, you may have caught Chaka in a small cameo as the choir soloist in <em>The Blues Brothers<\/em>, but she&rsquo;s also appeared on the stage. In London, she portrayed Sister Carrie in <em>Mama, I Want To Sing<\/em>. After turning down the role of Shug Avery in the film adaptation of <em>The Color Purple<\/em>, she took the role of Ms. Sofia opposite Fantasia Barrino on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s your favorite Chaka Khan track?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=EPhIm7K1EQA:uGG-xTEVEmk:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/EPhIm7K1EQA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nBobby Hankinson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/12\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2014\/12\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, a worldwide singing superstar who has sold an estimated 70 million records across the globe, may be the Queen of Funk, but she&rsquo;s also a queen in the LGBT community. A singer, actress and activist, Khan has won 10 Grammy Awards (including two as the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iconography-feel-the-funk-for-chaka-khan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gay Iconography: Feel The Funk For Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, a worldwide singing superstar who has sold an estimated 70 million records across the globe, may be the Queen of Funk, but she&rsquo;s also a queen in the LGBT community. 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