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Donna Summer's gay icon status is unique for its time. "I Feel Love," "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" and "MacArthur Park" were soundtracks for an era right before the onslaught of HIV/AIDS. So it all came as a bit of a shock when her born-again Christianity allegedly got the better of her at an Atlantic City gig and she came out with a string of homophobic remarks.

These included the declaration that “It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” and that AIDS was God’s punishment on gays. Back in the s, Donna Summer was protested by gay groups such as ACT UP for her statements attributed to a Village Voice article that AIDS was God’s punishment for the gays.

A journalist alleged that Donna Summer made a series of intensely harmful homophobic remarks at a concert in , however, the singer strongly denies this. During the height of her fame in disco's s heyday, Donna Summer, who died of lung cancer May 17, was an icon in the gay community. That changed in , when the "Queen of Disco" allegedly made several derogatory remarks about the gay community and HIV/AIDS during a performance.

In a newly released letter from Donna Summer to an AIDS advocacy group, the disco singer defended herself against long-standing accusations that she made offensive comments about gay people during a concert. During the height of her fame in disco's s heyday, Donna Summer, who died of lung cancer May 17, was an icon in the gay community.

The comments sparked immediate backlash from both gay and straight fans. Summer had recently announced she was a born-again Christian, and her alleged comments were based in her new religion. She later denied ever making the comments, and in a just-released letter from , Summer calls the accusations "unjust and unfair. In it, Summer explains the difficulties in her personal life at the time, and recalls her strong gay following before "the confusion.

She said she never chose friends based on their sexual preference, and embraced her gay fan base.

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If I have caused you pain, forgive me. It was never my intention to reject you but to extend myself in love. The same year she sent this letter, Summer told The Advocate she did not know where the alleged quotes came from. When she wrote the letter, Summer's career was still suffering as a result of the alleged remarks. Gay rights groups protested some of her concert appearances, although some in the gay community continued to embrace her.