Singer Dave has never hidden his homosexuality but, in show business, it has consequences and his own manager would like him to remain discreet. Inadmissible.
In Love Stories: our LGBTQIA+ love stories, written by Aline and Cédric Feito as well as Florent Manelli, we find the story of the couple formed by the singer Dave and his husband, the lyricist Patrick Loiseau.
Dave, not always free to talk about his homosexuality?
If Dave always embraced who he was, it was not always easy for those around him professionally and his homosexuality was even a hindrance in certain cases. “Their discretion – in public space or with the media – does not spare them homophobia, as when TF1 asked Dave to participate in the show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, around ten years ago years, but the production refuses to allow him to participate with Patrick Their answer is clear: they do not want to see two boys together during the show.assure the authors in an extract related by Gala.
Words that resonate with those of Dave, in a relationship for half a century and even married for several years with Patrick Loiseau. “My manager, the one who takes care of finding concerts, doesn’t really like me talking about it on TV shows, because I obviously sing too and as my big hits are almost fifty years old, so are the public, and so there is still a lot to do so that it is totally tolerated, accepted and above all understood”says the 80-year-old singer.
Dave and Patrick Loiseau recount the AIDS years
Dave and his husband Patrick, who experienced the difficult AIDS years and their devastation well, also explain how they got through this earthquake. “For me, they were painful years because we lost too many people and therefore all the lightness of sexual relations that we could have, when we led a fairly free life in that regard”first expressed Patrick Loiseau.
“They (people, editor’s note) barely dared to shake our hands”he continued. And it’s up to him to conclude: “It is very important to educate them (young people, editor’s note), to say that it existed, because even today there are many young people who do not know what AIDS is”. From now on, Dave and his husband live their story gently between their house in Paris and the one they own in Vaucluse.
