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Labi Siffre: 'I've had far more difficulties in my life due to being a homosexual than being Black' He is more critical of himself than anybody, but his songs have made an impact. In the decade since I discovered Siffre's s catalogue, I've read stories about how being an openly gay, black folk singer held him back, and how he was dropped for refusing to stay in the. Siffre met his partner Peter Lloyd in July and they were together for 48 years.

They entered into a civil partnership in , as soon as it was legally possible in the UK. [7]. Most who heard England native Labi Siffre’s love songs back in the ’70s had no idea he wasn’t singing about women.

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Siffre has been openly gay throughout his career, and has never shied from addressing racism and homophobia in his work. Gay, polyamorous singer, songwriter, and poet Labi Siffre is behind some of the most recognizable songs of the 20th century. TikTok Video. Instagram Video. YouTube Video. XBrowne, D. Jonze, T. The Guardian. Editorial Staff. New Humanist. Sounding Out. Yentob, A. BBC One: Imagine. UK only. Labi Siffre on Spotify.

Labi Siffre on X. Labby SIF-free. Welcome back to Yesterqueers! Labi Siffre was born June 25, , in West London, the fourth of five brothers. He knew he was gay by the time he was 4. But he says he also grew up wary — he felt like an outsider from a very early age and knew that being a Black, gay, atheist artist in Europe would be an uphill battle, to say the least.

Siffre wrote his first song in , when he was 18 years old, and the next year he did indeed meet his soulmate — Peter John Carver Lloyd. The three of them had 16 wonderful years together living halfway up a mountain in the Welsh countryside. Just look how adorable these guys are.

A tape of one of his sets made it to a music producer in England which led to a record deal. Siffre released six albums between and , moving effortlessly across genres from acoustic folk to funk grooves and dance tracks. Several of his songs cracked the top 20 in the U. He was also getting tacit pressure to be less open about his sexuality.

I always believed in the songs. When Dr. What I cared about was [him] attacking the oppressed rather than the culprits. Dre all rights until the lyrics were rewritten, but he failed to stipulate that they needed to be rewritten on all versions so Siffre approved the radio play version and the original lyrics were included on the album.

His anti-apartheid anthem has been performed on some of the biggest stages in the world.