Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American singer and songwriter
He became a music sensation as a child. In the early 1990s, he earned hits with songs like “Can We Talk,” “I’m Ready,” “Round and Round,” “Do What You Want Me to Do” and “Always in My Heart”
90s R&B sensation Tevin Campbell has confirmed he identifies as a gay man
He opened up about his sexuality on an episode of People‘s Every Day Podcast, noting that although he doesn’t think of himself as a “sex symbol” for the ladies, he is proud of the hits he made
“I didn’t hide anything about me. I didn’t try to act a certain way or anything,” he said while indicating that in R&B, “You just couldn’t be [gay] back then”
He said although the marketing of him as a heartthrob may not have succeeded, he is thankful that his music has endured. “I don’t think the sex symbol thing worked, but the love songs last,”
“I went on the road of discovering myself. I didn’t know who I was,” he explained, later saying of his time performing Hairspray in 2004:....
...“Being around people who were like me, LGBTQ+ people that were living normal lives and had partners. I had never seen that. That was a great time in my life”