Struggling With Her Sexuality
The pills and the vodka weren’t helping, either. Dusty’s drinking also opened the door to exploring new horizons… with women. The drinking was what gave Dusty the courage to explore sexually with women. In 1970, she used a magazine interview to reveal to the public that she was bisexual, or as she put it: “likely to be swayed by a girl as a boy.” In fact, she was more gay than bisexual. She never had any romantic relationships with men, but she was struggling to come to terms with her sexuality.
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After giving interviews, she would often regret having given information that would lead to comments and speculation for the rest of her life. Dusty “wanted to be straight, and she wanted to be a good Catholic, and she wanted to be black,” according to Norma Tanega, who was one of her partners.