Cole porter was gay

William McBrien, author of “Cole Porter: A Biography” (Knopf, , and to be released in paperback by Vintage next month), makes a compelling argument that the composer’s homosexual love.

The truth was, Cole Porter was very much gay but he still began a relationship with her. After all, besides Thomas's mountains of money and social class, Porter also needed her to cover up his scandalous preferences from the prejudiced world.