Personal Life
In an interview with The Advocate, Carpenter was identified as "queer" — a term often used to encompass one or more non-heterosexual orientations. “While my first love was a boy and I’ve had numerous male lovers, I also love women,” Carpenter said. In a Sunday, November 15, 2009 Arts & Leisure full-page interview with The New York Times ("In Concert: Talent, Style and Sequins" by Vivien Schweitzer), Carpenter "describes his sexuality as 'radically inclusive.'"
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