Fran lebowitz gay
Fran has openly confessed that she knew she was a lesbian right from childhood. However, she was forced to wait longer to confess that she was gay because such a confession could have landed her in trouble.
In the s and s, many of Lebowitz's gay male artist friends, including Peter Hujar, Paul Thek and David Wojnarowicz, died of HIV/AIDS. She has discussed the impact that the epidemic in New York had on American culture.