Given that being gay is now so accepted in Western society, it's almost unthinkable that so many people had to live in shame and denial for so many years before times and attitudes changed. Barry Manilow was another victim of the era he grew up in not helped by working in the music industry. Women loved Manilow, and his manager warned him that coming out as gay would probably hurt his career.
That advice would seem cynical were his manager not the same person he was in love with and had been in a relationship with for years! Garry Kief has spent almost his whole career looking after Manilow's professional affairs, so it was no shock to find out he was looking after his personal ones too. The happy couple married in April 2014, in a private ceremony surrounded by loving friends and family.