The Advocate excerpts the book by Madonna's brother...

I hate to judge but I don't understand how anyone can write a tell-all book about another family member - even if that family member is Madonna. I only give a pass to Christina Crawford who deserved to let Joan Crawford have it after the hell "Mommie Dearest" put her through (I believe every word of Christina's book).

Anyway, The Advocate has just released an excerpt from Christopher Ciccone's book "Life With My Sister Madonna" and discusses the interview Madonna gave with The Advocate in 1991 in which he says she outed him to the entire world. I guess he started taking notes for his book then.

Payback is a bitch!

The interview was in the May 7, 1991 issue, just as her movie "Truth or Dare" was about to be released and she says in part: "My brother Christopher's gay, and he and I have always been the closest members of our family."

He writes:
I was incensed. From my point of view, my sister evidently decided that outing me to the readers of the Advocate is the perfect promotional tool for the movie. Let's face it, Truth or Dare deals directly or indirectly--with sadomasochism, lesbianism, rape, a hint of incest, a dead mother, so why not a gay brother as well?

After all, Madonna used my mother's grave as a movie location, so why not use my sexuality as a publicity opportunity? I realize another reason. The gay community had been her original fan base in the eighties. Now, though, some gay fans were starting to feel that she had become too mainstream, too hetero. Her answer? Her way of winning them back? "My brother Christopher is gay."

Go to Advocate.com to read the entire excerpt.