Lou Reed was known as Lulu to his friends. It was his gay name, given to him by Andy Warhol.
He went off the grid in 2010, when he learned he was dying.
He started producing ghostly photos – anticipating his future.
We wrote about it at the time, here: https://off-grid.net/2010/02/07/take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/
You can find out much more about his bisexual years with the Andy Warhol circus here