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Contents:
- SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO FROM CLASSIC TV WAS GAY?
- EE GRIFFH, WHO FAMOLY KILLED FELLOW BOXER AFTER GAY SLUR, DI AT 75
- IS IT TE THAT ANDY GRIFFH HATED GAYS
- THE NIGHT BOXER EE GRIFFH ANSWERED GAY TNTS WH A ADLY RTEGE OF PUNCH
- STRAIGHT FOR PAY: TEN GAY ACTORS WHO PLAYED IT STRAIGHT
- BOXER EE GRIFFH OUT AS GAY
SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO FROM CLASSIC TV WAS GAY?
A new opera productn at the Met explor the life and tragic reer of the gay boxer Ee Griffh, a welterweight champn. * griffith gay *
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EE GRIFFH, WHO FAMOLY KILLED FELLOW BOXER AFTER GAY SLUR, DI AT 75
Griffh, who once believed God uld "heal" her gay son, beme the subject of the book and film Prayers for Bobby. * griffith gay *
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And a good thg too, I served to see Don Knotts play a homo. Every person who participated was eher a gay clockg on the low sgle digs of the Valid Sle, or a terrifyg heterosexual.
IS IT TE THAT ANDY GRIFFH HATED GAYS
I jt googled the actor, Raymond Burr, and apparently he was humongoly gay! Now M*A*S*H is possibly too recent to clu, but ’s a firmly gay tv show so legally I mt.
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THE NIGHT BOXER EE GRIFFH ANSWERED GAY TNTS WH A ADLY RTEGE OF PUNCH
Sports Illtrated reported 2005 that Griffh may have been fueled by an anti-gay slur directed at him by Paret durg the weigh-. Over the years, books and terviews, Griffh scribed himself at var tim as straight, gay and bisexual. Barney Fife sure did seem homo to meby Anonymoreply 2July 8, 2019 6:24 PM.
It was well known as a haven for young gaylgs Anonymoreply 3July 8, 2019 6:43 PM. Andy Griff hated gays. While Barney and Aunt Bee MAY have been gay (Howard and Floyd fely were), he didn't re about the characters, he those portrayg those characters were Anonymoreply 8July 9, 2019 12:39 AM.
Barney wasn’t gay. Sounds gay to Anonymoreply 11July 10, 2019 12:22 PM. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA Prizefighter’s Double Life, at Madison Square Garn and at StonewallA new opera productn at the Met explor the life and tragic reer of the gay boxer Ee Griffh, a welterweight champn.
STRAIGHT FOR PAY: TEN GAY ACTORS WHO PLAYED IT STRAIGHT
Photographs om the personal llectn of Willson Lee Henrson, on the right of the bottom and far right imag, who was iends wh Ee Griffh, Vazquez for The New York TimIn the 1960s, Ee Griffh was a boxg star, known for his speed and punchg power, wh a regular prence at Madison Square neighborhoods near the Garn, he let his other si show, one of flashy outfs and unapologetic swagger, where he equented his favore gay bars and Griffh kept his two worlds separate. “He was livg a double life, two liv, night and day, ” said Willson Lee Henrson, a gay rights activist who said he met Mr. Griffh early 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, the famo gay bar Greenwich Village, several months before a police raid touched off the Stonewall Rebelln and the morn gay rights boxer, who died 2013 at 75 om kidney failure and plitns of mentia, was known at the Stonewall for his open shirts and gold chas.
Griffh unleashed a fatal barrage of punch the 12th round agast an opponent who had tnted him wh a homophobic slur. Griffh never shied away om equentg gay clubs. That ma him a source of enarment and pri for the gay muny pecially as police raids, prsure and harassment ntued the late 1960s, said Mr.
“He was a pneer gay rights behd the scen but was never acknowledged for , ” Mr.
BOXER EE GRIFFH OUT AS GAY
“He was never given cred by the gay muny or the sports muny, so he missed out on both. “In the ‘60s, beg gay wasn’t the most popular thg, and beg gay boxg culture was like sacrilege, ” said Michael Bentt, 58, a former world heavyweight champn and an actor who was iendly wh Mr. “I mentned that there was this gay boxer who was an outst many muni and was loved other muni, ” said Mr.