ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv shar a rare glimpse at gay life the 1950s honor of LGBT Pri month.
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A GLIMPSE OF GAY PRI THE 1950S
* gay icons of the 50s *
Clift’s sexualy remas subject to bate, although Taylor famoly clared he was gay durg her speech at the 2000 GLAAD Awards, a claim Clift’s brother supported.
However, Hudson’s homosexualy is well-documented, for better and worse. Hudson’s homosexualy beme public after beg one of the first proment stars to ntract AIDS the 1980s; Hudson died 1985 om an AIDS-related illns. Although nsired a gay in for years, Jam Dean’s ambiguo and seemgly experimental take on sexualy has transformed him to a queer legend, particularly recent years.
PNEERG PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY LIFE THE 1960S
Randall Rie’s book The Unabridged Jam Dean: His Life and Legacy om A to Z quot the screen legend as sayg he was not a homosexual but was “certaly not gog through life wh one hand tied behd (his) back. ” Nicholas Ray, director of Rebel Whout a Cse, went on rerd to say Dean “was not straight, he was not gay, he was bisexual.