The Rise of the Gay Mafia, a Powerful Cabal That Never Existed - Atlas Obscura

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MOB HIT MAN Robert Mormando stunned a veteran Brooklyn judge yterday when he renounced his membership La Cosa Nostra and - for good measure - acknowledged he was gay.EXCLUSIVE

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GAY MAFIA

* gay mafia arrested development *

Argyle meets Gob when he go to Quick Hard Cement to meet the Gay Mafia. Argyle tells Gob that they know he is really straight, that he only me out as gay for his para trick. He says Gob has to stay gay for seven years, then they'll let him "age out.

" Argyle says this is more genero than what they did to Tony Wonr for pretendg to be gay.

THE RISE OF THE GAY MAFIA, A POWERFUL CABAL THAT NEVER EXISTED

Sometim, the humor feels outdated, such as the troductn of a group of hard-boiled, crimal gay men who ll themselv the Gay Mafia.

They f to a plotle which Gob has to pretend to be gay (or maybe he really is).

RSIAN ANTI-GAY GANG VLENCE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MERA

But the jok fail, leavg the enterprise feelg like the very gay panic humor ’s attemptg to other tim, the show’s referenc feel pafully outdated.

However, bee of the Gay Mafia, Tony Wonr was seemgly killed. GONE THROUGH: GAY MAFIA.

POLICE ARRT 30 AT GAY PRI RALLY MOSW

Gob has been signifintly tormented at the hands of the gay mafia. The mafia forced Gob to ntue actg as if he was gay, which he secretly was, orr to discred the sort of relig groups that claim that they n pray away the gay. This is all lked to the Gay mafia and Tony Wonr.

The paranoia over an “ternatnal homosexual nspiracy” rivaled the McCarthy munist wch hunts of the 1950s. The ia of a “gay mafia” may seem like a bad oxymoron.

But there was a time Amerin history when there was a real fear that a gay mafia—known llectively as “homterns”—existed, wieldg ntrol across Hollywood and throughout the arts and entertament dtri. In his new book Homtern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Morn World, English amic Gregory Woods chronicl the rise of the “homtern, ” explorg how the longstandg fear of homosexual men spurred a century-long paranoia about an alleged gay mafia ntrollg areas of ernment, the arts and amia.

MOB H MAN OUT OF THE CLOSET: ROBERT MORMANDO IS GAY AND REGRETS LIFE OF CRIME, HIS LAWYER SAYS

The ver of Gregory Woods’ Homtern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Morn World. In the mid-19th century the pair rrpond about the threat of “perasts”—an antiquated term referrg to men who had sex wh younger men, sce “homosexual” did not yet exist as a label—to their goal of tablishg non-sexual raship between other men. Woods wr that was this obssn to tegorize so-lled “unsaid” male sexual impuls and behavrs that actually enuraged the fear of the homosexual figure larger society.

There is some irony to this history, as the term homosexual was first ed 1868 before the word “heterosexual” even existed.

JT HOW GAY IS "ARRTED DEVELOPMENT"?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSMAY 30, 2013/5:51 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMAY 30, 2013 / 5:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JT HOW GAY IS \"ARRTED DEVELOPMENT\"?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-30T09:51:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-30T09:51:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON SUNDAY NETFLIX UNLEASHED THE LONG-AWAED FOURTH SEASON OF CRIL AND CULT H ARRTED DEVELOPMENT ONTO AN DIENCE RABID FOR A CHOLATE-VERED-BANANA FIX. MOST OF HAVE ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THROUGH A HANDFUL OF EPISOS, AND SO FAR THE REACTNS TO THE SLIGHTLY TWEAKED NEW FORMAT (THE NEW SEASON FOC ON A SGLE BLUTH FAY MEMBER FOR EACH EPISO, BUILDG TOWARD A NFLAGRATN OF MASSIVELY DYSFUNCTNAL PROPORTNS) AND THE RELATIVE QUALY OF THE NEW EPS SEEM TO BE MIXED. (I AM ON THE EIGHTH EPISO AND AFTER SOME IAL RERVATNS AM ALL- - JT GET THROUGH THE FIRST FEW EPS, WHICH ARE THE WEAKT, AND YOU'LL BE FE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVEN-YEAR HIAT AND NARRATIVE STCTURE ASI, THE NEW SEASON FEATUR MANY OF THE STANDBYS THAT MA FALL LOVE WH THE SHOW THE FIRST PLACE: THE MOL HOME, GOB'S LOY MAGIC ACTS, ANN VEAL, "MARRY ME!", AND OF URSE THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, SCE THE VERY FIRST EPISO - WHEN LUCILLE BLUTH (THE LUMO JSI WALTER) ACCED "THE HOMOSEXUALS" OF TRYG TO HER YACHT PARTY BY STAGG A MONSTRATN NEARBY - THE SHOW HAS REGULARLY WORKED GAY JOK TO S RAPID-FIRE SATIRIL ASSLT ON THE REVERED TELEVISN FAY UN. AND MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T FD FUNNY. RELENTLS GAGS ABOUT THE SEXUALY OF TOBIAS FUNKE (DAVID CROSS) FELL FLAT WH MANY VIEWERS, AS DID NON-PC JOK ABOUT GENR INTY (AS WHEN MAEBY TRI TO NVCE HER LOVE TERT THAT HER MOTHER WAS BORN A MAN TO GET HIM TO STOP BEG TERTED HER) AND EQUENT APPEARANC BY HOT COPS, QUEEN MARY DANCERS, AND OTHER ASSORTED IVOLO QUEENS WHO HAD NOTHG BETTER TO DO THAN STRIP, DANCE, AND THROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID CROSS AS TOBIAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MAY HAVE BEEN OFFEND BY THE JOK, AND YOU MAY NOT. I PERSONALLY WAS TOO BY LGHG TO RE, AND I REALLY NEVER GOT THE SENSE THAT THE SHOW WAS G THE HUMOR MALICLY. HONTLY, ONCE YOU STUMBLE ACROSS THE WORDPLAY BRILLIANCE OF "ANALRAPIST", HOW N YOU NOT PUT ON A BS RD?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THE SHOW IS BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BLUTH SANY, THE GAY JOK ARE BACK, TOO - AND THE SHOW HASN'T BACKED OFF A B. (READ: "ANUSTART".) TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW SEASON, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SHOW'S GAY HIGH- AND LOWLIGHTS - AND WE'LL THROW A FEW MOR SPOILERS OF GAY BS THAT WE'VE ALREADY E ACROSS SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. HOT COPS, THE QUEEN MARY DANCERS, AND THE GOTHIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VAR STRIPPERS, GAY ACTIVISTS AND HOMO HANGOUTS THAT REGULARLY POP UP ON THE SHOW ARE PROUDLY RIDICULO STEREOTYP OF GAY CULTURE PLAYED FOR EASY LGHS. BUT HALF OF THE TIME, THE JOK ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY FUNNY - LIKE THE TIME THAT TOBIAS' B DRIVER DROPS HIM OFF AT LEATHER BAR THE GOTHIC ASSHOLE STEAD OF THE GOTHIC CASTLE AND ONCE SI THE OBLIV TOBIAS FORMS THE WHIPS-AND-SNAPS BARBERSHOP QUARTET. IT'S TOO RIDICULO TO TAKE SERLY - AND WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE WHIPS-AND-SNAPS?! PL, WHILE THE HOT COPS ARE NOT NECSARILY GAY, THE HOMOEROTIC SUATNS THEY ARE OFTEN PLACED AND THE NSIRABLE EYE NDY THEY LEND TO AN OTHERWISE MOSTLY SKLS SHOW ARE QUE A TREAT FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE GAY EXTRAS ARE GENERALLY RATHER IVOLO AND SILLY - BUT THEY'RE ALSO CLEARLY ENJOYG THEMSELV FAR MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. LIZA WH A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIZA. EFFG. MNELLI. WH VERTIGO. IT'S LIKE SHE'S STUCK AN FE LOOP OF THAT SCENE CABARET THE BALLROOM OF MAX'S MANSN. AND IT IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PLAY'S THE THG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLY THE SHOW'S FIRST SEASON, TOBIAS BE THE DIRECTOR OF HIS DGHTER MAEBY'S (ALIA SHAWKAT) SCHOOL PLAY AND MISTAKENLY THKS THAT GEE MICHAEL (MICHAEL CERA) WANTS TO BE THE PLAY SO THAT HE N KISS LEADG MAN STEVE HOLT ( REALY MAEBY IS ONLY THE PLAY BEE SHE WANTS TO KISS STEVE HOLT, AND GEE MICHAEL IS ONLY THE PLAY BEE HE WANTS TO KISS MAEBY). TOBIAS ENAVORS TO GET HIS STAR-CROSSED BOYS TOGETHER BY STG STEVE THE FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. PORTIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S ONE OF THE REIGNG LBIAN QUEENS OF HOLLYWOOD, PEOPLE (THE OTHER'S HER WIFE). IF PORTIA N LGH AT THE GAY JOK, I THK WE N, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE SHOW'S SEND SEASON, GOB (WILL ART) ACCINTALLY MAK REPEATED ADVANC ON THE BLUTH PANY'S GAY EMPLOYEE, GARY. THE SHOW'S TRAMARK WORDPLAY-BASED HIJX ENSUE (GOB ADVERTENTLY REFERS TO GARY AS A "POOF" WHEN HE MEANS TO REFERENCE THE MAGICIAN MAGAZE POOF!), AS WELL AS SOME LIGHTFUL AWKWARD PHYSIL EDY. THE KEY HERE IS THAT GARY WAS PLAYED BY THE ADORABLE AND OUT ABRAHAM HIGGBOTHAM, WHO WAS A WRER AND EXECUTIVE STORY EDOR AND WHO NOW IS A PRODUCER FOR MORN FAY. SO I THK 'S SAFE TO SAY HE WAS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. BARRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HONTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THE BLUTH'S EPT FENSE ATTORNEY, BARRY (HENRY WKLER), OTHER THAT HE IS A "KEEP MY OPTNS OPEN" KD OF GUY WHEN TO SEXUALY. WE'VE SEEN OR HEARD HIM MAKE REFERENCE TO SEX WH JT ABOUT EVERYONE YOU N IMAGE, AND HE N REGNIZE A CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH OF TTICL A FLASH. THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. OFFICERS CARTER AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT IS REVEALED SEASON TWO THAT TWO RECURRG POLICEMEN, OFFICERS CARTER (JERRY C. MOR) AND TAYLOR (JAY JOHNSTON), ARE PARTNERS OFF THE BEAT AS WELL AS ON, AND ARE THE PARENTS OF THE BABY THAT MAGGIE LIZER (JULIA LOUIS-DREYF) IS RRYG. THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM IS THE BLOGIL FATHER OF THE CHILD... ALTHOUGH NSIRG THAT ONE IS BLACK AND ONE IS WHE, MIGHT BEE SELF-EVINT. AS FAR AS WE KNOW THEY ARE NOW LIVG HAPPY LIV AS DADS (WE DO SEE TAYLOR BRIEFLY SEASON FOUR ON A REALY POLICE SHOW).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. SPOILER ALERT...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TONY WONR IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH SEASON, WE LEARN THAT GOB'S ILLNIST ARCH-RIVAL TONY WONR (BEN STILLER) HAS E OUT OF THE CLOSET A HILARLY-TLED ATTU ARTICLE LLED "I'M HERE... I'M QUEER... NOW I'M OVER HERE!" OF URSE, BEG AD AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF TONY'S RIVALRY WH GOB, THIS ULD ALL BE SOME SM AND THEY WILL END UP REVEALG THAT TONY IS STRAIGHT THE END. STILL, WORTH FOR THAT AWOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}END {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT DO YOU THK? THE GAY GAGS ARRTED DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN FAST AND FUR AND SHOW NO SIGNS OF SLOWG SEASON FOUR. HAVE YOU FELT THE JOK ARE LGHG WH YOU OR AT YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL 15 NEW EPISOS OF ARRTED DEVELOPMENT NOW AVAILABLE FOR STREAMG ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Homosexual was set opposn to the ia of a “normalsexual, ” a word which was later disrd for “heterosexual. ” This sire to study and fe sexual behavr further phed rearchers to “un-closet” the homosexual, all an effort to mystify a sexual inty that had long been ostracized and stigmatized but never really pned down through scientific quiry.

Woods says was most likely vented as a word play, referrg to a disanized and rmal work of gay men who aternized the 1930s, cludg the lik of poet W. Des later, “homtern” entered Cold War disurse, beg reappropriated by nspiracy theorists that exploed s munist associatn and claimed referred to a longstandg “ternatnal homosexual nspiracy” across the untry, whose one goal was to perate posns the Amerin ernment and urp tradnal Amerin valu of fay and heterosexualy.

Wh Amerins fearful of the tonatn of an atomic bomb and a enzy about polics beg overtaken by munist fectors, the elive figure of the homosexual—known but never seen public; closeted but apparently everywhere—was ripe to explo to spire fear.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY MAFIA ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Rsian anti-gay gang vlence seen for the first time on mera | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian .

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