There has never been a filmmaker like Marlon Riggs: an unapologetic gay Black man who fied a culture of silence and shame to speak his tth wh roundg joy and nvictn. An early adopter of vio technology, Riggs employed a bold mix of documentary, performance, poetry, and mic orr to nont the vastatg legacy of racist stereotyp, the impact of AIDS on his muny, and the very fn of what means to be Black. Brgg together Riggs’s plete films—cludg his ntroversy-cg queer landmark Tongu Untied and Black Is . . . Black A’t, the eply personal swan song that was pleted after his ath at the age of thirty-seven—The Signify’ Works of Marlon Riggs trac the artistic and polil evolutn of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifyg ll for liberatn and an valuable historil document.
Contents:
- A LIST OF JAM DEAN’S (ALLEGED) GAY LOVERS
- WAS MARLON BRANDO GAY? QUCY JON SEEMS TO BELIEVE HE WAS!
- JANE FONDA REVEALS HER BIG SEX REGRET ABOUT MARLON BRANDO, MARV GAYE
- MARLON JAM: ‘I UNRWENT GAY EXORCISM PENTESTAL CHURCH JAMAI’
- KNIGHT'S CHEAP GAY JOKE SPARKS A FIRE IN MARLON ON THE NEXT 'RIVALS II' [SNEAK PEEK]{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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 MATTHEW STT DONNELLYJULY 18, 2013/10:39 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY MATTHEW STT DONNELLYJULY 18, 2013 / 10:39 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KNIGHT'S CHEAP GAY JOKE SPARKS A FIRE IN MARLON ON THE NEXT 'RIVALS II' [SNEAK PEEK]","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-07-18T14:39:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-07-18T14:39:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW STT DONNELLY","KEYWORDS":"MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH 'S 2013, THE QUTN OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN N STILL PTIVATE THE "RIVALS II" HOE AS STRONGLY AS DID ON THE 21-YEAR-OLD "REAL WORLD: NEW YORK." ON THE NEXT "CHALLENGE" EPISO, MORS THAT MARLON IS BISEXUAL START SPREADG, AND WHEN HIS FORMER HOEMATE JORDAN NFIRMS THAT MARLON HAS HAD SEX WH A MAN BEFORE, KNIGHT'S SHOCKED. SO, NATURALLY, HE THE RMATN TO HUIATE MARLON ONT OF THE HOE, AND THE SNEAK PEEK BELOW, ' SO WELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG A GAME OF ST MEMBER CHARAS, LEROY N'T MANAGE TO THK OF A WAY TO ACT OUT "MARLON" BEE HE BARELY KNOWS HIM, SO KNIGHT -- WHO'S NO STRANGER TO ANTAGONISM -- VOLUNTEERS, AND MIM ORAL SEX ON A MAN. "I THOUGHT WAS FUNNY, AND THE RT OF THE HOE HEARD CRICKETS," HE SAYS OF EVERYONE'S APPALLED REACTNS. MARLON PLAYS OL AT FIRST, BUT AN TERVIEW, SAYS HE'S NOT GOG TO LET SLI. "IF YOU FD SOMETHG THAT IS BLATANTLY DISRPECTFUL TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE FUNNY, THAT'S JT A LACK OF CHARACTER," HE SAYS. "I'M NOT GONNA STAND FOR THAT." WE THK WE'VE GOT A NEW RIVALRY BREWG...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE VIO, AND TUNE FOR THE EPISO WEDNDAY AT 10/9C!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIG REMOTE CONTROL? FOLLOW ON TWTER, LIKE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
A LIST OF JAM DEAN’S (ALLEGED) GAY LOVERS
Was he or wasn't he? I thk we'd all like to BELIEVE that Jam Dean was gay – or at least bisexual – and that if we were around at the time we'd have a shot wh him. Acrdg to HomoHistory: There are nflictg reports about Dean’s sexualy; there are a few who try to ny that * marlon gay *
(Aaron Lambert / Associated Prs) Brando told prosecutors he origally thought Jackson was gay but now believed was “pretty reasonable to nclu that he may have had somethg to do wh kids.
Marv Gaye. "Jennifer also told the Beast that Richard had a "dalliance" wh a transgenr woman but lost tert her after she unrwent genr-nfirmatn surgery, and noted that his stand-up rout addrsed his sexual enunters wh a 1977 gay rights benef show at the Hollywood Bowl, he said, "I have sucked a dick, " but then he beme hostile toward the dience, potg out the lack of black atten and sayg the suatns of blacks and gays differed.
WAS MARLON BRANDO GAY? QUCY JON SEEMS TO BELIEVE HE WAS!
Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * marlon gay *
Usg the n word and the f word, he said that while blacks were rtg Los Angel's Watts neighborhood prott of racism, gay people "were dog what [they] wanted to do on Hollywood Boulevard and didn't give a sh about .
" He acced gays of beg racially the words were livered angrily, Jennifer said, she unrstood Richard's pot. You are here: Home / LBGTQ / History / A List of Jam Dean’s (Alleged) Gay Lovers. I thk we’d all like to BELIEVE that Jam Dean was gay – or at least bisexual – and that if we were around at the time we’d have a shot wh him.
Acrdg to HomoHistory:. There are nflictg reports about Dean’s sexualy; there are a few who try to ny that he had any sexual affairs wh men, there are those who say that he was bisexual and some who say that he was exclively gay (those clu Rebel whout a Cse director Nicholas Ray and screenwrer Gav Lambert. Jam Dean avoid the draft by registerg as a homosexual.
JANE FONDA REVEALS HER BIG SEX REGRET ABOUT MARLON BRANDO, MARV GAYE
Was Marlon Brando gay? This qutn has been asked and answered many tim Hollywood. Get the sop on Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor’s relatnship! * marlon gay *
Later, when qutned if he was homosexual he is reported to have said, “No, I am not a homosexual. At a time when was impossible for male leads to be openly gay, wasn’t at all unual for gay actors like Rock Hudson to enter to sham marriag.
MARLON JAM: ‘I UNRWENT GAY EXORCISM PENTESTAL CHURCH JAMAI’
Jane Fonda has revealed she massively regrets rejectg the advanc of sger Marv Gaye an terview peppered wh sex nfsns. * marlon gay *
Both the gay and straight muni want to claim Dean as one of their own, but I thk ’s safe to say that he was gay. Most of the acunts om those who were his iends and associat show that he had “very close” relatnships wh several gay and bi-sexual men.
That an actor is gay or bi-sexually isn’t at all hard to believe, but when nflicts wh the on screen image, the public choos to reject the tth.
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Both the director and screenwrer of Rebel whout a Cse believed Jam Dean was exclively gay.
Even his close iend, Elizabeth Taylor, once said matter-of-factly that all her bt iends had been gay, cludg Montgomery Cliff, Rock Hudson and the one and only Jimmy Dean. “It was a classic ‘kept boy’ scenar, ” acrdg to HomoHistory. Dean apparently “stayed after the class to meet Brando, which lead to a sexual affair that lasted for several months, ” acrdg to HomoHistory.