On-screen, Ellen Corby and Will Geer were simply Grandma and Grandpa Walton, a happily married uple. But both were actually gay and guard their reers.
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- THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
- ‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
- NEWS ROUNDUP: ACTOR SHEMAR MOORE ADDRS GAY RUMORS…AND MORE
THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships.
| Source: Getty ImagWILL GEER'S GAY LIFE, ACTIVISM, AND MARRIAGE Meanwhile, she lived a siar life to her long-time -star Geer, "Will Geer, who got blacklisted durg the anti-munist wch hunts, had a male lover. " His partner was Harry Hay, a gay rights activist, but their relatnship later end.
‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
Geer opted to marry 1938 after beg both a Party activist and actively gay for at least four years.
It remas unclear whether his marriage to Ware signaled an end to his same-sex sexual activy or if the mician married bee he believed the Communist Party strictly prohibed homosexuals om jog.
Hay was the founr of gay liberatn and created the first morn gay-rights anizatn 1950.
NEWS ROUNDUP: ACTOR SHEMAR MOORE ADDRS GAY RUMORS…AND MORE
At first, no one wanted to jo him formg a polil anizatn for homosexuals.
He spent two years searchg among the gay men he knew Los Angel. "The Waltons" was a popular show the years that aired, but one of the stars, Will Geer, ma headl as a married man and a father of three who also had an affair wh a s ago, the world owned upon those whose sexual preference favored those of the same genr, and people om those eras did all they uld to hi their te the world has opened s arms to gays, lbians, and people of all sexual preferenc, and is beg globally acceptable to be whoever one wants to be.
Picture of "The Waltons" actor Will Geer | Photo: Getty ImagWILL GEER AND HARRY HAYWhile most have emerged as the hero of the gay muny today, Harry Hay was one of the early activists and one of the most proment figur of the gay rights movement at the time.