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SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS RUMORED TO BE GAY & LIVED WH A MALE FRIEND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS - INSI HIS PERSONAL LIFE

Although was never nfirmed, 2007, a VH1 story listed him as part of the three top gay black stars, and after his ath 2012, Flora Enchton, the woman who hered his fortune, hted about his personal life. | Photo: Getty ImagAfter his ath, a journalist, Michael Mto, published an article where he strongly affirmed that the actor was gay. " He explaed that the man was gay and that was not a horrible thg to say.

SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!

Acrdg to Mto:"Um, he was gay. "As The Advote pots out: "While there was no official nfirmatn durg his lifetime, there was equent speculatn that Hemsley, famed for his portrayal of the bigoted dry cleang mogul on the h s The Jeffersons, was a gay man.

A 2007 VH1 story that listed three favore allegedly gay black actors om the past put Hemsley the top spot. Um, he was gay. Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary.

In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story. Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.

But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers. ”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal.

GAY OR NOT GAY? SHERMAN HEMSLEY

John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron. Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy. But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri.

The Advote and Queerty both mentn the longstandg gay mors (the first I'm hearg of them, by the way) posts about his ath. Some random the Talk sectn of his Wikipedia entry says, "It was an open secret that Hemsley was gay, but that n't be add to the article whout a reliable reference. The other his social group knew that Sherman was several gay porn 's why people knew he was gay It's jt that old people don't really talk about that stuff and really who watch old gay porn om the 1950's!?

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Gay or Not Gay? Sherman Hemsley.

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