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Contents:

• MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN
• MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN
• WHY STRAIGHT MEN ARE EXCLIVELY CAST GAY ROL
• OH YOU SILLY THG, OF COURSE HE’S GAY
• ARE YOU BEG SERVED?

MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN

Humphri exhibs many of the behavrs typil of a gay stereotype, his te sexual orientatn is never explicly nfirmed the seri. Humphri is ually que eager to wa on male ctomers, particularly those wh a seemgly homoerotic requt. However, this isn't always the se- sometim Mr Humphri is que taken aback by gay ctomers, almost to the pot of repulsn.

In episo 1 of season 1 Daffyd asks "Who was the gay character Are You Beg Served?

" In episo 5 of Ash to Ash (set 1981), DS Carlg requts advice on how to act durg an unrver vtigatn a gay bar, promptg DC Skelton to imate the tramark exchange: "Are you ee, Mr.

MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN

Vio: John Inman, who died yterday a London hospal at the age of 71 after a long battle agast liver disease, was probably rponsible for raisg the profile of the homosexual male to s hight level sce the heyday of Osr, ironilly, theTV role for which he will always be remembered furiated the activists of Gay Liberatn. ' - as the sort of meang sexual stereotype they were fightg to years after the seri end, members of the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly monstrated outsi theatr where Inman happened to be the star of Are You Beg Served? Inman nied that Humphri was gay - but no one agreed wh him.

' - as the sort of meang sexual stereotype they were fightg to years after the seri end, members of the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly monstrated outsi theatr where Inman happened to be appearg.

Nied that Humphri was gay - but no one agreed wh him. Gay Republic Daily:: View topic - 'Are You Beg Served' actor di.

WHY STRAIGHT MEN ARE EXCLIVELY CAST GAY ROL

Gay Republic Daily. His tchphrase, "I'm ee, " and his mp mannerisms and double-entendr ma his Mr Humphri character one of the most obvly gay voic on televisn. Both Inman and the producers of Are You Beg Served nied that Mr Humphri pound a stereotype of gay men.

Humphri' was probably the first gay character I saw on TV.

It's the mockery by straight men of homosexualy which, their mds, is trsilly lked to fetishism. Never had the urage of s own homophobia, but preferred to exprs through double entendr, nods and wks. Neher Inman nor Mollie Sugn, who played Mr Humphri and Mrs Slobe rpectively, had much perspective on how their characters mobilised homophobia and misogyny.

OH YOU SILLY THG, OF COURSE HE’S GAY

Inman, who died yterday jt over a year after his civil partnership ceremony wh Ron Lynch, his partner of 33 years, nied Mr Humphri was homosexual.

He was the ultimate -man, sendg Mr Humphri back to the closet after everybody assumed the character, who was forever wavg his proverbial tape measure at men's metaphoril si legs, was gay. Wasn't nocent, nor did Inman's ic style, such as was, work wh much beyond homophobic suggtn. His wrers shroud fears of middle-aged women's sir and gay men's sexualy fogs of implitn - a cunng, if grad, thg to do.

ARE YOU BEG SERVED?

Never unrtimate the power of ahistoril cultural analysis, pecially when cis wh a gay man's evint distaste for the more effement among Us. It wasn't ma after Billy Crystal played the first gay regular on a US s.

It wasn't ma after Mariel Hemgway played gay 'Personal Bt.

Am I the only one who se that the above was also a sly parody of str8 people expectatns of what a gay man was? Irony of gay rights mpaigners attackg "mp" Inman. Hail to them all: the ludicro old queens; the drag artists; the pantomime homosexuals; the florid epicureans; the dulgent prits; the sensive young men tight troers; and the wan athet.