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WELE TO THE QUEER COMEDY CLUB, WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU’RE GAY
In gay years, Toml has been makg lgh om 9 to 5 for several lifetim. Llie Jordan played many funny rol sce he first me onto the edic scene 1986, but his path to beg a gay in wasn’t apparent until 2001 when he starred as wealthy New York Cy sociale Beverley Llie the groundbreakg queer s Will & Grace durg s 3rd season (wng him an Emmy), and later for s reboot 2017.
But Jordan didn’t need to be on televisn to take on the proverbial role of the flamboyant gay uncle that ma Ameri lgh. He proved this durg the lockdown 2020, when he basilly vented the ont-facg mera athetic for edy, creatg plenty of absolutely hilar viral vios unhged wh gayns, which gaed him over 5 ln followers.
Sadly, 67-year-old Jordan died a r accint October 2022, but his spir undoubtedly liv on, enuragg every gay to live, lgh, and f**k. She beme one of the first openly gay ics to appear on Amerin televisn 1993 and rocked Broadway wh hilarns throughout the years, rultg Entertament Weekly proclaimg “a star is born” regardg her performance the 1998 revival of On the Town (to a srned baby Gaga). For a Black gay man back then, not even Robert Frost uld’ve told you which was the road ls traveled.