Growg old as a gay man: how life has changed for the gay liberatn generatn - Volume 35 Issue 10
Contents:
- 6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
- 28 OLST GAY CELEBS (AND WHY WE STILL LOVE THEM)THE LEGENDS NTUE TO MAKE IMPACTFUL NTRIBUTNS TO OUR CULTURE AT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}CELEBRIBY MICHAEL MTOFEBARY 17, 2020/9:00 {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:3447PX;WIDTH:5171PX;}ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 19: STEPHEN SONDHEIM ATTENDS THE 2019 AMERIN SONGBOOK GALA AT ALICE TULLY HALL AT LLN CENTER ON JUNE 19, 2019 NEW YORK CY. 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HERE’S A TOAST TO THE OLST ON AND WHAT THEY STILL BRG TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KENH ANGER, 93STT RUDD/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK CITY, NY - MARCH 1: KENH ANGER ATTENDS WHNEY BIENNIAL 2006, DAY FOR NIGHT AT WHNEY MM OF AMERIN ART ON MARCH 1, 2006 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY STT RUDD/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN FOR NTROVERSIAL SHORT FILMS LIKE THE LEATHER-DRENCHED RABBLE-ROER SRP RISG AND THE OCCULT-ISH LUCIFER RISG AND HIS EXPLOSIVE BOOK OF CELEBRY SEX GOSSIP, HOLLYWOOD BABYLON, ANGER HAS LONG BEEN A GAY PROVOTR OF THE FIRST RANK. THANKS TO HIS URBAN LEGEND-FILLED TOME, YOU N NEVER WATCH AN OLD CLARA BOW MOVIE WHOUT THKG OF HER SLEEPG WH THE ENTIRE USC FOOTBALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN KANR, 92SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 20: JOHN KANR ATTENDS THE 2018 CHA RIVERA AWARDS AT NYU SKIRBALL CENTER ON MAY 20, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS LATE LYRICIST PARTNER FRED EBB, KANR POSED THE LIBLE SR OF CABARET AND CHIGO, AS WELL AS THE CLASSIC TUNE, “NEW YORK, NEW YORK.” MIL THEATER IS A MORE EXALTED PLACE THANKS TO HIS WORKS, AND SOMEONE NAMED LIZA WOULD SURELY AGREE, AND ALL THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE MAHARIS, 91ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG)UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 09: JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN - "MISS BELLE" 5/8/70 GEE MAHARIS (PHOTO BY WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG PHOTO ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOOD LOOKG GREEK-AMERIN ACTOR BEME A STAR ON TELEVISN'S ROUTE 66 AND WENT ON TO MAKE POP ALBUMS AND MOVI OF VARYG SUCCS. BUT HE WAS SORT OF THE ORIGAL GEE MICHAEL, HAVG BEEN BTED GAY SEX SNDALS RTROOMS 1967 AND 1974. I’VE BEEN NNG THROUGH PUBLIC BATHROOMS LOOKG FOR HIM EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEPHEN SONDHEIM, 89ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 19: STEPHEN SONDHEIM ATTENDS THE 2019 AMERIN SONGBOOK GALA AT ALICE TULLY HALL AT LLN CENTER ON JUNE 19, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH JOKER, MARRIAGE STORY, AND KNIV OUT ALL CLUDG HIS SONGS (OR BS OF THEM), SONDHEIM IS MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER. THERE’S BARELY A SEASON WHOUT A REVIVAL OR MOVIE VERSN OF ONE OF HIS WORKS. (COMPANY IS RETURNG TO BROADWAY THIS SEASON, WHILE WT SI STORY, WHICH HE DID THE LYRICS FOR, IS ALREADY THERE AGA, AND THE SEND WT SI STORY MOVIE VERSN OUT THIS YEAR.) THIS IS THE MAN THAT ALSO WROTE THE HEAD-SPNG SR FOR FOLLI, INTO THE WOODS, AND SWEENEY TODD, AND EVERY THEATER QUEEN WH ANY CREDIBILY IS LIVG FOR HIM TO FISH HIS BUNUEL MIL. Y, HE’S STILL HERE, HE’S STILL HERE...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL GREY, 87BEN HIR/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: ACTOR JOEL GREY ATTENDS "HAND TO GOD" BROADWAY OPENG NIGHT AT BOOTH THEATER ON APRIL 7, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BEN HIR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TONY AND OSR WNER, FOREVER KNOWN AS THE LEERG MC CABARET, GREY FALLY ME OUT AS GAY 2015. THOUGH FOUR YEARS EARLIER, 2011, HE -DIRECTED THE REVIVAL OF LARRY KRAMER’S BLISTERG AIDS PLAY THE NORMAL HEART—A BOUNTIFUL GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD CHAMBERLA, 85JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19: ACTOR RICHARD CHAMBERLA ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "TW PEAKS" AT ACE HOTEL ON MAY 19, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A HEARTTHROB AS TELEVISN'S DR. KILDARE THE 1960S, CHAMBERLA WENT ON TO MISERI LIKE THE THORN BIRDS, AND HE PLAYED JASON BOURNE THE BOURNE INTY 1988, WAY BEFORE MATT DAMON. HE DIDN’T E OUT UNTIL 2003, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A VERY STRONG FEELG—AND NOT JT BEE HE -STARRED A MIL VERSN OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON BACHARDY, 85ADAM BERRY/GETTY IMAGBERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: DON BACHARDY, ARTIST AND PARTNER OF THE LATE BRISH THOR CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD, SPEAKS AT A READG OF ISHERWOOD'S WORK ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 BERL, GERMANY. BACHARDY AND ISHERWOOD WERE A UPLE FOR A PERD OF 33 YEARS, UNTIL THE LATTER'S ATH, AND BACHARDY'S FIRST VIS TO BERL CIS WH THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLITN OF 'GOODBYE TO BERL,' ISHERWOOD'S NOVEL ABOUT BERL THE EARLY 1930S, THE PERD WHICH ADOLF HLER BEGAN TO E TO POWER. (PHOTO BY ADAM BERRY/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PARTNER OF THE LATE, GREAT THOR CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (GOODBYE TO BERL, A SGLE MAN), BACHARDY IS A RENOWNED PORTRA ARTIST LIVG CALIFORNIA AND STILL CREATG NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARRY KRAMER, 84MELANIE BURFORD FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGPLAYWRIGHT LARRY KRAMER OF THE PRODUCTN 'THE NORMAL HEART' HIS APARTMENT MANHATTAN, NEW YORK ON APRIL 22, 2012. (PHOTO BY MELANIE BURFORD FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIERY ACTIVIST AND THOR (FAGGOTS, THE NORMAL HEART) IS STILL SHAKG THGS UP AND MAKG A DIFFERENCE BY TARGETG PLACENCY AMONGST HOMOPHOB AND PEOPLE OUR OWN MUNY, AS WELL. HE’S VALUABLE AS AN ONGOG FORCE OF NATURE WHO NEVER RTS ON HIS LRELS. HIS RECENT BOOK, THE AMERIN PEOPLE: VOLUME 2: THE BTALY OF FACT, IS OFFICIALLY SCRIBED AS PLETG “HIS RADIL REIMAGG OF HIS UNTRY’S HISTORY.” I’LL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHNNY MATHIS, 84PL ARCHULETA/GETTY IMAGUNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: SGER JOHNNY MATHIS VISS HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "HOME & FAY" AT UNIVERSAL STUDS HOLLYWOOD ON DECEMBER 05, 2019 UNIVERSAL CY, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VELVET-VOICED SGER OF CLASSICS LIKE “CHANC ARE,” MATHIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIBLE VOIC EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON, THANKS TO HIS CROONG OF VAR CHRISTMAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE TAKEI, 82TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 11: GEE TAKEI ATTENDS THE 3RD ANNUAL SPORTS HUMANARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS AT THE NOVO BY MICROSOFT ON JULY 11, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAKEI IS BT KNOWN FOR PLAYG THE HELMSMAN SULU ON STAR TREK, BUT HE’S VELOPED A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER AS AN OPN MAKER WH SOME POTED POLIL TWEETS THAT HAVE AMASSED NEARLY THREE LN FOLLOWERS. TAKEI LOV TO STIR UP, AND HE DO SO RIVETG WAYS, ALWAYS THE HELMSMAN. HE MARRIED HIS PARTNER, BRAD ALTMAN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIR DEREK JABI, 81DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/WIREIMAGELONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: SIR DEREK JABI ATTENDS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "MURR ON THE ORIENT EXPRS" AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON NOVEMBER 2, 2017 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACCLAIMED SHAKPEAREAN ACTOR REGISTERED A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WH DIRECTOR RICHARD CLIFFORD THE UNED KGDOM 2006. NE YEARS LATER, HE AND PAL IAN MCKELLEN (HIS -STAR VIC, THE BRISH S ABOUT A BICKERG GAY UPLE) WERE THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE NYC PRI MARCH. THEY WERE THE CLASSIT ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TERRENCE MCNALLY, 81BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: PLAYWRIGHT TERRENCE MCNALLY POS AT A MEET AND GREET PHOTO LL FOR THE PLAY "FRANKIE & JOHNNY THE CLAIR LUNE" ON BROADWAY AT THE NEW 42ND STREET STUDS ON APRIL 18, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LONG-NNG PLAYWRIGHT HAS BROUGHT THE RZ (SET A GAY BATHHOE), LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSN! (SET AT A HOLIDAY RETREAT FOR GAY IENDS) AND MASTER CLASS (ABOUT DIVA SUPREMA MARIA CALLAS). TACKLG GAY ISSU WH HUMOR AND HEART, MCNALLY HAS ALSO SERVED THE LIBRETTOS FOR THE RK, KISS OF THE SPIR WOMAN, RAGTIME, AND OPERAS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOMMY TUNE, 80JARED SISK/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: TOMMY TUNE ATTENDS METROPOLAN OPERA OPENG NIGHT GALA, PREMIERE OF "PY AND BS" ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JARED SISK/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SEVEN-TIME TONY WNER (FOR PERFORMG, DIRECTN, AND CHOREOGRAPHY, PL A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD), THE LANKY TEXAN WHIPPED UP MAGIL BROADWAY PRODUCTNS LIKE NE, GRAND HOTEL, AND THE WILL ROGERS FOLLI. HIS TASTE AND SKILL ARE MISSED ON BROADWAY, BUT HIS IMPACT IS FOREVER FELT. TOMMY TURNS 81 ON FEBARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIR IAN MCKELLEN, 80DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR PL SMHPARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 19: SIR IAN MCKELLEN WEARG PL SMH ATTENDS THE PL SMH AW20 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW AS PART OF PARIS FASHN WEEK ON JANUARY 19, 2020 PARIS, FRANCE. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR PL SMH){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WH TWO ANCHIS UNR HIS BELT (THE LORD OF THE RGS AND X-MEN), MCKELLEN—TWICE-OSR NOMATED—ME OUT 1988 AND HAS BEEN A FORCE THE CULTURE EVER SCE. AND, BY THE WAY, HE APPARENTLY TURNED DOWN DUMBLEDORE HARRY POTTER. HE ULD HAVE HAD THREE ANCHIS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL SCHUMACHER, 80MIKE PONT/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - MAY 28: FILM DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER ATTENDS THE 12TH ANNUAL SAME WORKSHOP BENEF GALA AT CIPRIANI 42ND STREET ON MAY 28, 2014 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY MIKE PONT/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A POPULAR NEW YORK PRENCE, SCHUMACHER WAS A STUME SIGNER BEFORE HE TURNED TO MOVIE WRG (SPARKLE, THE WIZ) AND DIRECTG (ST. ELMO’S FIRE, THE CLIENT, AND TWO NTROVERSIAL BATMAN MOVI). AND THAT’S NOT ALL. IN AN TERVIEW LAST YEAR, SCHUMACHER TIMATED THAT HE HAD SLEPT WH ABOUT 20,000 MEN—SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDMUND WHE, 80LEONARDO CENDAMO/GETTY IMAGEDMUND WHE, WRER, LERARY CRIC, PLAYWRIGHT AND SAYIST, MANTOVA, ITALY, 2010. (PHOTO BY LEONARDO CENDAMO/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS CLASSIC BOOKS CLUDG THE BETIFUL ROOM IS EMPTY AND THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY, EDMUND WHE HAS PROBABLY WRTEN MORE ABOUT SAME-SEX LOVE THAN ANYONE ON EARTH. AND MORE KNOWGLY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETER BERL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORT OF A KEN DOLL BY WAY OF TOM OF FLAND, THE POLAND-BORN BERL WORE TIGHT-FTG CLOTH THAT SHOWED OFF HIS THROBBG ARMS AND OTHER BULG, AND BEME A TOP MOL AND PORN ACTOR THE HORMONALLY WILD 1970S. AT THE TIME, HE ALSO GOT BEHD THE LENS AND TOOK SOME EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HE SHOWED OFF A 2015 NYC GALLERY SHOW, WHICH HE FLEW OM SAN FRANCIS TO HOST. “I GAVE PEOPLE A LOT OF GOOD CLIMAX,” BERL TOLD ME, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID GEFFEN, 76STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK - MARCH 15: INDUCTEE DAVID GEFFEN ATTENDS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME 2010 DUCTN CEREMONY AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL ON MARCH 15, 2010 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE -CREATED GEFFEN RERDS AND DREAMWORKS PICTUR AND HE’S BEEN SO SUCCSFUL AT THAT HE’S WORTH ABOUT $8 BILLN, BUT HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS A PHILANTHROPIST AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS. COMG OUT 1992, GEFFEN BEME ONE OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE GAY POWER BROKERS THE WORLD, AND HE’S NOT ABOUT TO BUDGE OM THAT THRONE. DAVID TURNS 77 ON FEBARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARRY MANILOW, 76NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAG FOR MICHAEL KORSNEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 13: BARRY MANILOW PERFORMS ON THE NWAY DURG THE MICHAEL KORS COLLECTN FALL 2019 RUNWAY SHOW AT CIPRIANI WALL STREET ON FEBARY 13, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAG FOR MICHAEL KORS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHART-TOPPG SGER OF “MANDY” AND “I WRE THE SONGS” KEPT HIS SEXUALY A SECRET OM HIS FAN BASE FOR S. BUT 2015, HE FALLY REVEALED THAT HE’D MARRIED HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, GARRY KIEF, AND THE FANS WERE FE WH . I GUS HE N’T SE WHOUT HIM...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELICE PINO, 75JU DOMSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - JUNE 04: WRER FELICE PINO ATTENDS THE 2012 LAMBDA LERARY AWARDS AT THE GRADUATE CENTER AT CY UNIVERSY OF NEW YORK ON JUNE 4, 2012 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JU DOMSKI/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NYC WRER/CRIC HAS NOT ONLY HAD HIS WORDS FEATURED JT ABOUT EVERY MAJOR QUEER PUBLITN THERE IS, BUT HE’S STARTED PUBLISHG HO THAT HAVE SHOWSED THE WORKS OF UP AND G QUEER ARTISTS FOR YEARS. HE IS SENTIAL. PINO TURNS 76 ON FEBARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARMISTEAD MP, 75SOPHIE BASSOULS/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGWRER ARMISTEAD MP, THOR OF "TAL OF THE CY" SAT MALO'S FTIVAL S ETONNANTS VOYAGRS, 20TH MAY 2018 (PHOTO BY SOPHIE BASSOULS/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LERARY LEGEND AND A GAY VOICE, MP IS BT KNOWN FOR WRG TAL OF THE CY, A SERI OF QUIRKY SAN FRANCIS–SET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GORDON THOMSON, 74PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CANADIAN ACTOR WAS SENSATNALLY SEXY AS THE SNARLG ADAM CARRGTON ON THE PRIME TIME SOAP DYNASTY, STARTG 1982. HE ME OUT 2017, TELLG THE DAILY BEAST, “IT’S NOT SOMETHG I’VE EVER ANNOUNCED. I’M ASSUMG THAT PEOPLE KNOW, AND NOW THAT I’M MY AGE, THAT’S FE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDRé DE SHIELDS, 74TAYLOR HILL/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - JUNE 09: ANDRE DE SHIELDS ATTENDS THE 2019 TONY AWARDS AT RAD CY MIC HALL ON JUNE 9, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY TAYLOR HILL/FILMMAGIC,){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL WIZ THE WIZ, DE SHIELDS HAS HAD A STORIED BROADWAY REER, LAST YEAR WNG A TONY FOR HIS SPARKPLUG PERFORMANCE AS HERM, THE SALTY NARRATOR OF HASTOWN. HIS TRIP TO THE PODIUM WAS ONE OF TONY’S ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN WATERS, 73ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE/SPECIAL RATES APPLY) JOHN WATERS ATTENDS A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS 2013 AT STAGE 48 ON DECEMBER 13, 2013 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE WORD WH LICLY MENTED MOVI LIKE PK FLAMGOS AND FEMALE TROUBLE, THE BALTIMORE-BASED WATERS WENT ON TO SUCCSFULLY SWCH TON WH THE SOCIALLY NSC HAIRSPRAY. HE DON’T MAKE FILMS ANYMORE, BUT YOU N TCH UP WH HIM VIA HIS BOOKS AND HIS SPEAKG ENGAGEMENTS, WHICH ARE A SPLENDID MIX OF HIGH- AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIR ELTON JOHN, 72DIA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAGBEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 24: ELTON JOHN ATTENDS THE 2019 VANY FAIR OSR PARTY HOSTED BY RADHIKA JON AT WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMG ARTS ON FEBARY 24, 2019 BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY DIA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SEQUED ROCKETMAN [WHO RECENTLY PICKED UP A SEND OSR] HAS NOTHG TO PROVE ANYMORE, HAVG LONG BEEN AN OPENLY GAY HMAKER AND FASHN PLATE. BUT HE’S NOT EXACTLY RTG ON ROYALTI OM “CRODILE ROCK” AND THE LN KG. HE’S WRTEN THE MIC FOR A DEVIL WEARS PRADA MIL HEAD TO BROADWAY NEXT SEASON, AND EVEN IF DON’T GET A LOT OF VERAGE VOGUE, SOUNDS LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE VILANCH, 71DJALA ROSA COCHRAN/WIREIMAGEBCE VILANCH DURG 19TH ANNUAL BROADWAY'S STARS THE ALLEY AT SHUBERT ALLEY NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK, UNED STAT. 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(PHOTO BY DAVID LEVENSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SOUTH AIN BORN OLIVIER AWARD-WNG ACTOR ENTERED TO A U.K. CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WH GREGORY DORAN, A DIRECTOR WHOM HE HAS WORKED WH MANY TIM. THEY MAKE A GOOD LLABORATN. Y, SIR!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILL T. JON, 68HNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - MAY 21: HONOREE BILL T. JON SPEAKS AT THE BROTHERHOOD/SISTER SOL VOIC 15 GALA AT THE ZIEGFELD BALLROOM ON MAY 21, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LEGEND THE DANCE MUNY, JON IS THE -FOUNR OF THE BILL T. JON/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY. (ZANE, HIS LOVER AND LLABORATOR, DIED OF AIDS 1988.) JON’ PERSONAL AND PROBG WORK HAS EXTEND TO BROADWAY PRODUCTNS LIKE SPRG AWAKENG AND FELA!, BOTH OF WHICH HE WON A TONY AWARD FOR. JON IS MARRIED TO BJORN AMELAN, WHO IS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR JON/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S ALSO CLU BOB MACKIE (80), WHO HAD A WIFE THE 1960S AND LATER WAS PARTNERED WH FELLOW SIGNER RAY AGHAYAN; AND TWICE-MARRIED LATE BLOOMER CALV KLE (77).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG MAY THEY FLOURISH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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HERE’S A TOAST TO THE OLST ON AND WHAT THEY STILL BRG TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KENH ANGER, 93STT RUDD/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK CITY, NY - MARCH 1: KENH ANGER ATTENDS WHNEY BIENNIAL 2006, DAY FOR NIGHT AT WHNEY MM OF AMERIN ART ON MARCH 1, 2006 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY STT RUDD/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN FOR NTROVERSIAL SHORT FILMS LIKE THE LEATHER-DRENCHED RABBLE-ROER SRP RISG AND THE OCCULT-ISH LUCIFER RISG AND HIS EXPLOSIVE BOOK OF CELEBRY SEX GOSSIP, HOLLYWOOD BABYLON, ANGER HAS LONG BEEN A GAY PROVOTR OF THE FIRST RANK. THANKS TO HIS URBAN LEGEND-FILLED TOME, YOU N NEVER WATCH AN OLD CLARA BOW MOVIE WHOUT THKG OF HER SLEEPG WH THE ENTIRE USC FOOTBALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN KANR, 92SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 20: JOHN KANR ATTENDS THE 2018 CHA RIVERA AWARDS AT NYU SKIRBALL CENTER ON MAY 20, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS LATE LYRICIST PARTNER FRED EBB, KANR POSED THE LIBLE SR OF CABARET AND CHIGO, AS WELL AS THE CLASSIC TUNE, “NEW YORK, NEW YORK.” MIL THEATER IS A MORE EXALTED PLACE THANKS TO HIS WORKS, AND SOMEONE NAMED LIZA WOULD SURELY AGREE, AND ALL THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE MAHARIS, 91ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG)UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 09: JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN - "MISS BELLE" 5/8/70 GEE MAHARIS (PHOTO BY WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG PHOTO ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOOD LOOKG GREEK-AMERIN ACTOR BEME A STAR ON TELEVISN'S ROUTE 66 AND WENT ON TO MAKE POP ALBUMS AND MOVI OF VARYG SUCCS. BUT HE WAS SORT OF THE ORIGAL GEE MICHAEL, HAVG BEEN BTED GAY SEX SNDALS RTROOMS 1967 AND 1974. I’VE BEEN NNG THROUGH PUBLIC BATHROOMS LOOKG FOR HIM EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEPHEN SONDHEIM, 89ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 19: STEPHEN SONDHEIM ATTENDS THE 2019 AMERIN SONGBOOK GALA AT ALICE TULLY HALL AT LLN CENTER ON JUNE 19, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH JOKER, MARRIAGE STORY, AND KNIV OUT ALL CLUDG HIS SONGS (OR BS OF THEM), SONDHEIM IS MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER. THERE’S BARELY A SEASON WHOUT A REVIVAL OR MOVIE VERSN OF ONE OF HIS WORKS. (COMPANY IS RETURNG TO BROADWAY THIS SEASON, WHILE WT SI STORY, WHICH HE DID THE LYRICS FOR, IS ALREADY THERE AGA, AND THE SEND WT SI STORY MOVIE VERSN OUT THIS YEAR.) THIS IS THE MAN THAT ALSO WROTE THE HEAD-SPNG SR FOR FOLLI, INTO THE WOODS, AND SWEENEY TODD, AND EVERY THEATER QUEEN WH ANY CREDIBILY IS LIVG FOR HIM TO FISH HIS BUNUEL MIL. Y, HE’S STILL HERE, HE’S STILL HERE...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL GREY, 87BEN HIR/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: ACTOR JOEL GREY ATTENDS "HAND TO GOD" BROADWAY OPENG NIGHT AT BOOTH THEATER ON APRIL 7, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BEN HIR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TONY AND OSR WNER, FOREVER KNOWN AS THE LEERG MC CABARET, GREY FALLY ME OUT AS GAY 2015. THOUGH FOUR YEARS EARLIER, 2011, HE -DIRECTED THE REVIVAL OF LARRY KRAMER’S BLISTERG AIDS PLAY THE NORMAL HEART—A BOUNTIFUL GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD CHAMBERLA, 85JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19: ACTOR RICHARD CHAMBERLA ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "TW PEAKS" AT ACE HOTEL ON MAY 19, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A HEARTTHROB AS TELEVISN'S DR. KILDARE THE 1960S, CHAMBERLA WENT ON TO MISERI LIKE THE THORN BIRDS, AND HE PLAYED JASON BOURNE THE BOURNE INTY 1988, WAY BEFORE MATT DAMON. HE DIDN’T E OUT UNTIL 2003, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A VERY STRONG FEELG—AND NOT JT BEE HE -STARRED A MIL VERSN OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON BACHARDY, 85ADAM BERRY/GETTY IMAGBERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: DON BACHARDY, ARTIST AND PARTNER OF THE LATE BRISH THOR CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD, SPEAKS AT A READG OF ISHERWOOD'S WORK ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 BERL, GERMANY. BACHARDY AND ISHERWOOD WERE A UPLE FOR A PERD OF 33 YEARS, UNTIL THE LATTER'S ATH, AND BACHARDY'S FIRST VIS TO BERL CIS WH THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLITN OF 'GOODBYE TO BERL,' ISHERWOOD'S NOVEL ABOUT BERL THE EARLY 1930S, THE PERD WHICH ADOLF HLER BEGAN TO E TO POWER. (PHOTO BY ADAM BERRY/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PARTNER OF THE LATE, GREAT THOR CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (GOODBYE TO BERL, A SGLE MAN), BACHARDY IS A RENOWNED PORTRA ARTIST LIVG CALIFORNIA AND STILL CREATG NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARRY KRAMER, 84MELANIE BURFORD FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGPLAYWRIGHT LARRY KRAMER OF THE PRODUCTN 'THE NORMAL HEART' HIS APARTMENT MANHATTAN, NEW YORK ON APRIL 22, 2012. (PHOTO BY MELANIE BURFORD FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIERY ACTIVIST AND THOR (FAGGOTS, THE NORMAL HEART) IS STILL SHAKG THGS UP AND MAKG A DIFFERENCE BY TARGETG PLACENCY AMONGST HOMOPHOB AND PEOPLE OUR OWN MUNY, AS WELL. HE’S VALUABLE AS AN ONGOG FORCE OF NATURE WHO NEVER RTS ON HIS LRELS. HIS RECENT BOOK, THE AMERIN PEOPLE: VOLUME 2: THE BTALY OF FACT, IS OFFICIALLY SCRIBED AS PLETG “HIS RADIL REIMAGG OF HIS UNTRY’S HISTORY.” I’LL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHNNY MATHIS, 84PL ARCHULETA/GETTY IMAGUNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: SGER JOHNNY MATHIS VISS HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "HOME & FAY" AT UNIVERSAL STUDS HOLLYWOOD ON DECEMBER 05, 2019 UNIVERSAL CY, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VELVET-VOICED SGER OF CLASSICS LIKE “CHANC ARE,” MATHIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIBLE VOIC EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON, THANKS TO HIS CROONG OF VAR CHRISTMAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE TAKEI, 82TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 11: GEE TAKEI ATTENDS THE 3RD ANNUAL SPORTS HUMANARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS AT THE NOVO BY MICROSOFT ON JULY 11, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAKEI IS BT KNOWN FOR PLAYG THE HELMSMAN SULU ON STAR TREK, BUT HE’S VELOPED A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER AS AN OPN MAKER WH SOME POTED POLIL TWEETS THAT HAVE AMASSED NEARLY THREE LN FOLLOWERS. TAKEI LOV TO STIR UP, AND HE DO SO RIVETG WAYS, ALWAYS THE HELMSMAN. HE MARRIED HIS PARTNER, BRAD ALTMAN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIR DEREK JABI, 81DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/WIREIMAGELONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: SIR DEREK JABI ATTENDS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "MURR ON THE ORIENT EXPRS" AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON NOVEMBER 2, 2017 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACCLAIMED SHAKPEAREAN ACTOR REGISTERED A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WH DIRECTOR RICHARD CLIFFORD THE UNED KGDOM 2006. NE YEARS LATER, HE AND PAL IAN MCKELLEN (HIS -STAR VIC, THE BRISH S ABOUT A BICKERG GAY UPLE) WERE THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE NYC PRI MARCH. THEY WERE THE CLASSIT ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TERRENCE MCNALLY, 81BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: PLAYWRIGHT TERRENCE MCNALLY POS AT A MEET AND GREET PHOTO LL FOR THE PLAY "FRANKIE & JOHNNY THE CLAIR LUNE" ON BROADWAY AT THE NEW 42ND STREET STUDS ON APRIL 18, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LONG-NNG PLAYWRIGHT HAS BROUGHT THE RZ (SET A GAY BATHHOE), LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSN! (SET AT A HOLIDAY RETREAT FOR GAY IENDS) AND MASTER CLASS (ABOUT DIVA SUPREMA MARIA CALLAS). TACKLG GAY ISSU WH HUMOR AND HEART, MCNALLY HAS ALSO SERVED THE LIBRETTOS FOR THE RK, KISS OF THE SPIR WOMAN, RAGTIME, AND OPERAS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOMMY TUNE, 80JARED SISK/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: TOMMY TUNE ATTENDS METROPOLAN OPERA OPENG NIGHT GALA, PREMIERE OF "PY AND BS" ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JARED SISK/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SEVEN-TIME TONY WNER (FOR PERFORMG, DIRECTN, AND CHOREOGRAPHY, PL A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD), THE LANKY TEXAN WHIPPED UP MAGIL BROADWAY PRODUCTNS LIKE NE, GRAND HOTEL, AND THE WILL ROGERS FOLLI. HIS TASTE AND SKILL ARE MISSED ON BROADWAY, BUT HIS IMPACT IS FOREVER FELT. TOMMY TURNS 81 ON FEBARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIR IAN MCKELLEN, 80DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR PL SMHPARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 19: SIR IAN MCKELLEN WEARG PL SMH ATTENDS THE PL SMH AW20 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW AS PART OF PARIS FASHN WEEK ON JANUARY 19, 2020 PARIS, FRANCE. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR PL SMH){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WH TWO ANCHIS UNR HIS BELT (THE LORD OF THE RGS AND X-MEN), MCKELLEN—TWICE-OSR NOMATED—ME OUT 1988 AND HAS BEEN A FORCE THE CULTURE EVER SCE. AND, BY THE WAY, HE APPARENTLY TURNED DOWN DUMBLEDORE HARRY POTTER. HE ULD HAVE HAD THREE ANCHIS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL SCHUMACHER, 80MIKE PONT/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - MAY 28: FILM DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER ATTENDS THE 12TH ANNUAL SAME WORKSHOP BENEF GALA AT CIPRIANI 42ND STREET ON MAY 28, 2014 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY MIKE PONT/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A POPULAR NEW YORK PRENCE, SCHUMACHER WAS A STUME SIGNER BEFORE HE TURNED TO MOVIE WRG (SPARKLE, THE WIZ) AND DIRECTG (ST. ELMO’S FIRE, THE CLIENT, AND TWO NTROVERSIAL BATMAN MOVI). AND THAT’S NOT ALL. IN AN TERVIEW LAST YEAR, SCHUMACHER TIMATED THAT HE HAD SLEPT WH ABOUT 20,000 MEN—SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDMUND WHE, 80LEONARDO CENDAMO/GETTY IMAGEDMUND WHE, WRER, LERARY CRIC, PLAYWRIGHT AND SAYIST, MANTOVA, ITALY, 2010. (PHOTO BY LEONARDO CENDAMO/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS CLASSIC BOOKS CLUDG THE BETIFUL ROOM IS EMPTY AND THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY, EDMUND WHE HAS PROBABLY WRTEN MORE ABOUT SAME-SEX LOVE THAN ANYONE ON EARTH. AND MORE KNOWGLY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETER BERL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORT OF A KEN DOLL BY WAY OF TOM OF FLAND, THE POLAND-BORN BERL WORE TIGHT-FTG CLOTH THAT SHOWED OFF HIS THROBBG ARMS AND OTHER BULG, AND BEME A TOP MOL AND PORN ACTOR THE HORMONALLY WILD 1970S. AT THE TIME, HE ALSO GOT BEHD THE LENS AND TOOK SOME EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HE SHOWED OFF A 2015 NYC GALLERY SHOW, WHICH HE FLEW OM SAN FRANCIS TO HOST. “I GAVE PEOPLE A LOT OF GOOD CLIMAX,” BERL TOLD ME, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID GEFFEN, 76STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK - MARCH 15: INDUCTEE DAVID GEFFEN ATTENDS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME 2010 DUCTN CEREMONY AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL ON MARCH 15, 2010 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE -CREATED GEFFEN RERDS AND DREAMWORKS PICTUR AND HE’S BEEN SO SUCCSFUL AT THAT HE’S WORTH ABOUT $8 BILLN, BUT HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS A PHILANTHROPIST AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS. COMG OUT 1992, GEFFEN BEME ONE OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE GAY POWER BROKERS THE WORLD, AND HE’S NOT ABOUT TO BUDGE OM THAT THRONE. DAVID TURNS 77 ON FEBARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARRY MANILOW, 76NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAG FOR MICHAEL KORSNEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 13: BARRY MANILOW PERFORMS ON THE NWAY DURG THE MICHAEL KORS COLLECTN FALL 2019 RUNWAY SHOW AT CIPRIANI WALL STREET ON FEBARY 13, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAG FOR MICHAEL KORS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHART-TOPPG SGER OF “MANDY” AND “I WRE THE SONGS” KEPT HIS SEXUALY A SECRET OM HIS FAN BASE FOR S. BUT 2015, HE FALLY REVEALED THAT HE’D MARRIED HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, GARRY KIEF, AND THE FANS WERE FE WH . I GUS HE N’T SE WHOUT HIM...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELICE PINO, 75JU DOMSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - JUNE 04: WRER FELICE PINO ATTENDS THE 2012 LAMBDA LERARY AWARDS AT THE GRADUATE CENTER AT CY UNIVERSY OF NEW YORK ON JUNE 4, 2012 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JU DOMSKI/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NYC WRER/CRIC HAS NOT ONLY HAD HIS WORDS FEATURED JT ABOUT EVERY MAJOR QUEER PUBLITN THERE IS, BUT HE’S STARTED PUBLISHG HO THAT HAVE SHOWSED THE WORKS OF UP AND G QUEER ARTISTS FOR YEARS. HE IS SENTIAL. PINO TURNS 76 ON FEBARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARMISTEAD MP, 75SOPHIE BASSOULS/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGWRER ARMISTEAD MP, THOR OF "TAL OF THE CY" SAT MALO'S FTIVAL S ETONNANTS VOYAGRS, 20TH MAY 2018 (PHOTO BY SOPHIE BASSOULS/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LERARY LEGEND AND A GAY VOICE, MP IS BT KNOWN FOR WRG TAL OF THE CY, A SERI OF QUIRKY SAN FRANCIS–SET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GORDON THOMSON, 74PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CANADIAN ACTOR WAS SENSATNALLY SEXY AS THE SNARLG ADAM CARRGTON ON THE PRIME TIME SOAP DYNASTY, STARTG 1982. HE ME OUT 2017, TELLG THE DAILY BEAST, “IT’S NOT SOMETHG I’VE EVER ANNOUNCED. I’M ASSUMG THAT PEOPLE KNOW, AND NOW THAT I’M MY AGE, THAT’S FE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDRé DE SHIELDS, 74TAYLOR HILL/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - JUNE 09: ANDRE DE SHIELDS ATTENDS THE 2019 TONY AWARDS AT RAD CY MIC HALL ON JUNE 9, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY TAYLOR HILL/FILMMAGIC,){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL WIZ THE WIZ, DE SHIELDS HAS HAD A STORIED BROADWAY REER, LAST YEAR WNG A TONY FOR HIS SPARKPLUG PERFORMANCE AS HERM, THE SALTY NARRATOR OF HASTOWN. HIS TRIP TO THE PODIUM WAS ONE OF TONY’S ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN WATERS, 73ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE/SPECIAL RATES APPLY) JOHN WATERS ATTENDS A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS 2013 AT STAGE 48 ON DECEMBER 13, 2013 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE WORD WH LICLY MENTED MOVI LIKE PK FLAMGOS AND FEMALE TROUBLE, THE BALTIMORE-BASED WATERS WENT ON TO SUCCSFULLY SWCH TON WH THE SOCIALLY NSC HAIRSPRAY. HE DON’T MAKE FILMS ANYMORE, BUT YOU N TCH UP WH HIM VIA HIS BOOKS AND HIS SPEAKG ENGAGEMENTS, WHICH ARE A SPLENDID MIX OF HIGH- AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIR ELTON JOHN, 72DIA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAGBEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 24: ELTON JOHN ATTENDS THE 2019 VANY FAIR OSR PARTY HOSTED BY RADHIKA JON AT WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMG ARTS ON FEBARY 24, 2019 BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY DIA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SEQUED ROCKETMAN [WHO RECENTLY PICKED UP A SEND OSR] HAS NOTHG TO PROVE ANYMORE, HAVG LONG BEEN AN OPENLY GAY HMAKER AND FASHN PLATE. BUT HE’S NOT EXACTLY RTG ON ROYALTI OM “CRODILE ROCK” AND THE LN KG. HE’S WRTEN THE MIC FOR A DEVIL WEARS PRADA MIL HEAD TO BROADWAY NEXT SEASON, AND EVEN IF DON’T GET A LOT OF VERAGE VOGUE, SOUNDS LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE VILANCH, 71DJALA ROSA COCHRAN/WIREIMAGEBCE VILANCH DURG 19TH ANNUAL BROADWAY'S STARS THE ALLEY AT SHUBERT ALLEY NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK, UNED STAT. 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The director of Call Your Father says his attractn to olr guys exposed a rarely discsed universal tth about gay men. * old male gay *
The first (Robson, 2008) ncerned three generatns of Atralian gay men, aged 22–79, and how changg social norms affected the ease wh which they uld be public about their sexualy. The send nsired how age and ageg affected gay men's relatnships (Robson, 2013). Based on material om an ternatnal sample of men aged 20–87, examed long-term relatnships, fatherhood, var lived experienc of sgle men and generatnal differenc regardg gay marriage.
The third book (Robson, 2017) looked at gay men's workg liv om the perspective of three generatns of gay men om the same ternatnal sample, as well as their views and experienc on retirement om paid work and on old age/later central argument this chapter is that while ageg gay men do acquire and n ll on ‘rourc of ageg’ (Heaphy, 2007) to bat gay ageism, the are limed by the nstrats imposed by their ageg bodi and how the are unrstood. Pictured above: Stephen fe we, gay ins improve wh age, offerg worldly wisdom and thory along wh the groundbreakg talent they’ve served all the years. Kenh Anger, 93Known for ntroversial short films like the leather-drenched rabble-roer Srp Risg and the occult-ish Lucifer Risg and his explosive book of celebry sex gossip, Hollywood Babylon, Anger has long been a gay provotr of the first rank.
But he was sort of the origal Gee Michael, havg been bted gay sex sndals rtrooms 1967 and 1974. Y, he’s still here, he’s still Grey, 87The Tony and Osr wner, forever known as the leerg MC Cabaret, Grey fally me out as gay 2015. Though four years earlier, 2011, he -directed the revival of Larry Kramer’s blisterg AIDS play The Normal Heart—a bountiful gay act.
THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN
When so many gay men have spent their formative years the closet, ’s difficult to pe the feelg that you need to make up for lost time. * old male gay *
He didn’t e out until 2003, but a lot of people had a very strong feelg—and not jt bee he -starred a mil versn of Breakfast at Tiffany’ Bachardy, 85The partner of the late, great thor Christopher Isherwood (Goodbye to Berl, A Sgle Man), Bachardy is a renowned portra artist livg California and still creatg new Kramer, 84The fiery activist and thor (Faggots, The Normal Heart) is still shakg thgs up and makg a difference by targetg placency amongst homophob and people our own muny, as well. Ne years later, he and pal Ian McKellen (his -star Vic, the Brish s about a bickerg gay uple) were the Grand Marshals for the NYC Pri March. Terrence McNally, 81The long-nng playwright has brought The Rz (set a gay bathhoe), Love!
(set at a holiday retreat for gay iends) and Master Class (about diva suprema Maria Callas). Tacklg gay issu wh humor and heart, McNally has also served the librettos for The Rk, Kiss of the Spir Woman, Ragtime, and operas, Tune, 80A seven-time Tony wner (for performg, directn, and choreography, pl a Lifetime Achievement Award), the lanky Texan whipped up magil Broadway productns like Ne, Grand Hotel, and The Will Rogers Folli. Tommy turns 81 on Febary Ian McKellen, 80An openly gay actor wh two anchis unr his belt (The Lord of the Rgs and X-Men), McKellen—twice-Osr nomated—me out 1988 and has been a force the culture ever sce.
THEY LIVED A 'DOUBLE LIFE' FOR S. NOW, THE GAY ELRS ARE TELLG THEIR STORI.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to 90-year-old Hector Black about his life as a closeted gay man who didn't e out until he was 70 years old. * old male gay *
Comg out 1992, Geffen beme one of the most high profile gay power brokers the world, and he’s not about to budge om that throne. Armistead Mp, 75A lerary legend and a gay voice, Mp is bt known for wrg Tal of the Cy, a seri of quirky San Francis–set Thomson, 74The Canadian actor was sensatnally sexy as the snarlg Adam Carrgton on the prime time soap Dynasty, startg 1982. He don’t make films anymore, but you n tch up wh him via his books and his speakg engagements, which are a splendid mix of high- and Elton John, 72The sequed Rocketman [who recently picked up a send Osr] has nothg to prove anymore, havg long been an openly gay hmaker and fashn plate.
HOW TO EMBRACE AGG AS A GAY MAN
Kenh Felts recently me out as gay after holdg onto the secret for s " emprop="scriptn * old male gay *
Gass is a gay man whose only sexual attractn is to men signifintly olr than he is. The younger men have more tert sports than their partners and their gay peers who are attracted to men their own age.
The younger men tend to be more mascule than their gay peers who are attracted to men their own age. He wrote, “I stggle more to expla my attractn to olr gay men to my gay iends than I do to my straight iends. ” No one has llected reliable statistics, but age dispary seems to occur more equently gay relatnships than heterosexual on.
But the se of a celebry, the tabloid headl the labels may be ed sensatnalistic ways, or even clu more vilently homophobic nam like pedophile and predatory pervert.
90-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN RELLS LONG STGGLE WH HIS SEXUALY
But the gay upl may be far more sexually active than many same-sex upl. It has been suggted that satisfyg sex nnot occur whout wet kiss and swellg ans, which rc gay sexualy to nothg more than sex, and impli that olr men are pable of havg erectns.
One recurrg qutn remas: “How n a man have a mutually satisfyg sex life wh a wife and then have a sudn revelatn that he’s gay? I don’t believe we have a choice about our sexual attractns, but gay men and women—jt as any heterosexual person—have a choice about how they rpond to sexual sire. Sayg “I am gay” is a statement that our attractns, our behavr, and our self-inty are unison, and when that happens—if ever do— suggts a willgns to proclaim our sexualy regardls of the nsequenc.
90-YEAR-OLD COLORADO MAN COM OUT AS GAY AFTER DES OF 'KEEPG THIS SECRET': 'I'M FREE'
WE ARE an all-male clothg optnal bed and breakfast retreat terg to gay, bi, and straight men 21 years or olr. Hillsi Campground is a mpg statn that has been servg the gay male muny for over 30 years!
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 'THE OLD GAYS' MEET A YOUNG FAN WHO LOV DRS
He was rponsible for preparg discharge and reassignment paperwork, and sometim he would have to dishonorably discharge men for beg gay. “At that time I realized that I was gay, and was jt difficult to know that people were beg discharged for the same thg that I was my life.
”“What bothered me the most was havg to talk to the guys that were beg discharged, and they were not a good state of wellns anyway, bee at that time, was illegal or nsired mental problems to be gay, ” he Cunngham, 82, and Richard Prtt, 78, have llectively spent 115 years the closet. Godss Magora Kennedy, who participated the Stonewall uprisg, and Pl Barby, who ran for Congrs as an openly gay man 1996 and 1998.
”Livg a 'double life'Cunngham said he realized he was gay as a teenager, but he didn’t know the word “gay” at the time — he jt knew he was different.
AT 60 YEARS OLD, I BEME VISIBLE. GETTG OLD AS A GAY MAN STKS.
Begng the late 1960s, many stat crimalized homosexualy through sodomy laws. The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn also classified homosexualy as a mental disorr the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs until 1973, when that classifitn was replaced wh “sexual orientatn disturbance. ” Homosexualy was pletely removed om the manual 1987, but many stat still had sodomy laws on their books until 2003, when the Supreme Court led such laws unnstutnal.
You'd have a lbian iend wh you, or they would have a gay man on their arm or somethg, and was a way of hidg. ”Cunngham and Prtt met the mid-'90s while workg for a b pany, but they still didn’t e out bee, acrdg to Cunngham, “If you were gay, you were not promoted.
GROWG OLD AS A GAY MAN: HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED FOR THE GAY LIBERATN GENERATN
And then when you get olr you see the gay pri gog on and people totally enjoyg themselv....
Rearch published the journal The Gerontologist last fall found that lbian, gay and bisexual people have a higher risk of mentia and gnive cle than heterosexual people as they grow olr. The study’s thors found that the creased risk was partially due to higher rat of prsn that olr LGBTQ people experience due to workplace discrimatn, shame and other stigma associated wh their stigma still persists, but the elrs and producers behd “Not Another Send” hope their project n help, even if jt a small Cooper lived her whole life as an openly gay woman New York Cy.
Karsten ThormaehlenOne of the elrs featured the exhib, Lujira Cooper, 72, lived nearly her whole life as an openly gay woman. He dulged me by followg Lra Dern around stead of lookg at the garns, which was fely not the first time she had been stalked by gay men at a garn party. This kd of thg happened a uple dozen more tim my early I started wrg my short film Call Your Father, I wanted to not jt wre mentary on gay men, but I also wanted to figure out why I was nsistently drawn to guys around that age.