Franis Clemmons vividly rells a e-to-J meetg wh Fred Rogers 52 years ago, as if happened yterday. Clemmons, who had spent a good portn of his life stgglg wh his sexualy, was g to his own as a gay man. He was equentg a gay club behd the Greyhound
Contents:
- MISTER ROGERS' SURPRISG RELATNSHIP WH HIS GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS
- 'WASN'T HE GAY?': A REVEALG QUTN ABOUT MISTER ROGERS
- MISTER ROGERS TOLD CO-STAR DON'T COME OUT AS GAY, AND MARRY A WOMAN
- MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN
- WAS MR. ROGERS GAY?
- MISTER ROGERS’S GAY, BLACK FRIEND FRANçOIS CLEMMONS WEARS TIARAS NOW
MISTER ROGERS' SURPRISG RELATNSHIP WH HIS GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS
"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was no place for gay people ... so says one of the stars. * fred rogers gay *
And the relatnship between the two men — one black, the other whe; one gay and sgle, one straight, married, and a father to two children; one trovert, one extrovert — would bee somewhat of “a marriage.
Rogers ran the gamut, om claims that he had an earlier reer as a Mare sniper or Navy SEAL (he did not serve the ary any pacy), to the accatn that he was a nvicted child molter (no crimal rerd of any kd has e to light), to mblgs that spe a half-century-long marriage to the same woman, he was actually gay (ntrary to all available evince).
'WASN'T HE GAY?': A REVEALG QUTN ABOUT MISTER ROGERS
Was Mr. Rogers gay? Wh the 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' documentary g to HBO, Fred Rogers' life has been thst back to the spotlight. The film touch on all aspects of Rogers' life, cludg the mors that he was gay. * fred rogers gay *
” and my gay ass, gay of the fay, Miss Fay Homosexual had to be like “he was WHAT?
Rogers himself was often labeled “a sissy, ” or gay, a rogatory sense.
So if they are sayg he’s gay bee... In nversatn wh one of his iends, the openly gay Dr. Then the follow up: "People don't say to me, 'Was he gay, ' but 'Isn't he gay?
MISTER ROGERS TOLD CO-STAR DON'T COME OUT AS GAY, AND MARRY A WOMAN
In other words, 'Isn't he gay? Rogers' sexualy was briefly discsed the 2018 documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor, but the discsn centered on mors that he was gay.
Rogers' Neighborhood and was himself (at the time of the terview) openly gay. Rpondg to the scuttlebutt about Rogers' sexual orientatn, Clemmons said: "First of all, no, he’s not gay. I tell everyone who asks me, ‘No, he’s not gay.
I spent enough time wh him that if there was a gay vibe I would have picked up.
MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN
If you are a long-term relatnship, do you stop beg bisexual+ and “bee” gay or straight pendg on the genr of your partner? Rogers's Gay, Black Friend François Clemmons Wears Tiaras Now.
Was Fred Rogers secretly gay? The film don’t show Rogers’ answer, but shar an terview wh Franis Clemmons, the gay actor who played Officer Clemmons on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” for 25 years. “First of all, no, he’s not gay, ” said Clemmons.
WAS MR. ROGERS GAY?
“I tell everyone who asks me, ‘No, he’s not gay. ’ But I spent enough time wh him that if there was a gay vibe I would have picked up. The book, “The Good Neighbor, ” shar a nversatn Rogers had wh a longtime iend, the openly gay Dr.
“So if they are sayg he’s gay bee … that’s a surrogate for sayg he’s weak, that’s not right, bee he’s credibly strong. “There’s no publicly available evince that Rogers ever engaged gay sex, ” Long wrote his say.
MISTER ROGERS’S GAY, BLACK FRIEND FRANçOIS CLEMMONS WEARS TIARAS NOW
Long explaed that actg on gay or bisexual tennci would have been a plited matter for Rogers given the tim he lived . That perhaps explas why Rogers strongly disuraged his gay -star Clemmons om g out the late 1960s. ” and terviews wh Long, Clemmons scribed how Rogers nonted him about beg gay.
Clemmons said Rogers told him didn’t personally matter to him that he was homosexual.
Rogers also urged Clemmons, who beme a lifelong iend, to enter to a long-term and stable gay relatnship.