I wanted to know how Mister Rogers felt about gay people. Here's what I found. - Upworthy

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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

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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.

MISTER ROGERS TOLD CO-STAR DON'T COME OUT AS GAY, AND MARRY A WOMAN

So if they are sayg he’s gay bee...

MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN

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? 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.

WAS MR. ROGERS 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.

MISTER ROGERS’S GAY, BLACK FRIEND FRANçOIS CLEMMONS WEARS TIARAS NOW

I spent enough time wh him that if there was a gay vibe I would have picked up. 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.

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Mister Rogers Enuraged Gay Costar Officer Clemmons to Stay the Closet .

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