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I have to nfs that I never thought Barney Miller was a show for me. A child of the '80s, I would nstantly see on the syndited afternoon TV schle, but bee of s lack of aliens, puppets, or nja turtl I never gave a moment’s thought. Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory. Barney Miller buted 1975 as a mid-season replacement after ABC axed a whole...

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20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE

Barney Guttman is a transgenr gay character om Dead End: Paranormal Park and DeadEndia. Barney has fay problems. His grandmother don’t accept the fact that he is trans. While hasn't been ma clear what his grandmother said to him, was shown to be very hurtful. Barney’s parents... * barney is gay *

In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on. Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life.

Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s. Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur.

In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013. Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns. In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny.

HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS

I have to nfs that I never thought Barney Miller was a show for me. A child of the '80s, I would nstantly see on the syndited afternoon TV schle, but bee of s lack of aliens, puppets, or nja turtl I never gave a moment’s thought. Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory. Barney Miller buted 1975 as a mid-season replacement after ABC axed a whole... * barney is gay *

Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013. Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life.

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Jam Stson is Barney's gay black olr brother. His mother is also Loretta Stson and his father is Sam Gibbs. He is an imprsive orator. On the datg scene, he and Barney are a lethal batn as Jam is as effective a homosexual charmer as his brother is wh the oppose sex. Jam... * barney is gay *

The Fact that the Actor om Barney is gay is makg me everday angry. Barney Guttman is a transgenr gay character om Dead End: Paranormal Park and DeadEndia.

HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS

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Barney Guttman is gay, as seen both the DeadEndia ic seri and Dead End: Paranormal Park, the Netflix seri spired by the ics.

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GAY. Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory.

But Barney Miller charged right to relatively uncharted terrory, openg s first episo after the pilot wh a gay purse-snatcher storyle. ”) Personally, I love the character: He’s smart, he’s funny, he’s nfint, and he’s unambiguloly gay. So Danny Arnold, the shownner, brought a nsultant om the Gay Media Task Force, a new anizatn that advoted for better pictns of gay characters.

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