I rell a bld em about the gay actor who was a regular on the show. Even if you clu the "Archie Bunker's Place" years, the only obv regularly occurrg actor was Hemsley? Any others?
Contents:
- SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS RUMORED TO BE GAY & LIVED WH A MALE FRIEND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS - INSI HIS PERSONAL LIFE
- 14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS
- GAY OR NOT GAY? SHERMAN HEMSLEY
- VILLAGE VOICE: ‘SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!’
- WAS SHERMAN HEMSLEY THE ONLY GAY ON "ALL IN THE FAY"
- AFTER SHERMAN HEMSLEY'S DEATH, INTER RIFE WH RUMORS 'THE JEFFERSONS' ACTOR WAS GAY
- SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!
- WERE THEY GAY? WHO'S SURE? WHO CAR?
- WAS THE LATE SHERMAN HEMSLEY GAY? THE STARTLG TTH IS FALLY OUT
SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS RUMORED TO BE GAY & LIVED WH A MALE FRIEND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS - INSI HIS PERSONAL LIFE
It's weird how dyg mak people gay. * sherman hemsley is gay *
Although was never nfirmed, 2007, a VH1 story listed him as part of the three top gay black stars, and after his ath 2012, Flora Enchton, the woman who hered his fortune, hted about his personal life. | Photo: Getty ImagAfter his ath, a journalist, Michael Mto, published an article where he strongly affirmed that the actor was gay. " He explaed that the man was gay and that was not a horrible thg to say.
14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS
* sherman hemsley is gay *
Acrdg to Mto:"Um, he was gay. "As The Advote pots out: "While there was no official nfirmatn durg his lifetime, there was equent speculatn that Hemsley, famed for his portrayal of the bigoted dry cleang mogul on the h s The Jeffersons, was a gay man.
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GAY OR NOT GAY? SHERMAN HEMSLEY
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1972 — ‘THAT CERTAIN SUMMER’ A divorced father (Hal Holbrook) his his lover (Mart Sheen) om his teenage son Lamont Johnson’s movie for ABC, nsired the first sympathetic pictn of gay people on televisn.
VILLAGE VOICE: ‘SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!’
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”)1977 — ‘SOAP’ In this ABC s, Billy Crystal plays Jodie Dallas — a gay man havg an affair wh a famo quarterback and ntemplatg genr-reassignment surgery — who be one of the first gay dads on televisn. ]1985 — ‘AN EARLY FROST’ A Chigo lawyer (Aidan Qun) returns home to reveal to his parents that he’s gay and has AIDS this NBC movie by John Erman, settg the stage for feature films like Jonathan Demme’s “Philalphia. 1994 — ‘MY SO-CALLED LIFE’ In the episo “Life of Brian, ” this ABC drama about high school angst als wh young gay love when Rickie (Wilson Cz) velops a csh on his new classmate, Corey (Adam Bik).
WAS SHERMAN HEMSLEY THE ONLY GAY ON "ALL IN THE FAY"
1998 — ‘WILL & GRACE’ Two gay men pl two straight women equals 83 Emmy nomatns and 16 ws for the show that Vice Print Joseph R.
”2000 — ‘QUEER AS FOLK’ Showtime breaks new ground wh the first hourlong drama the Uned Stat about gay men and women, cludg a character who is H. 2009 — ‘MODERN FAMILY’ This ABC s — featurg a gay uple, Mchell (Jse Tyler Fergon) and Cameron (Eric Stontreet), and their adopted dghter, Lily (Aubrey Anrson-Emmons), as part of a larger fay — “is geni the way tegrat edy and cln, and is able to te and open people’s hearts and mds, ” Ms.
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn AR, Page 19 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay and Transgenr Characters Onscreen. The Advote and Queerty both mentn the longstandg gay mors (the first I'm hearg of them, by the way) posts about his ath.
AFTER SHERMAN HEMSLEY'S DEATH, INTER RIFE WH RUMORS 'THE JEFFERSONS' ACTOR WAS GAY
Some random the Talk sectn of his Wikipedia entry says, "It was an open secret that Hemsley was gay, but that n't be add to the article whout a reliable reference. The other his social group knew that Sherman was several gay porn 's why people knew he was gay It's jt that old people don't really talk about that stuff and really who watch old gay porn om the 1950's!?
My dad's not gay Sherman once worked at the same post office as him for a few months. (There was no gay porn the '50s.
At least, not gay porn like that. Um, he was gay.
SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!
I get iffy on people outg those who are typilly harmls (as not beg a closeted gay who works to vilify or make life difficult for other gay). I rell a bld em about the gay actor who was a regular on the show.
AITF had that classic episo where Archie found out his tough manly man buddy om the neighborhood bar was gay.
WERE THEY GAY? WHO'S SURE? WHO CAR?
I was about 11 when I saw that episo and probably the first time I saw gays acknowledged on a tv Anonymoreply 4December 14, 2018 7:24 PM.
WAS THE LATE SHERMAN HEMSLEY GAY? THE STARTLG TTH IS FALLY OUT
Phil Carey who played Archie's straight iend who was gay on the show and actually gay real Anonymoreply 9December 15, 2018 9:21 AM. I loved The Jeffersons growg up, and never thought for a send that Sherman Hemsley was gay. Damon Evans, who played Lnel Jefferson #2, was gay and out.
Here's an terview where he stat he is gay, and also exprs regrets for acceptg the part of Lnel # 2. Followg the ath of Sherman Hemsley Tuday, the Inter was rife wh mors that the actor, who was bt known for his role as Gee Jefferson on the h 1970s show "The Jeffersons, " was gay.