As a shelter for New York's homels LGBT youth prepar to open her name, the son of the edy legend opens up about dner parti wh Rock Hudson, ictn wh Betty Whe and her lifelong passn for "nocents — eher kids or animals or gay teens."
Contents:
- HOW BEA ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THE GAYS WHO LOVED HER
- BEA ARTHUR, BELOVED GAY IN, 1922-2009
- WAS BEA ARTHUR GAY? HER NET WORTH AND CSE OF DEATH
- BEA ARTHUR LEAV $300K TO GAY YOUTH
- HOW BEA ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THE GAYS WHO LOVED HER
- WAS BEA ARTHUR GAY? HER NET WORTH AND CSE OF DEATH
- HOW BEA ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THE GAYS WHO LOVED HER
HOW BEA ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THE GAYS WHO LOVED HER
As a shelter for New York's homels LGBT youth prepar to open her name, the son of the edy legend opens up about dner parti wh Rock Hudson, ictn wh Betty Whe and her lifelong passn for "nocents — eher kids or animals or gay teens. * bea arthur lgbt *
The guts were by and large gay men — closeted, as most were back then — who were drawn to Arthur, like moths to a porch light.
BEA ARTHUR, BELOVED GAY IN, 1922-2009
Goln Girls star Bea Arthur, née Bernice Frankel, died at home Los Angel at the age of 86 today. She passed away surround by fay members. She will be loudly mourned by the gays. * bea arthur lgbt *
“They were always exced to e to her hoe, ” says Matthew, now 55, of his mother’s many gay nfidant.
WAS BEA ARTHUR GAY? HER NET WORTH AND CSE OF DEATH
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Arthur, who died of ncer 2009 at age 86, occupi a sgular space amid the pantheon of gay ins: Neher preeng show diva nor pill-poppg wreck, she was stead a pillar of liberal-md fortu, always at the ready to do battle wh the Archie Bunkers of the world.
BEA ARTHUR LEAV $300K TO GAY YOUTH
All of this held nsirable sway over the emergg gay-rights movement. Fully aware of the appeal she held over her gay fans, Arthur cid to give somethg back, and left an endowment to the Ali Forney Center, an anizatn for homels LGBT youth New York Cy. The mostly-gay crowd very nearly flew to a enzy, “phg toward her, grabbg at her, eager for face time wh the great legend.
HOW BEA ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THE GAYS WHO LOVED HER
) “It seemed like all her chari were mostly about nocents — eher kids or animals or gay or lbian teens, who have a bigger fight than anybody n image, ” Saks says.
Don’t let the gff fa fool you: Arthur was a softy through and through, as evinced by the Bea Arthur Rince for LGBT Youth — an honor, among gay ins, sure, but Saks puts thgs perspective. At the time we only had 12 shelter beds, and over 100 youths wag out the streets to get to those beds, which they saw as prec, for wh they wouldn't face the homophobic harassment they often endured elsewhere.
WAS BEA ARTHUR GAY? HER NET WORTH AND CSE OF DEATH
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HOW BEA ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THE GAYS WHO LOVED HER
“The kids at the Ali Forney Center are lerally dumped by their fai bee of the fact that they are lbian, gay or transgenr…this anizatn really is savg liv. She had a long-lastg romantic volvement wh Adrienne Barbe, who played her -star M, and this, together wh her passnate support for gay rights, led to allegatns that she was lbian or homosexual.
"The kids at the Ali Forney Center are lerally dumped by their fai bee of the fact that they are lbian, gay or transgenr — this anizatn really is savg liv, " the actrs told New York Magaze 2005.