Silas Wley Gay Obuary - Visatn & Funeral Informatn

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• GAY ADULT PERFORMER SILAS DI OF APPARENT OVERDOSE
• SILAS WLEY GAY
• SILAS GAY
• I'M A GAY REPUBLIN. POET LREATE SILAS HOE IS AN EMBARRASSG KENTUCKY ELEGY
• WHO IS THURE LDHARDT? B, GAY, PARTNER, DGHTER & NET WORTH
• IT'S WEIRD THAT YOU N'T HAVE A GAY MARRIAGE WH SILAS.
• FLORIDA MAN SU FOX NEWS FOR OUTG HIM IN BATTLE OVER FAILED REALY SHOWNETWORK EXECS BEME SPIC OF SILAS PIERCE REPRENTG HIMSELF AS A MARRIED FATHER OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 12, 2018/7:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2030PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}FRERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAGPASADENA, CA - JULY 24: CHAIRMAN & CEO, FOX NEWS ROGER AIL OM "FOX NEWS" SPEAKS ONSTAGE DURG THE 2006 SUMMER TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN PRS TOUR FOR THE FOX BROADSTG COMPANY AT THE RZ-CARLTON HUNTGTON HOTEL ON JULY 24, 2006 PASANA, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY FRERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 12, 2018 / 7:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FLORIDA MAN SU FOX NEWS FOR OUTG HIM IN BATTLE OVER FAILED REALY SHOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-12T12:46:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-12T12:46:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FLORIDA MAN IS SUG FOX NEWS AND THE TATE OF ROGER AIL FOR ALLEGEDLY OUTG HIM DURG A LEGAL FIGHT OVER AN ABORTED REALY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2014, LEFTFIELD PICTUR, PRODUCERS OF AMERIN RTORATN AND PAWN STARS, NVCED FOX NEWS TO PICK UP A SHOW FOR S FOX BS NETWORK ABOUT TWO FAI NNG AN TATE LIQUIDATN BS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ESTATE SAL WOULD HAVE BEEN FOX BS' FIRST REALY SERI, BUT WORK EXECS BEME SPIC OF ONE OF THE FAI: QUTNS EMERGED ABOUT WHETHER SILAS PIERCE WAS ACTUALLY MARRIED TO THE WOMAN CLAIMG TO BE HIS WIFE, AND IF SHE WAS ED HIS SONS' MOTHER. (THEY ALSO WONRED WHY PIERCE'S CHILDREN REFERRED TO HIM BY FIRST NAME.)NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 01: A VIEW OUTSI FOX NEWS ON AUGT 1, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO URT PAPERS, LEFTFIELD REPS TOLD FOX THAT SILAS WAS ACTUALLY GAY AND HAD NE ADOPTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FNN ASKED LEFTFIELD FOR PAPERWORK TO SHOW THAT THE YOUNG MEN, MATT AND AJ, WERE ED SILAS’ ADOPTED SONS BEE GAYS ULD NOT ADOPT FLORIDA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEFTFIELD THEN CLAIMED SILAS HAD LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OVER THE BOYS WHO HAD BEEN ADOPTED BY HIS CEASED PARENTS. FNN EVENTUALLY LEARNED THE TTH: SILAS HAD NO LEGAL RELATNSHIP WH MATT AND AJ WHOM HE FALSELY CLAIMED TO HAVE ADOPTED AND THAT SILAS’ PARENTS WERE NOT AD BUT STEAD VERY MUCH ALIVE AND LIVG FLORIDA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDG TO THE CHAOS WAS THE FACT THAT THE OTHER FAY PRENTED A SIZZLE REEL WERE NO LONGER PART OF ESTATE SAL BEE THE FATHER WAS BEG ACCED OF MOLTG HIS SON. THREE MONTHS TO PRODUCTN, FOX PULLED OUT AND MAND A RETURN ON S ADVANCE. LEFTFIELD FILED A $4.5 LN LAWSU AGAST THE BLE GIANT BUT A UNTERSU, FOX ALLEGED THE PRODUCTN PANY WAS MISREPRENTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO LEGAL PAPERS, BRIAN GAFFNEY, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROGRAMMG AT FOX BS, NTUALLY STRSED TO LEFTFIELD THAT "ANY SERI FNN [FOX NEWS NETWORK] WOULD OBTA FOR FBN [FOX BS NETWORK] HAD TO MEET HIGHER EDORIAL STANDARDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAFFNEY EXPLAED THAT FNN "IS SUBJECT TO MORE SCTY THAN OTHER MEDIA ANIZATNS AND ANY FAKG, FUDGG OR SCRIPTG ULD BEE A SNDAL TATG THE FNN BRAND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEFTFIELD AND FOX SETTLED OUT OF URT 2016, BUT NOW PIERCE IS SUG FOX NEWS, EX-PRINT BILL SHE, AND THE LATE ROGER AIL FOR DISCLOSG HIS HOMOSEXUALY PUBLICLY DURG THEIR URT FIGHT. HE CLAIMS AIL AND SHE SENT VTIGATORS TO MALAND, FLORIDA, TO DIG UP DIRT ON HIM AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"[FOX], AIL AND SHE THEN IATED A NCERTED SCHEME TO DISCRED AND VILIFY PLATIFF PIERCE AND THE BS AN EFFORT TO BOLSTER [FOX'S] SETTLEMENT POSN THE LEFTFIELD LAWSU, STROY PIERCE'S REPUTATN AND THAT OF THE BS, AND JTIFY [FOX'S] BREACH OF S NTRACT WH LEFTFIELD," THE SU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE'S TATE SALE BS WAS VTIGATED BY LOL NEWS 2015. HE MATAS AIL AND SHE LLUD TO PUBLICIZE TAILS OF HIS LIFE TO SUPPORT THEIR UNTERSU, "CLUDG FACTS REGARDG PIERCE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND THE LEGAL RELATNSHIP BETWEEN PIERCE AND HIS SONS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE CLAIMS "SIGNIFINT DAMAGE" WAS DONE TO HIS REPUTATN, FORCG HIM TO CLOSE HIS BS. HE'S SEEKG DAMAG EXCS OF $15,000 FOR PUBLITN OF PRIVATE FACTS, TORT TERFERENCE WH A BS RELATNSHIP, AND BREACH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO ALLEG HE WAS NEVER PAID FOR HIS WORK ON ESTATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MRICE H HAS BEEN SHOWBIZ FOR 70 YEARS. HE'S SPENT NONE OF THEM THE CLOSET.THE BLACK GAY BROADWAY TRIPLE THREAT TAP-DANCED SO THAT ACTORS LIKE BILLY PORTER ULD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 5, 2019/12:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2594PX;WIDTH:2258PX;}JAM J. KRIEGSMANNGREGORY H (L) AND MRICE H THE 1960S.BY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 5, 2019 / 12:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MRICE H HAS BEEN SHOWBIZ FOR 70 YEARS. HE'S SPENT NONE OF THEM THE CLOSET.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-05T17:36:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-05T17:36:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CARLA HAY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG BEFORE BILLY PORTER AND TS BURGS FOUND FAME ON BROADWAY AND ON TV, MULTALENTED ENTERTAER MRICE H JR. HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR FABULO, OPENLY GAY BLACK MEN SHOWBIZ. THE NEW DOCUMENTARY MRICE H: BRG THEM BACK PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIM WHILE OFFERG SOME SURPRISG REVELATNS ABOUT HIS LIFE BEYOND HIS REER AS AN ACPLISHED DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, THEATER DIRECTOR, AND STAR OF SUCH BROADWAY PRODUCTNS AS EUBIE!, SOPHISTITED LADI, UPTOWN… IT’S HOT!, AND HOT FEET. DIRECTED BY JOHN CARLUCC, THE FILM IS REALLY A STORY ABOUT FAY, RISK-TAKG, AND THE HIGHS AND LOWS THAT E WH ANY JOURNEY TOWARD SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRG THEM BACK PATS A PORTRA OF A SASSY, CHARMG, AND BTALLY HONT TRAILBLAZER WHO TAPPED HIS WAY TO THE SPOTLIGHT THE 1950S AND '60S. H, WHO'S BEEN PERFORMG SCE HE WAS 5, IS QUICK TO REMD FOLKS JT HOW CUTE AND SPECIAL HE IS, BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN A LONGTIME PROPONENT OF THE MANTRA “NEVER LET ANYONE FE WHO YOU ARE." AT TIM, HE IS PRICKLY, MANDG, AND PLITED. SCEN OF HIS ROCKY RELATNSHIP WH HIS SUCCSFUL YOUNGER BROTHER GREGORY (WHO DIED OF NCER 2003) PACK SOME OF THE DOC'S BIGGT EMOTNAL PUNCH, AND WHILE HE HAS A LOYAL, LOVG CIRCLE OF FAY AND IENDS—SOME OF HIS ILLTR PALS TERVIEWED CLU DEBBIE ALLEN AND CHA RIVERA—HE HAS ALSO EXHIBED RECLIVE TENNCI AS HE'S ALT WH AGG (HE TURNS 76 NEXT MONTH).JOHN CARLUCCMRICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE’S FLASHY, BUT HE’S ALSO SHY ABOUT RECEIVG PRAISE,” SAYS CARLUCC'S WIFE, TRACY E. HOPKS, WHO WROTE THE FILM AND SERVED AS ONE OF S PRODUCERS. (H WILL SEE THE DOCUMENTARY S ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT S WORLD PREMIERE THIS WEEK AT DOC NYC.) CARLUCC ADDS THAT HE WANTED TO AVOID THE BIG GAY MOVIE CLICHé WHICH THE SUBJECT'S SEXUALY ISN’T REVEALED UNTIL NEAR THE END. “I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT MRICE IS GAY, AND THAT YOU MOVED BEYOND ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, CARLUCC AND HOPKS DISCS FOUR OTHER THGS VIEWERS WILL LEARN ABOUT H WHILE WATCHG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS NEVER THE CLOSET, AND HIS SHOWBIZ FAY ALWAYS ACCEPTED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MOST OF H’ LIFE, LGBTQ RIGHTS WERE NONEXISTENT, AND BEG AN OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN MEANT THAT HE WAS AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH RISK OF BEG FIRED OR ASSLTED. IN THE DOCUMENTARY, HE SAYS HIS MOTHER KNEW HE WAS GAY BEFORE HE TOLD HER, AND THAT HE WOULD SUALLY DISCS HIS LOVE LIFE WH HIS FATHER. HIS STRAIGHT BROTHER GREGORY, ALSO A PERFORMER, ED TO GO TO GAY CLUBS WH MRICE AND HAD NO HANGUPS ABOUT DANCG WH GAY MEN. BASILLY, H' FAY WAS "WOKE" S BEFORE BEG WOKE WAS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE WERE A LTLE SURPRISED HIS FAY WAS SO ACCEPTG,” HOPKS SAYS. “HE’S LIKE, ‘I’M MRICE. I JT HAPPEN TO BE GAY—AND I'M LOVG .’ PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT ABOUT HIM—THAT HE’S OPEN AND SECURE AND NFINT WHO HE IS.”SHAHAR AZRAN/WIREIMAGEMRICE H DURG APOLLO CLUB HARLEM AT THE APOLLO THEATER ON FEBARY 18, 2013 NEW YORK CY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H PERFORMG AT APOLLO CLUB HARLEM AT THE APOLLO THEATER ON FEBARY 18, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ED TO DATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER—AND STILL LIK WELL-BUILT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE DOCUMENTARY, H TAILS HIS TASTE MEN: “I LIKE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE BT… PECIALLY LEMEN. IF THEY’VE GOT BIG LV, WE’RE GOG TO TALK.” HE ADDS THAT HE’S DATED A LOT OF PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE PAST (HE WON'T NAME NAM), EXPLAG, "THEY JT FELL LOVE WH ME.” THE MOVIE ALSO SHOWS HIM FLIRTG WH A YOUNG, STOCKY BLACK MERAMAN WHO'S PART OF THE CREW. “I’M 75, BABY,” HE SAYS, LGHG AS HE SIZ HIM UP. “I SAY EXACTLY WHAT I NEED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, CARLUCC ASSERTS THAT H PREFERS TO BE DISCREET ABOUT HIS EX-LOVERS. “HE’S STILL A LTLE PROTECTIVE OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H WILL NEVER REVEAL THE REASON HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE TRANGED FOR SEVERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAY MEMBERS AND CLOSE IENDS TERVIEWED THE MOVIE ALL NFIRM WHAT H SAYS THE FILM: HE REF TO TELL ANYONE WHY HE AND GREGORY—WHO HAD ON-AGA, OFF-AGA FDS—STOPPED SPEAKG TO EACH OTHER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, EVEN WHEN THEY LIVED JT A FEW BLOCKS OM EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAST TIME THE TWO BROTHERS DANCED TOGETHER PUBLIC WAS DIRECTOR FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S 1984 FILM THE COTTON CLUB, WHICH WAS MRICE’S FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MOVIE, THEY PLAY TRANGED, TAP-DANCG BROTHERS WHO RENCILE—AND LUCKILY, THE LATE 1990S, MRICE AND GREGORY MEND THEIR REAL-LIFE RELATNSHIP. SAYS CARLUCC, “I HOPE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE FILM WHO ARE GOG THROUGH SOME KD OF DIFFICULT FAY DYNAMIC N SEE THEMSELV AND MAYBE SEE BOTH SIS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE HAS AN ADOPTED DGHTER NAMED CHERYL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME, H ADOPTED WHEN GAY ADOPTN WASN’T ACCEPTED MOST STAT. HE AND HIS DOMTIC PARTNER SILAS DAVIS, WHO WAS A RELATNSHIP WH H OM 1979 TO 1996, RAISED DAVIS’ DGHTER CHERYL TOGETHER, AND H EVENTUALLY ADOPTED HER AS A -PARENT. CHERYL APPEARS THE MOVIE AND STILL HAS A LOVG RELATNSHIP WH H, EVEN THOUGH HER FATHERS ARE NO LONGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRICE H: BRG THEM BACK WILL HAVE S WORLD PREMIERE NOVEMBER 10 AT DOC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MA IMAGE: GREGORY H (L) AND MRICE H PERFORMG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WILLIAM GAY 1812-1889

GAY ADULT PERFORMER SILAS DI OF APPARENT OVERDOSE

Now, he’s the state’s first openly gay poet lreate.

‘There is no monolhic gay person. Hoe’s appotment as poet lreate – the first openly gay Kentuckian the role – after a legislative ssn featurg several anti-LGBTQ bills.

SILAS WLEY GAY

“I’m jt happy to be out there as an openly gay person and to be visible and to show people that there is no monolhic gay person. Beg gay also shouldn’t be policized, Hoe said.

SILAS GAY

“Somebody said to me the other day: ‘Why do you have to be so polil about beg gay? “I’m not the one who policized beg gay.

I'm jt happy to be out there as an openly gay person and to be visible and to show people that there is no monolhic gay person.

I'M A GAY REPUBLIN. POET LREATE SILAS HOE IS AN EMBARRASSG KENTUCKY ELEGY

Silas Wley Gay, 67 of McCalla, Alabama passed away January 10, 2023.

WHO IS THURE LDHARDT? B, GAY, PARTNER, DGHTER & NET WORTH

He was preced ath by his parents, Arthur and Mildred Gay; brothers, Bobby Gene Gay and Billy Joe Gay. He is survived by his wife, Mona Moore Gay; sons, Nathan Wayne...

IT'S WEIRD THAT YOU N'T HAVE A GAY MARRIAGE WH SILAS.

The fay of Silas Wley Gay created this Life Tribut page to make easy to share your memori. Kentucky's poet lreate referrg to Kentucky Tmp supporters as bigots and proposng to a majory of the monwealth to "kiss" your "gay, untry a**" is likely not the most promisg appotment.

We are both gay, unapologetilly Eastern Kentuckians, and, wh an undntg spir, LGBTQ activists. I am a gay Kentucky floodg: Gov.

' 4 experts explaRepublins are fightg for LGBTQ rights, tooAs a gay Republin, I am small fish a giant lake.

FLORIDA MAN SU FOX NEWS FOR OUTG HIM IN BATTLE OVER FAILED REALY SHOWNETWORK EXECS BEME SPIC OF SILAS PIERCE REPRENTG HIMSELF AS A MARRIED FATHER OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 12, 2018/7:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2030PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}FRERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAGPASADENA, CA - JULY 24: CHAIRMAN & CEO, FOX NEWS ROGER AIL OM "FOX NEWS" SPEAKS ONSTAGE DURG THE 2006 SUMMER TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN PRS TOUR FOR THE FOX BROADSTG COMPANY AT THE RZ-CARLTON HUNTGTON HOTEL ON JULY 24, 2006 PASANA, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY FRERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 12, 2018 / 7:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FLORIDA MAN SU FOX NEWS FOR OUTG HIM IN BATTLE OVER FAILED REALY SHOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-12T12:46:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-12T12:46:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FLORIDA MAN IS SUG FOX NEWS AND THE TATE OF ROGER AIL FOR ALLEGEDLY OUTG HIM DURG A LEGAL FIGHT OVER AN ABORTED REALY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2014, LEFTFIELD PICTUR, PRODUCERS OF AMERIN RTORATN AND PAWN STARS, NVCED FOX NEWS TO PICK UP A SHOW FOR S FOX BS NETWORK ABOUT TWO FAI NNG AN TATE LIQUIDATN BS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ESTATE SAL WOULD HAVE BEEN FOX BS' FIRST REALY SERI, BUT WORK EXECS BEME SPIC OF ONE OF THE FAI: QUTNS EMERGED ABOUT WHETHER SILAS PIERCE WAS ACTUALLY MARRIED TO THE WOMAN CLAIMG TO BE HIS WIFE, AND IF SHE WAS ED HIS SONS' MOTHER. (THEY ALSO WONRED WHY PIERCE'S CHILDREN REFERRED TO HIM BY FIRST NAME.)NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 01: A VIEW OUTSI FOX NEWS ON AUGT 1, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO URT PAPERS, LEFTFIELD REPS TOLD FOX THAT SILAS WAS ACTUALLY GAY AND HAD NE ADOPTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FNN ASKED LEFTFIELD FOR PAPERWORK TO SHOW THAT THE YOUNG MEN, MATT AND AJ, WERE ED SILAS’ ADOPTED SONS BEE GAYS ULD NOT ADOPT FLORIDA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEFTFIELD THEN CLAIMED SILAS HAD LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OVER THE BOYS WHO HAD BEEN ADOPTED BY HIS CEASED PARENTS. FNN EVENTUALLY LEARNED THE TTH: SILAS HAD NO LEGAL RELATNSHIP WH MATT AND AJ WHOM HE FALSELY CLAIMED TO HAVE ADOPTED AND THAT SILAS’ PARENTS WERE NOT AD BUT STEAD VERY MUCH ALIVE AND LIVG FLORIDA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDG TO THE CHAOS WAS THE FACT THAT THE OTHER FAY PRENTED A SIZZLE REEL WERE NO LONGER PART OF ESTATE SAL BEE THE FATHER WAS BEG ACCED OF MOLTG HIS SON. THREE MONTHS TO PRODUCTN, FOX PULLED OUT AND MAND A RETURN ON S ADVANCE. LEFTFIELD FILED A $4.5 LN LAWSU AGAST THE BLE GIANT BUT A UNTERSU, FOX ALLEGED THE PRODUCTN PANY WAS MISREPRENTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO LEGAL PAPERS, BRIAN GAFFNEY, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROGRAMMG AT FOX BS, NTUALLY STRSED TO LEFTFIELD THAT "ANY SERI FNN [FOX NEWS NETWORK] WOULD OBTA FOR FBN [FOX BS NETWORK] HAD TO MEET HIGHER EDORIAL STANDARDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAFFNEY EXPLAED THAT FNN "IS SUBJECT TO MORE SCTY THAN OTHER MEDIA ANIZATNS AND ANY FAKG, FUDGG OR SCRIPTG ULD BEE A SNDAL TATG THE FNN BRAND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEFTFIELD AND FOX SETTLED OUT OF URT 2016, BUT NOW PIERCE IS SUG FOX NEWS, EX-PRINT BILL SHE, AND THE LATE ROGER AIL FOR DISCLOSG HIS HOMOSEXUALY PUBLICLY DURG THEIR URT FIGHT. HE CLAIMS AIL AND SHE SENT VTIGATORS TO MALAND, FLORIDA, TO DIG UP DIRT ON HIM AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"[FOX], AIL AND SHE THEN IATED A NCERTED SCHEME TO DISCRED AND VILIFY PLATIFF PIERCE AND THE BS AN EFFORT TO BOLSTER [FOX'S] SETTLEMENT POSN THE LEFTFIELD LAWSU, STROY PIERCE'S REPUTATN AND THAT OF THE BS, AND JTIFY [FOX'S] BREACH OF S NTRACT WH LEFTFIELD," THE SU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE'S TATE SALE BS WAS VTIGATED BY LOL NEWS 2015. HE MATAS AIL AND SHE LLUD TO PUBLICIZE TAILS OF HIS LIFE TO SUPPORT THEIR UNTERSU, "CLUDG FACTS REGARDG PIERCE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND THE LEGAL RELATNSHIP BETWEEN PIERCE AND HIS SONS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE CLAIMS "SIGNIFINT DAMAGE" WAS DONE TO HIS REPUTATN, FORCG HIM TO CLOSE HIS BS. HE'S SEEKG DAMAG EXCS OF $15,000 FOR PUBLITN OF PRIVATE FACTS, TORT TERFERENCE WH A BS RELATNSHIP, AND BREACH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO ALLEG HE WAS NEVER PAID FOR HIS WORK ON ESTATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

I wre today as a gay republin.

Michael FrazierMichael Frazier is the Polil Director of Kentucky Young Republins as well as LGBTQ Activist/LobbyistThis article origally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: I'm a gay Republin.

MRICE H HAS BEEN SHOWBIZ FOR 70 YEARS. HE'S SPENT NONE OF THEM THE CLOSET.THE BLACK GAY BROADWAY TRIPLE THREAT TAP-DANCED SO THAT ACTORS LIKE BILLY PORTER ULD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 5, 2019/12:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2594PX;WIDTH:2258PX;}JAM J. KRIEGSMANNGREGORY H (L) AND MRICE H THE 1960S.BY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 5, 2019 / 12:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MRICE H HAS BEEN SHOWBIZ FOR 70 YEARS. HE'S SPENT NONE OF THEM THE CLOSET.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-05T17:36:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-05T17:36:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CARLA HAY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG BEFORE BILLY PORTER AND TS BURGS FOUND FAME ON BROADWAY AND ON TV, MULTALENTED ENTERTAER MRICE H JR. HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR FABULO, OPENLY GAY BLACK MEN SHOWBIZ. THE NEW DOCUMENTARY MRICE H: BRG THEM BACK PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIM WHILE OFFERG SOME SURPRISG REVELATNS ABOUT HIS LIFE BEYOND HIS REER AS AN ACPLISHED DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, THEATER DIRECTOR, AND STAR OF SUCH BROADWAY PRODUCTNS AS EUBIE!, SOPHISTITED LADI, UPTOWN… IT’S HOT!, AND HOT FEET. DIRECTED BY JOHN CARLUCC, THE FILM IS REALLY A STORY ABOUT FAY, RISK-TAKG, AND THE HIGHS AND LOWS THAT E WH ANY JOURNEY TOWARD SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRG THEM BACK PATS A PORTRA OF A SASSY, CHARMG, AND BTALLY HONT TRAILBLAZER WHO TAPPED HIS WAY TO THE SPOTLIGHT THE 1950S AND '60S. H, WHO'S BEEN PERFORMG SCE HE WAS 5, IS QUICK TO REMD FOLKS JT HOW CUTE AND SPECIAL HE IS, BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN A LONGTIME PROPONENT OF THE MANTRA “NEVER LET ANYONE FE WHO YOU ARE." AT TIM, HE IS PRICKLY, MANDG, AND PLITED. SCEN OF HIS ROCKY RELATNSHIP WH HIS SUCCSFUL YOUNGER BROTHER GREGORY (WHO DIED OF NCER 2003) PACK SOME OF THE DOC'S BIGGT EMOTNAL PUNCH, AND WHILE HE HAS A LOYAL, LOVG CIRCLE OF FAY AND IENDS—SOME OF HIS ILLTR PALS TERVIEWED CLU DEBBIE ALLEN AND CHA RIVERA—HE HAS ALSO EXHIBED RECLIVE TENNCI AS HE'S ALT WH AGG (HE TURNS 76 NEXT MONTH).JOHN CARLUCCMRICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE’S FLASHY, BUT HE’S ALSO SHY ABOUT RECEIVG PRAISE,” SAYS CARLUCC'S WIFE, TRACY E. HOPKS, WHO WROTE THE FILM AND SERVED AS ONE OF S PRODUCERS. (H WILL SEE THE DOCUMENTARY S ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT S WORLD PREMIERE THIS WEEK AT DOC NYC.) CARLUCC ADDS THAT HE WANTED TO AVOID THE BIG GAY MOVIE CLICHé WHICH THE SUBJECT'S SEXUALY ISN’T REVEALED UNTIL NEAR THE END. “I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT MRICE IS GAY, AND THAT YOU MOVED BEYOND ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, CARLUCC AND HOPKS DISCS FOUR OTHER THGS VIEWERS WILL LEARN ABOUT H WHILE WATCHG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS NEVER THE CLOSET, AND HIS SHOWBIZ FAY ALWAYS ACCEPTED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MOST OF H’ LIFE, LGBTQ RIGHTS WERE NONEXISTENT, AND BEG AN OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN MEANT THAT HE WAS AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH RISK OF BEG FIRED OR ASSLTED. IN THE DOCUMENTARY, HE SAYS HIS MOTHER KNEW HE WAS GAY BEFORE HE TOLD HER, AND THAT HE WOULD SUALLY DISCS HIS LOVE LIFE WH HIS FATHER. HIS STRAIGHT BROTHER GREGORY, ALSO A PERFORMER, ED TO GO TO GAY CLUBS WH MRICE AND HAD NO HANGUPS ABOUT DANCG WH GAY MEN. BASILLY, H' FAY WAS "WOKE" S BEFORE BEG WOKE WAS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE WERE A LTLE SURPRISED HIS FAY WAS SO ACCEPTG,” HOPKS SAYS. “HE’S LIKE, ‘I’M MRICE. I JT HAPPEN TO BE GAY—AND I'M LOVG .’ PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT ABOUT HIM—THAT HE’S OPEN AND SECURE AND NFINT WHO HE IS.”SHAHAR AZRAN/WIREIMAGEMRICE H DURG APOLLO CLUB HARLEM AT THE APOLLO THEATER ON FEBARY 18, 2013 NEW YORK CY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H PERFORMG AT APOLLO CLUB HARLEM AT THE APOLLO THEATER ON FEBARY 18, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ED TO DATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER—AND STILL LIK WELL-BUILT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE DOCUMENTARY, H TAILS HIS TASTE MEN: “I LIKE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE BT… PECIALLY LEMEN. IF THEY’VE GOT BIG LV, WE’RE GOG TO TALK.” HE ADDS THAT HE’S DATED A LOT OF PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE PAST (HE WON'T NAME NAM), EXPLAG, "THEY JT FELL LOVE WH ME.” THE MOVIE ALSO SHOWS HIM FLIRTG WH A YOUNG, STOCKY BLACK MERAMAN WHO'S PART OF THE CREW. “I’M 75, BABY,” HE SAYS, LGHG AS HE SIZ HIM UP. “I SAY EXACTLY WHAT I NEED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, CARLUCC ASSERTS THAT H PREFERS TO BE DISCREET ABOUT HIS EX-LOVERS. “HE’S STILL A LTLE PROTECTIVE OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H WILL NEVER REVEAL THE REASON HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE TRANGED FOR SEVERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAY MEMBERS AND CLOSE IENDS TERVIEWED THE MOVIE ALL NFIRM WHAT H SAYS THE FILM: HE REF TO TELL ANYONE WHY HE AND GREGORY—WHO HAD ON-AGA, OFF-AGA FDS—STOPPED SPEAKG TO EACH OTHER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, EVEN WHEN THEY LIVED JT A FEW BLOCKS OM EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAST TIME THE TWO BROTHERS DANCED TOGETHER PUBLIC WAS DIRECTOR FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S 1984 FILM THE COTTON CLUB, WHICH WAS MRICE’S FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MOVIE, THEY PLAY TRANGED, TAP-DANCG BROTHERS WHO RENCILE—AND LUCKILY, THE LATE 1990S, MRICE AND GREGORY MEND THEIR REAL-LIFE RELATNSHIP. SAYS CARLUCC, “I HOPE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE FILM WHO ARE GOG THROUGH SOME KD OF DIFFICULT FAY DYNAMIC N SEE THEMSELV AND MAYBE SEE BOTH SIS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE HAS AN ADOPTED DGHTER NAMED CHERYL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME, H ADOPTED WHEN GAY ADOPTN WASN’T ACCEPTED MOST STAT. HE AND HIS DOMTIC PARTNER SILAS DAVIS, WHO WAS A RELATNSHIP WH H OM 1979 TO 1996, RAISED DAVIS’ DGHTER CHERYL TOGETHER, AND H EVENTUALLY ADOPTED HER AS A -PARENT. CHERYL APPEARS THE MOVIE AND STILL HAS A LOVG RELATNSHIP WH H, EVEN THOUGH HER FATHERS ARE NO LONGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRICE H: BRG THEM BACK WILL HAVE S WORLD PREMIERE NOVEMBER 10 AT DOC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MA IMAGE: GREGORY H (L) AND MRICE H PERFORMG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“This is probably the gayborhood of Berea, ” grs Silas Hoe, potg to the Pri flags billowg om ont porch on a ty street this small Kentucky llege town. Arguably the most prolific gay novelist Appalachia, Hoe was born and raised nearby Lrel County. Over ffee, we swapped tal about our fai Lrel County and g out as gay after strict Pentestal upbrggs.

WILLIAM GAY 1812-1889

His upg novel Southernmost, which will be published June 2018, is his first explicly gay Appalachian novel. The story follows a fundamentalist preacher who disowns his brother when he out as gay, but steadily alters his views the years after his brother disappears to Key Wt. Growg up gay a relig hoehold and ral unty gave him a measured distance om his muny.

“Even when I wasn’t out, the way I looked at the world was shaped by beg a gay man. This year, he gave a speech at the Women’s March Lexgton, and he’s wrten op-eds on gay rights Kentucky. And spe some hate mail, he’s received plenty of letters that read, “Thank you for beg a gay person who has a public persona—there are so few Kentuckians like that.

“I also know normalizatn is a plited term for gay people, bee we don’t want to be normalized.