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In a new clip of the edian acceptg the Mark Twa Prize, he jok how he n't wa to see what beg gay do for his reer.

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LARRY KRAMER: 'HOW ULD YOU NOT REALISE MARK TWA WAS GAY?'

Now 79, he me of age an era when beg gay was still illegal, when that unterculture wasn’t jt rebell but ser peril. The people have var occupatns and preoccupatns, but they are unified by the thor’s animatg purpose, which, Kramer says, is “to wre a history of my Amerin people” people are gay, and they have mostly been ignored by nventnal history.

WAS MARK TWA GAY?

”“Most histori are wrten by straight people who wouldn’t know, see the signs that a gay person do when they look at a person’s life, ” Kramer said.

“I mean, how uld you wre the life of Mark Twa whout realisg that he was hugely, hugely gay?

DAVE CHAPPELLE "CAME OUT" AS GAY. 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IT CLUD THE EDIAN'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH—ALONG WH A G-OUT 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;}CHAPPELLE SPOKE SCERELY ABOUT HIS LOVE OF STAND-UP EDY AS AN ART FORM, AND HOW HE WOULD "FIGHT ANYBODY" WHO GETS THE WAY OF "A TE PRACTNER" OF SAID ART FORM BEE HE KNOWS THE CRICS ARE {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;}"THIS IS THE TTH AND YOU ARE OBSTCTG ," CHAPPELLE EXPLAED. "I'M NOT TALKG ABOUT THE NTENT, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE ART FORM."{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;}THEN HE MA A SHOCKG "ANNOUNCEMENT."{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;}"AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY, AND I'M GLAD I GET THE PLATFORM TO DO : I'M GAY," CHAPPELLE SAID. "I AM GAY AND I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT THIS DO FOR MY REER, BEG GAY LIKE THIS."{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;}OF URSE, CHAPPELLE WAS JT JOKG, BUT WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BEG GAY DO FOR HIS REER? HE'D PROBABLY BE THE BUTT (PUN DLY TEND) OF ANY NUMBER OF JOK BY HIS FELLOW EDIANS, OR HE'D BE APPLD FOR BEG BRAVE. OR, BEE 'S 2020 AND WE HOPE TO BELIEVE BETTER ANGELS, NOTHG AT ALL WOULD HAPPEN. AND WHAT ULD HAPPEN TO HIM AT THIS POT, AFTER HAVG RECEIVED THE HIGHT AWARD FOR AN ART FORM HE LOV SO?{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 MARK TWA PRIZE REGNIZ EDIANS WHO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON AMERIN SOCIETY, WH PAST WNERS CLUDG RICHARD PRYOR (1998), WHOOPI GOLDBERG (2001), LILY TOML (2003), TA FEY (2010), ELLEN DEGENER (2012), CAROL BURT (2013), EDDIE MURPHY (2015), AND LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT, JULIA {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;}HIS W PUTS CHAPPELLE SOME TEEMED PANY, AND AMONG ALL STAND-UP EDIANS—BOTH ALIVE AND AD—HE'S REGARD AS, IF NOT THE BT, ONE OF THE BT. HIS "G-OUT" WAS MOST LIKELY A RPONSE TO THE FLACK HE'S GOTTEN FOR HIS PREV NETFLIX SPECIALS AND STAND-UP ROUT, WHICH FEATURED JOK HE'S MA ABOUT THE LGBTQ {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 NIGHT BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE PRIZE, CHAPPELLE PERFORMED A SET AT THE CLUB WHERE ALL STARTED, THE DC {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 FIRST SHOW THIS VERY ROOM, I WAS THE FIRST EDIAN ON STAGE. IT WAS ME, A GUY NAMED BRIAN REGAN, AND SOME DYKE NAMED ELLEN DEGENER," CHAPPELLE BEGAN. "WE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS GAY BACK THEN. WE WERE ALL TRYG TO GET SOME PSY."{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;}KNOWG FULL WELL THAT LLG ELLEN A "DYKE" IS THE KD OF PROVOTN THAT HE URTS AND SOMETIM CRAV, CHAPPELLE THEN LNCHED TO A SPIEL ABOUT EDY'S SIGNIFINCE TO OUR {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;}“OH, I’M SORRY! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A EDY CLUB," HE NTUED. "LADI AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MIGHT BE AMERI’S LAST SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND LGH AT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE LGHG [AT]. THIS IS SACRED GROUND.”{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 MAY BE RIGHT. THE GREAT THG ABOUT AMERI IS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LGH AT WHAT YOU THK IS FUNNY. AND NVERSELY, YOU N NOT LGH AT WHAT YOU DON'T FD FUNNY AT ALL. MAYBE YOU JT FD CHAPPELLE'S EQUENT JABS AT THE GAYS TO BE EASY, OR LAZY, OR OFFENSIVE, OR JT PLA UNNECSARY. HE'S NOT WRONG, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. BUT THE POT OF ALL IS, N THIS SOME WAY START A NVERSATN?{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;}REGARDLS, DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE FEELS, JT AS HIS DIENCE HAS THE RIGHT TO TERPRET WHAT HE SAYS AS THEY SEE F. SACRED GROUND OR {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 don’t know how you uld avoid the assumptn that he’s gay.

)Other proment historil figur are also re-imaged (or re-stated) as gay.

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