Alan Bat was one of Bra's most charismatic actors - wh gged good looks that ma women adore him. But a new book reveals that this wty and warm-hearted man lived a tormented double life, hidg a seri of gay relatnships. This is our send exclive extract
Contents:
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- THE DANGERO GAY DOUBLE LIFE OF ACTOR ALAN BAT
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
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"Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.
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THE DANGERO GAY DOUBLE LIFE OF ACTOR ALAN BAT
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As he had wh prev male lovers, he nied to Nickolas that he was tly homosexual. "I feel that gay men who marry are terribly unfair to women. A German newspaper ed a brief sndal by revealg Curry's homosexualy 1976, but he ignored the publicy and pursued his reer and his lovers wh joyful abandon.
He actually turned to me one day and said, 'Of urse, you know I'm not gay. ' "By this, I don't thk he meant that he was bisexual, but that he did not nsir his homosexual tennci as homosexual per se, jt as sexual pas. They are NOT there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s for a performance.