On-screen, Ellen Corby and Will Geer were simply Grandma and Grandpa Walton, a happily married uple. But both were actually gay and guard their reers.
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- THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
- ‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
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However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships. | Source: Getty ImagWILL GEER'S GAY LIFE, ACTIVISM, AND MARRIAGE Meanwhile, she lived a siar life to her long-time -star Geer, "Will Geer, who got blacklisted durg the anti-munist wch hunts, had a male lover. " His partner was Harry Hay, a gay rights activist, but their relatnship later end.
Geer opted to marry 1938 after beg both a Party activist and actively gay for at least four years. It remas unclear whether his marriage to Ware signaled an end to his same-sex sexual activy or if the mician married bee he believed the Communist Party strictly prohibed homosexuals om jog. Hay was the founr of gay liberatn and created the first morn gay-rights anizatn 1950.
‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
At first, no one wanted to jo him formg a polil anizatn for homosexuals. He spent two years searchg among the gay men he knew Los Angel. However, their private liv, each was actually gay and homosexual relatnships of sorts.
As lovers, the two spired and fluenced one another to gay rights activism. Today, Harry Hay is celebrated as a sort of foundg father gay rights activism.
Geer and his partner Harry Hay were both big parts of the gay rights movement. Joel Gersmann as gay rights activist Harry Hay the play ‘Radil Harry.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
’ The real Hay found spiratn through Will Geer, another gay man, who he had a relatnship wh / Wikipedia. Did you know that stern, tradnal, happily married Grandma and Grandpa Walton were actually both gay?
Meanwhile, Will Geer actually beme volved wh gay rights activist Harry Hay and together the two beme vol members of the movement. He has also done some Shakpearean actg and has won a Tony award for his portrayal of a gay Vietnam vet the play “The 5th of July.
On one end of the Walton fah spectm stands Esther Walton, the God-fearg grandmother of the Walton fay (whose actrs jt so happened to be gay). Acrdg to the group's webse, "Northwt Arkansas Equaly's missn is to provi programs, tn, and advocy to serve, nnect, and empower the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny.