The Way We Were's Secret Gay Backstory

Contents:

• THE WAY WE WERE'S SECRET GAY BACKSTORY
• MY HBAND'S SECRET GAY LIFE
• WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'
• SECRET CY: THE HIDN HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON
• FEATURED STORI
• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

THE WAY WE WERE'S SECRET GAY BACKSTORY

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MY HBAND'S SECRET GAY LIFE

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WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'

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SECRET CY: THE HIDN HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON

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So he set out to thoroughly explore the gay angle of The Way We Were. “There always has to be a gay angle, or I’m not terted, ” says Hofler, a gay don’t thk Hubbell is a directly fictnalized versn of any of the men Lrents loved, but he do thk the character was fluenced by the wrer’s relatnships wh some of them, cludg his longtime partner, Tom Hatcher, and actor Farley Granger. He was terrified he’d be exposed as the lculatg bastard he is — not simply a closeted gay man ught after a rels discretn.

FEATURED STORI

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THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

• Could a straight guy get dnk enough to fool around wh another guy jt bee “felt good”, or is more likely that he has some gay/bi/cur feelgs that perhaps he’s been reprsg?

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