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Jse Jackson watch a vio of highlights om his 1988 printial n before he announced that he is steppg down as the print of the Rabow PUSH Coaln on July 15. 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Jackson, s ailg, retirg, but engaged founr, startg wh a retrospective spotlight on his mpaigns for the Democratic printial nomatn 1984 and 1988.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="db dn-ns mr-neg-gutter ml-neg-gutter mb-md hi-for-prt" data-qa="subscribe-promo"><div data-orientatn="horizontal" role="separator" class="wpds-c-dbVHzF wpds-c-dbVHzF-hDkAcj-variant-flt"></div><a class="pt-sm pb-sm flex ems-center bold font-xxxs font-xxs-ns jtify-center" href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="lor:#166dfc;borr:none"><svg class="ntent-box" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns=" aria-hidn="te" focable="false" role="img"><tle>Wp</tle><path d="M11.055 8.728l-1.018-1.019-.782.782v6.292l1.782 1.564.018-.019v-7.6zm-4.11.236L5.674 7.71l-.836.855v6.237l1.545 1.327.564-.636V8.964zm2.656 9.074l-2.528-2.182-1.927 2.182-2.619-2.255v-3.564h-.509c-.454 0-.672.273-.745.636H1.09a2.89 2.89 0 0 1-.091-.69c0-.473.2-1.71 1.527-1.71V7.691c0-1.073-.709-1.127-.709-2.054 0-1.037.982-2 2.782-2.637l.164.145c-.6.291-1.09.655-1.09 1.437 0 1.2 1.163.89 1.163 2.782v.727l2.127-2.236 2.237 2.2 2.109-2.2 2.036 2v6.728l-3.745 3.455zm11.108-9.625l-1.073-.982-.964 1.018v6.6c.855.11 1.491.4 2.019.964l.018-.018V8.413zm-2.382.418l-.528.545v10.237l.528.492V8.83zm1.49 9.055c-.308-.382-.69-.709-1.145-.836v3.782l-.036.018-1-.927-2.11 1.945-.036-.018V16.96c-.636.145-1.327.545-1.854 1.2l-.146-.091c.127-1.4.818-2.436 2-2.837v-3.545h-.382c-.527 0-.89.363-.963.763h-.219c-.054-.145-.127-.381-.127-.836 0-.891.6-1.564 1.582-1.564h.11V8.085l-.655-.582-.51.51-.254-.237 2.018-2.073 1.71 1.564V9.05l.527-.564v-2.09h.345v1.727l2.273-2.419L23 7.576v7.91l-3.182 2.4z" fill-le="evenodd"></path></svg><span class="mr-xs ml-xs gray-darkt flex ems-center">Get the full experience.<span class="ml-xs subs-theme blue">Choose your plan</span></span><svg class="ntent-box" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" xmlns=" style="fill:#166dfc" aria-hidn="te" focable="false" role="img"><tle>ArrowRight</tle><path d="M7.664 1.25l6 6a1 1 0 010 1.414l-6 6L6.25 13.25 10.499 9H2V7h8.585L6.25 2.664 7.664 1.25z" fill-le="nonzero"></path></svg></a><div data-orientatn="horizontal" role="separator" class="wpds-c-dbVHzF wpds-c-dbVHzF-hDkAcj-variant-flt"></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">“I am somebody,” Jackson told the crowd on Saturday at the aln’s South Si headquarters, repeatg his oft-ed slogans, but this time while seated. “Stop the vlence. Save the children. Keep hope alive.”<b> </b>(Full disclosure: More than 20 years ago, between newspaper gigs, I eded publitns for a Rabow Ph affiliate.)</p></div></div><div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Jackson retired as Rabow’s print jt before the nventn’s start. But hope remas alive wh him, and the many staffers and mpaign volunteers who rned to swap stori, reengage, and analyze. They were energized by the adoptn of polici elevated by Jackson’s mpaigns and the victori of Democratic policians his movement fostered, while aggravated by the many right-wg succs and rollbacks, particularly durg and sce the Tmp admistratn.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Jackson spoke ltle and softly. Parkson’s disease, pound by vid-19 and pnmonia, have stolen his passnate oratory and dimished his abily to speak, stand and move.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">“It’s tratg to be so pennt upon people,” he said durg an terview, after beg assisted om his wheelchair to a lounger his office. At 81, his dark wavy hair, wily gr and strong rellectns of an activist life rema.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">While his unoperative body has weakened, the termatn and ditn of his supporters are strong. Rnn speakers ced many victori lked to the mpaigns’ fluence on polics and<b> </b>feral polici on issu like health re, day re and voter registratn. It’s not that Jackson was the first or the only one to advote the issu, but his mpaigns alced the efforts of many groups. They all had a “patch,” a favore Jackson metaphor, of the larger leftist effort. His printial ns helped sew the separate patch to a uned rabow “quilt.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Perhaps more important than Jackson’s advocy on any one issue, “what he did was fluence our cisn-makg,” Hog and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge said durg a Monday terview, two days after addrsg the nference. She creds Jackson’s prsure passage of the Fair Hog Act, followg the Rev. Mart Luther Kg Jr.’s learship after his 1968 assassatn. That law was amend 1988. Fudge lled “the most important thg to my work.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Jackson’s 1988 mpaign and his Rabow Coaln ncept “was<i> </i>revolutnary,” Sen. Bernie Sanrs (I-Vt.) said a vio tribute. “It was transformative for Amerin polics the sense that brought Blacks and Wh and Latos, Native Amerins, ral and urban together around a liberal agenda which said that ernment should reprent all of the people and not jt the people on top.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">As a ndidate who mand attentn, while nstantly exhortg voter registratn and turnout, Jackson fluenced not jt polici, but policians. “Like Shirley Chisholm 12 years before, Rev has wined the path for generatns that would follow, cludg Print Barack Obama and me as the first Black woman to serve as vice print of the Uned Stat,” Vice Print Harris said to applse durg the nference’s Sunday ssn. “I am clear about that,” she add, repeatg for emphasis, “I am clear about that.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Yet Supreme Court cisns on affirmative actn, abortn, gun rights and votg rights, along wh creasgly retrogra polici red stat, cludg on books about and the teachg of racism, slavery, and LGBTQ+ rights, obscur the optimistic rabow view wh heavy clouds of right-wg realy.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">But there was more emphasis on Jackson’s fluence than today’s stggl at the nference. There and durg terviews, former mpaign ais noted numero polici ndidate Jackson advoted and where they stand now:</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><ul class="font--article-body font-py gray-darkt mt-0 mr-lg ml-lg mb-md list"><li class="pb-xs"><span>Children and fay. Robert<b> </b>Borosage, senr issu adviser durg Jackson’s 1988 printial mpaign, creds Jackson wh givg children’s issu enough attentn to get them clud that year’s <a href=" target=_blank>Democratic platform</a>, fluencg the expansn of Head Start unr Print Bill Clton (who award Jackson the Printial Medal of Freedom, the natn’s hight civilian honor), and settg the stage for Print Bin to make “the children’s tax cred a central ph.” Paid fay and medil leave, which Jackson also supported, has been adopted the District and several stat, but there still is no natnal plan, unlike other veloped untri.</span></li><li class="pb-xs"><span>Natnal health re. After beg promoted by Jackson, “Clton then picked that up,” Borosage said, “and ma natnal health re one of the centerpiec of his mpaign agenda.” Natnal health re beme “a Democratic staple,” leadg to Obamare, albe a weaker program than many Jackson fans wanted.</span></li><li class="pb-xs"><span>LGBTQ+ rights. Jackson advoted for gay rights and people wh AIDS when was nsired a gay man’s disease. He did so the face of “a hell of a lot of homophobia the Black muny,” said Ron Daniels, a former puty mpaign manager. As a Wall Street Journal reporter, I followed Jackson durg the 1988 mpaign. In one tellg stop, he vised AIDS patients San Francis, when many, cludg most reporters on his mpaign b, did not want to be the same room wh them.</span></li><li class="pb-xs"><span>Mimum wage. To Jackson’s dismay, the paltry feral mimum wage of $7.25 per hour hasn’t moved sce 2009, but Borosage noted the fight for a $15 wage “has really had massive succs across the untry” at the state and lol level.</span></li><li class="pb-xs"><span>Unn membership. Jackson is a strong unn advote and phed to make labor anizg easier. But Republins are opposed, and more centrist Democrats, Borosage said, were “never prepared to spend any energy or any polil pal” on . Now, the unn membership rate “is the lowt on rerd,” <a href=" target=_blank>acrdg to the Labor Department</a>.</span></li><li class="pb-xs"><span>Tax. Tmp’s tax cuts for the rich took this issue the exact oppose directn Jackson wanted.</span></li></ul></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Jackson’s movement, some rpects, also has gone the oppose way of his energized mpaigns. Gregory T. Moore, who 1986 was a foundg member of the Rabow Coaln’s board of directors, said “we’re kd of the retrenchment mo.” Moore, thor of “Beyond the Votg Rights Act,” creds Jackson’s massive voter registratn efforts wh wispread ripple effects, then ced the Supreme Court’s 2013 <a href=" target="_blank">evisceratn of the Votg Rights Act</a> “that by self unrmed a whole bunch of thgs.” Moore acknowledged succs, but said “the phback is tremendo,” particularly after Obama’s send term.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">But ’s not jt issu that have suffered retrenchment, ’s also the movement.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Jackson’s printial mpaigns provid an anizg umbrella that blend disparate liberal anizatns. When the Whe Hoe ns end, “there was a lapse,” Daniels said. “The rabow ncept was there, but the actual anizg of and the facilatn of keepg together was lackg.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">So where are thgs now?</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Fudge worri about placency the movement for human rights, but she keeps hope alive.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">“I’m always optimistic bee if I wasn’t, I uldn’t do what I do,” the HUD secretary said. “But I would also say that I am as well ncerned. 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All the openly gay male celebri Hollywood who are out and proud: Chris Appleton, Dan Levy, Andrew Stt, Kal Penn, and more.

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EX-NBA SUPERSTAR DWIGHT HOWARD ALLEGEDLY GAY AS EX MALE LOVER SU HIM FOR S*XUAL ASSLT

Amerin basketball player Dwight Howard is apparently gay - a man has jt sued him for s*xual asslt and dropped salac tails about their relatnship. * gay celebrates *

Back the days of the Hays Co om the 1930s to the 1960s, movi pictg gay love terts were censored by studs. Even today, movi featurg gay sex or LGBTQ+ characters are typilly rated more strictly than movi wh straight characters.

Look no further than Old Hollywood actor Rock Hudson, whose homosexualy remaed a tightly guard secret durg the height of his fame. Jt look at Billy Eichner vyg for more overtly gay characters TV and film. "I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " Cook said.

ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT

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However, the Tony and Emmy-nomated gay actor has also played Victor Strand on several seasons of "Fear the Walkg Dead, " and appeared films like "If Beale Street Could Talk, " "Selma, " and "Zola. " He discsed g out as gay 2014, after enterg a civil partnership wh poser Mark Bradshaw, llg public reactns "surprisgly lovely.

Ma history as the first openly gay player to play a Canadian Football League regular-season game, playg for the Montreal Alouett. Gay actor Matt Bomer won a Goln Globe for playg a closeted journalist the TV film adaptatn of Larry Kramer's AIDS epimic-foced play "The Normal Heart. " He also beme the first openly gay Black man to w bt lead actor a drama at the Emmys for the role.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport * gay celebrates *

" Quto me out publicly as gay 2011, followg the suici of gay teenager Jamey Romeyer.

SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT

A prevly anonymo IRS whistleblower ttifyg about an vtigatn to Hunter Bin me forward Wednday, intifyg as a gay Democrat. * gay celebrates *

The actor explaed how he felt that "livg a gay life whout publicly acknowledgg is simply not enough to make any signifint ntributn to the immense work that li ahead on the road to plete equaly.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

Gay Events & Parti. The bt gui to gay dance parti, gay pris and other LGBT events USA, Europe and Asia. Updated regularly. * gay celebrates *

It wasn't until she began watchg sci-fi TV seri "The X-Fil" that the first openly gay woman star of "SNL" Kate McKnon said she realized she was attracted to women. Helpg to change that is former NBA player Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay man to play one of the four major profsnal team sports. "When we get to the pot where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live fear that he'll be shunned by teammat or outed by tabloids … then g out won't be such a big al, " Colls wrote, but ultimately nced that we're "not there yet.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

" In 2013, he nfirmed that he is gay, though he hadn't exactly been hidg his LGBTQ+ stat—or his more than 20-year relatnship wh Raer Andreen, for that matter.

28 OLST GAY CELEBS (AND WHY WE STILL LOVE THEM)THE LEGENDS NTUE TO MAKE IMPACTFUL NTRIBUTNS TO OUR CULTURE AT {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;}CELEBRIBY MICHAEL MTOFEBARY 17, 2020/9:00 {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:3447PX;WIDTH:5171PX;}ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 19: STEPHEN SONDHEIM ATTENDS THE 2019 AMERIN SONGBOOK GALA AT ALICE TULLY HALL AT LLN CENTER ON JUNE 19, 2019 NEW YORK CY. 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HERE’S A TOAST TO THE OLST ON AND WHAT THEY STILL BRG TO 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;}KENH ANGER, 93STT RUDD/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK CITY, NY - MARCH 1: KENH ANGER ATTENDS WHNEY BIENNIAL 2006, DAY FOR NIGHT AT WHNEY MM OF AMERIN ART ON MARCH 1, 2006 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY STT RUDD/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA 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;}KNOWN FOR NTROVERSIAL SHORT FILMS LIKE THE LEATHER-DRENCHED RABBLE-ROER SRP RISG AND THE OCCULT-ISH LUCIFER RISG AND HIS EXPLOSIVE BOOK OF CELEBRY SEX GOSSIP, HOLLYWOOD BABYLON, ANGER HAS LONG BEEN A GAY PROVOTR OF THE FIRST RANK. THANKS TO HIS URBAN LEGEND-FILLED TOME, YOU N NEVER WATCH AN OLD CLARA BOW MOVIE WHOUT THKG OF HER SLEEPG WH THE ENTIRE USC FOOTBALL {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;}JOHN KANR, 92SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 20: JOHN KANR ATTENDS THE 2018 CHA RIVERA AWARDS AT NYU SKIRBALL CENTER ON MAY 20, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/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;}WH HIS LATE LYRICIST PARTNER FRED EBB, KANR POSED THE LIBLE SR OF CABARET AND CHIGO, AS WELL AS THE CLASSIC TUNE, “NEW YORK, NEW YORK.” MIL THEATER IS A MORE EXALTED PLACE THANKS TO HIS WORKS, AND SOMEONE NAMED LIZA WOULD SURELY AGREE, AND ALL THAT {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;}GEE MAHARIS, 91ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG)UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 09: JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN - "MISS BELLE" 5/8/70 GEE MAHARIS (PHOTO BY WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG PHOTO ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA 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;}THE GOOD LOOKG GREEK-AMERIN ACTOR BEME A STAR ON TELEVISN'S ROUTE 66 AND WENT ON TO MAKE POP ALBUMS AND MOVI OF VARYG SUCCS. BUT HE WAS SORT OF THE ORIGAL GEE MICHAEL, HAVG BEEN BTED GAY SEX SNDALS RTROOMS 1967 AND 1974. I’VE BEEN NNG THROUGH PUBLIC BATHROOMS LOOKG FOR HIM EVER {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;}STEPHEN SONDHEIM, 89ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 19: STEPHEN SONDHEIM ATTENDS THE 2019 AMERIN SONGBOOK GALA AT ALICE TULLY HALL AT LLN CENTER ON JUNE 19, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/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;}WH JOKER, MARRIAGE STORY, AND KNIV OUT ALL CLUDG HIS SONGS (OR BS OF THEM), SONDHEIM IS MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER. THERE’S BARELY A SEASON WHOUT A REVIVAL OR MOVIE VERSN OF ONE OF HIS WORKS. (COMPANY IS RETURNG TO BROADWAY THIS SEASON, WHILE WT SI STORY, WHICH HE DID THE LYRICS FOR, IS ALREADY THERE AGA, AND THE SEND WT SI STORY MOVIE VERSN OUT THIS YEAR.) THIS IS THE MAN THAT ALSO WROTE THE HEAD-SPNG SR FOR FOLLI, INTO THE WOODS, AND SWEENEY TODD, AND EVERY THEATER QUEEN WH ANY CREDIBILY IS LIVG FOR HIM TO FISH HIS BUNUEL MIL. Y, HE’S STILL HERE, HE’S STILL HERE...{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;}JOEL GREY, 87BEN HIR/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: ACTOR JOEL GREY ATTENDS "HAND TO GOD" BROADWAY OPENG NIGHT AT BOOTH THEATER ON APRIL 7, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BEN HIR/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;}THE TONY AND OSR WNER, FOREVER KNOWN AS THE LEERG MC CABARET, GREY FALLY ME OUT AS GAY 2015. THOUGH FOUR YEARS EARLIER, 2011, HE -DIRECTED THE REVIVAL OF LARRY KRAMER’S BLISTERG AIDS PLAY THE NORMAL HEART—A BOUNTIFUL GAY {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;}RICHARD CHAMBERLA, 85JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19: ACTOR RICHARD CHAMBERLA ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "TW PEAKS" AT ACE HOTEL ON MAY 19, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGIC){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 HEARTTHROB AS TELEVISN'S DR. KILDARE THE 1960S, CHAMBERLA WENT ON TO MISERI LIKE THE THORN BIRDS, AND HE PLAYED JASON BOURNE THE BOURNE INTY 1988, WAY BEFORE MATT DAMON. HE DIDN’T E OUT UNTIL 2003, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A VERY STRONG FEELG—AND NOT JT BEE HE -STARRED A MIL VERSN OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’{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;}DON BACHARDY, 85ADAM BERRY/GETTY IMAGBERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: DON BACHARDY, ARTIST AND PARTNER OF THE LATE BRISH THOR CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD, SPEAKS AT A READG OF ISHERWOOD'S WORK ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 BERL, GERMANY. BACHARDY AND ISHERWOOD WERE A UPLE FOR A PERD OF 33 YEARS, UNTIL THE LATTER'S ATH, AND BACHARDY'S FIRST VIS TO BERL CIS WH THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLITN OF 'GOODBYE TO BERL,' ISHERWOOD'S NOVEL ABOUT BERL THE EARLY 1930S, THE PERD WHICH ADOLF HLER BEGAN TO E TO POWER. (PHOTO BY ADAM BERRY/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;}THE PARTNER OF THE LATE, GREAT THOR CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (GOODBYE TO BERL, A SGLE MAN), BACHARDY IS A RENOWNED PORTRA ARTIST LIVG CALIFORNIA AND STILL CREATG NEW {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;}LARRY KRAMER, 84MELANIE BURFORD FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGPLAYWRIGHT LARRY KRAMER OF THE PRODUCTN 'THE NORMAL HEART' HIS APARTMENT MANHATTAN, NEW YORK ON APRIL 22, 2012. (PHOTO BY MELANIE BURFORD FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA 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;}THE FIERY ACTIVIST AND THOR (FAGGOTS, THE NORMAL HEART) IS STILL SHAKG THGS UP AND MAKG A DIFFERENCE BY TARGETG PLACENCY AMONGST HOMOPHOB AND PEOPLE OUR OWN MUNY, AS WELL. HE’S VALUABLE AS AN ONGOG FORCE OF NATURE WHO NEVER RTS ON HIS LRELS. HIS RECENT BOOK, THE AMERIN PEOPLE: VOLUME 2: THE BTALY OF FACT, IS OFFICIALLY SCRIBED AS PLETG “HIS RADIL REIMAGG OF HIS UNTRY’S HISTORY.” I’LL {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;}JOHNNY MATHIS, 84PL ARCHULETA/GETTY IMAGUNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: SGER JOHNNY MATHIS VISS HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "HOME & FAY" AT UNIVERSAL STUDS HOLLYWOOD ON DECEMBER 05, 2019 UNIVERSAL CY, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/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;}THE VELVET-VOICED SGER OF CLASSICS LIKE “CHANC ARE,” MATHIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIBLE VOIC EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON, THANKS TO HIS CROONG OF VAR CHRISTMAS {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;}GEE TAKEI, 82TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGELOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 11: GEE TAKEI ATTENDS THE 3RD ANNUAL SPORTS HUMANARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS AT THE NOVO BY MICROSOFT ON JULY 11, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGE){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;}TAKEI IS BT KNOWN FOR PLAYG THE HELMSMAN SULU ON STAR TREK, BUT HE’S VELOPED A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER AS AN OPN MAKER WH SOME POTED POLIL TWEETS THAT HAVE AMASSED NEARLY THREE LN FOLLOWERS. TAKEI LOV TO STIR UP, AND HE DO SO RIVETG WAYS, ALWAYS THE HELMSMAN. HE MARRIED HIS PARTNER, BRAD ALTMAN, {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;}SIR DEREK JABI, 81DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/WIREIMAGELONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: SIR DEREK JABI ATTENDS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "MURR ON THE ORIENT EXPRS" AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON NOVEMBER 2, 2017 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/WIREIMAGE){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 ACCLAIMED SHAKPEAREAN ACTOR REGISTERED A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WH DIRECTOR RICHARD CLIFFORD THE UNED KGDOM 2006. NE YEARS LATER, HE AND PAL IAN MCKELLEN (HIS -STAR VIC, THE BRISH S ABOUT A BICKERG GAY UPLE) WERE THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE NYC PRI MARCH. THEY WERE THE CLASSIT ON {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;}TERRENCE MCNALLY, 81BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: PLAYWRIGHT TERRENCE MCNALLY POS AT A MEET AND GREET PHOTO LL FOR THE PLAY "FRANKIE & JOHNNY THE CLAIR LUNE" ON BROADWAY AT THE NEW 42ND STREET STUDS ON APRIL 18, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGE){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 LONG-NNG PLAYWRIGHT HAS BROUGHT THE RZ (SET A GAY BATHHOE), LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSN! (SET AT A HOLIDAY RETREAT FOR GAY IENDS) AND MASTER CLASS (ABOUT DIVA SUPREMA MARIA CALLAS). TACKLG GAY ISSU WH HUMOR AND HEART, MCNALLY HAS ALSO SERVED THE LIBRETTOS FOR THE RK, KISS OF THE SPIR WOMAN, RAGTIME, AND OPERAS, {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;}TOMMY TUNE, 80JARED SISK/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: TOMMY TUNE ATTENDS METROPOLAN OPERA OPENG NIGHT GALA, PREMIERE OF "PY AND BS" ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JARED SISK/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA 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;}A SEVEN-TIME TONY WNER (FOR PERFORMG, DIRECTN, AND CHOREOGRAPHY, PL A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD), THE LANKY TEXAN WHIPPED UP MAGIL BROADWAY PRODUCTNS LIKE NE, GRAND HOTEL, AND THE WILL ROGERS FOLLI. HIS TASTE AND SKILL ARE MISSED ON BROADWAY, BUT HIS IMPACT IS FOREVER FELT. TOMMY TURNS 81 ON FEBARY {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;}SIR IAN MCKELLEN, 80DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR PL SMHPARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 19: SIR IAN MCKELLEN WEARG PL SMH ATTENDS THE PL SMH AW20 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW AS PART OF PARIS FASHN WEEK ON JANUARY 19, 2020 PARIS, FRANCE. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR PL SMH){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;}AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WH TWO ANCHIS UNR HIS BELT (THE LORD OF THE RGS AND X-MEN), MCKELLEN—TWICE-OSR NOMATED—ME OUT 1988 AND HAS BEEN A FORCE THE CULTURE EVER SCE. AND, BY THE WAY, HE APPARENTLY TURNED DOWN DUMBLEDORE HARRY POTTER. HE ULD HAVE HAD THREE ANCHIS!{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;}JOEL SCHUMACHER, 80MIKE PONT/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - MAY 28: FILM DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER ATTENDS THE 12TH ANNUAL SAME WORKSHOP BENEF GALA AT CIPRIANI 42ND STREET ON MAY 28, 2014 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY MIKE PONT/FILMMAGIC){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 POPULAR NEW YORK PRENCE, SCHUMACHER WAS A STUME SIGNER BEFORE HE TURNED TO MOVIE WRG (SPARKLE, THE WIZ) AND DIRECTG (ST. ELMO’S FIRE, THE CLIENT, AND TWO NTROVERSIAL BATMAN MOVI). AND THAT’S NOT ALL. IN AN TERVIEW LAST YEAR, SCHUMACHER TIMATED THAT HE HAD SLEPT WH ABOUT 20,000 MEN—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;}EDMUND WHE, 80LEONARDO CENDAMO/GETTY IMAGEDMUND WHE, WRER, LERARY CRIC, PLAYWRIGHT AND SAYIST, MANTOVA, ITALY, 2010. (PHOTO BY LEONARDO CENDAMO/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;}WH HIS CLASSIC BOOKS CLUDG THE BETIFUL ROOM IS EMPTY AND THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY, EDMUND WHE HAS PROBABLY WRTEN MORE ABOUT SAME-SEX LOVE THAN ANYONE ON EARTH. AND MORE KNOWGLY, {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;}PETER BERL, {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:75%;} .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;}SORT OF A KEN DOLL BY WAY OF TOM OF FLAND, THE POLAND-BORN BERL WORE TIGHT-FTG CLOTH THAT SHOWED OFF HIS THROBBG ARMS AND OTHER BULG, AND BEME A TOP MOL AND PORN ACTOR THE HORMONALLY WILD 1970S. AT THE TIME, HE ALSO GOT BEHD THE LENS AND TOOK SOME EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HE SHOWED OFF A 2015 NYC GALLERY SHOW, WHICH HE FLEW OM SAN FRANCIS TO HOST. “I GAVE PEOPLE A LOT OF GOOD CLIMAX,” BERL TOLD ME, {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;}DAVID GEFFEN, 76STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK - MARCH 15: INDUCTEE DAVID GEFFEN ATTENDS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME 2010 DUCTN CEREMONY AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL ON MARCH 15, 2010 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY STEPHEN LOVEK/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;}HE -CREATED GEFFEN RERDS AND DREAMWORKS PICTUR AND HE’S BEEN SO SUCCSFUL AT THAT HE’S WORTH ABOUT $8 BILLN, BUT HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS A PHILANTHROPIST AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS. COMG OUT 1992, GEFFEN BEME ONE OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE GAY POWER BROKERS THE WORLD, AND HE’S NOT ABOUT TO BUDGE OM THAT THRONE. DAVID TURNS 77 ON FEBARY {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;}BARRY MANILOW, 76NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAG FOR MICHAEL KORSNEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 13: BARRY MANILOW PERFORMS ON THE NWAY DURG THE MICHAEL KORS COLLECTN FALL 2019 RUNWAY SHOW AT CIPRIANI WALL STREET ON FEBARY 13, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAG FOR MICHAEL KORS){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 CHART-TOPPG SGER OF “MANDY” AND “I WRE THE SONGS” KEPT HIS SEXUALY A SECRET OM HIS FAN BASE FOR S. BUT 2015, HE FALLY REVEALED THAT HE’D MARRIED HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, GARRY KIEF, AND THE FANS WERE FE WH . I GUS HE N’T SE WHOUT HIM...{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;}FELICE PINO, 75JU DOMSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - JUNE 04: WRER FELICE PINO ATTENDS THE 2012 LAMBDA LERARY AWARDS AT THE GRADUATE CENTER AT CY UNIVERSY OF NEW YORK ON JUNE 4, 2012 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JU DOMSKI/WIREIMAGE){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 NYC WRER/CRIC HAS NOT ONLY HAD HIS WORDS FEATURED JT ABOUT EVERY MAJOR QUEER PUBLITN THERE IS, BUT HE’S STARTED PUBLISHG HO THAT HAVE SHOWSED THE WORKS OF UP AND G QUEER ARTISTS FOR YEARS. HE IS SENTIAL. PINO TURNS 76 ON FEBARY {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;}ARMISTEAD MP, 75SOPHIE BASSOULS/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGWRER ARMISTEAD MP, THOR OF "TAL OF THE CY" SAT MALO'S FTIVAL S ETONNANTS VOYAGRS, 20TH MAY 2018 (PHOTO BY SOPHIE BASSOULS/SYGMA VIA 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;}A LERARY LEGEND AND A GAY VOICE, MP IS BT KNOWN FOR WRG TAL OF THE CY, A SERI OF QUIRKY SAN FRANCIS–SET {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;}GORDON THOMSON, 74PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){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 CANADIAN ACTOR WAS SENSATNALLY SEXY AS THE SNARLG ADAM CARRGTON ON THE PRIME TIME SOAP DYNASTY, STARTG 1982. HE ME OUT 2017, TELLG THE DAILY BEAST, “IT’S NOT SOMETHG I’VE EVER ANNOUNCED. I’M ASSUMG THAT PEOPLE KNOW, AND NOW THAT I’M MY AGE, THAT’S FE.”{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;}ANDRé DE SHIELDS, 74TAYLOR HILL/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - JUNE 09: ANDRE DE SHIELDS ATTENDS THE 2019 TONY AWARDS AT RAD CY MIC HALL ON JUNE 9, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY TAYLOR HILL/FILMMAGIC,){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 ORIGAL WIZ THE WIZ, DE SHIELDS HAS HAD A STORIED BROADWAY REER, LAST YEAR WNG A TONY FOR HIS SPARKPLUG PERFORMANCE AS HERM, THE SALTY NARRATOR OF HASTOWN. HIS TRIP TO THE PODIUM WAS ONE OF TONY’S ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD {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;}JOHN WATERS, 73ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE/SPECIAL RATES APPLY) JOHN WATERS ATTENDS A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS 2013 AT STAGE 48 ON DECEMBER 13, 2013 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROB MARCHANT/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;}THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE WORD WH LICLY MENTED MOVI LIKE PK FLAMGOS AND FEMALE TROUBLE, THE BALTIMORE-BASED WATERS WENT ON TO SUCCSFULLY SWCH TON WH THE SOCIALLY NSC HAIRSPRAY. HE DON’T MAKE FILMS ANYMORE, BUT YOU N TCH UP WH HIM VIA HIS BOOKS AND HIS SPEAKG ENGAGEMENTS, WHICH ARE A SPLENDID MIX OF HIGH- AND {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;}SIR ELTON JOHN, 72DIA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAGBEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 24: ELTON JOHN ATTENDS THE 2019 VANY FAIR OSR PARTY HOSTED BY RADHIKA JON AT WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMG ARTS ON FEBARY 24, 2019 BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY DIA DIPASUPIL/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;}THE SEQUED ROCKETMAN [WHO RECENTLY PICKED UP A SEND OSR] HAS NOTHG TO PROVE ANYMORE, HAVG LONG BEEN AN OPENLY GAY HMAKER AND FASHN PLATE. BUT HE’S NOT EXACTLY RTG ON ROYALTI OM “CRODILE ROCK” AND THE LN KG. HE’S WRTEN THE MIC FOR A DEVIL WEARS PRADA MIL HEAD TO BROADWAY NEXT SEASON, AND EVEN IF DON’T GET A LOT OF VERAGE VOGUE, SOUNDS LIKE 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;}BCE VILANCH, 71DJALA ROSA COCHRAN/WIREIMAGEBCE VILANCH DURG 19TH ANNUAL BROADWAY'S STARS THE ALLEY AT SHUBERT ALLEY NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK, UNED STAT. 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