The Hidn Gay Liv of 'The Waltons' Grandparents Ellen Corby & Will Geer spe Their Marriag

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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
• GAY CELEBRITIES FROM CLASSIC TV: PAUL WINFIELD & WILL GEER
• HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...
• WILL BYERS ON "STRANGER THGS" WAS ALWAYS GOG TO BE GAY
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST

THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG

However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships.

‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY

| 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.

GAY CELEBRITIES FROM CLASSIC TV: PAUL WINFIELD & WILL GEER

" 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. 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.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...

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. "The Waltons" was a popular show the years that aired, but one of the stars, Will Geer, ma headl as a married man and a father of three who also had an affair wh a s ago, the world owned upon those whose sexual preference favored those of the same genr, and people om those eras did all they uld to hi their te the world has opened s arms to gays, lbians, and people of all sexual preferenc, and is beg globally acceptable to be whoever one wants to be. Picture of "The Waltons" actor Will Geer | Photo: Getty ImagWILL GEER AND HARRY HAYWhile most have emerged as the hero of the gay muny today, Harry Hay was one of the early activists and one of the most proment figur of the gay rights movement at the time.

WILL BYERS ON "STRANGER THGS" WAS ALWAYS GOG TO BE GAY

Dpe the opposn he faced, Hay lnched the morn gay-rights movement the 1950s and was one of the first bold voic to clare equal opportuni for both gays and started a polil party meant for gays, but none were willg to jo him as they feared the social nsequenc of intifyg wh such a doomed e that only guaranteed mockery and shame at the meetg Will Geer, the man who portrayed grandpa "The Waltons, " the duo beme lovers even though Geer was a public figure wh a wife and three children. Their relatnship revolved around their mutual sexual and polil were few words to scribe gays at that time, and havg found Geer, the duo set out to form an anizatn for their kd and cid to ll themselv "the temperamental.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

" In an terview, Hay said, "All of guys"--we didn't ll ourselv "gay" yet, we didn't ll ourselv "homosexual" yet, we lled ourselv "temperamental"-- "all of temperamental guys, we should anize. "Hay was married like most of his iends wh his gay circle to prevent beg persecuted, but tolerance and opprsn ntued to plague his life due to his stance on the gay AND GRANDPA WALTONEven though Grandma and Grandpa Walton, Ellen Corby, and Will Geer played their rol excellently on "The Waltons, " the elrly actors' health started to fail.

MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST

Due to this, the producers never brought them back to the, they beme an separable enty, but their private liv, they were both gay and volved homosexual duo married people of the oppose genr a bid to safeguard their reers and prevent public shamg.

Fun fact; both the actors who played the grandparents on The Waltons (Will Geer and Ellen Corby) were gay real life. In the 1930s, Geer's lover was famo homosexual Harry Anonymoreply 22March 26, 2016 1:35 PM.