Contents:
- WAS PERRY MASON GAY? WHO WAS HIS LOVE INTERT?
- ‘PERRY MASON’ STAR RAYMOND BURR BLAZED TRAILS FOR GAY ACTORS—EVEN IF HE HID BEHD A STRAIGHT TRAGEDY
- HOW ‘PERRY MASON’ TACKLED QUEERNS WH A CONTEMPORARY LENS: “YOU’VE BEEN GAY, BUT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN GAY THE 1930S”
WAS PERRY MASON GAY? WHO WAS HIS LOVE INTERT?
Portra of Actor Raymond Burr, cir 1950 | Photo: Getty ImagHowever, the inic actor had to say those li bee of the fear that he would lose his role as Perry Mason and his whole reer if people found out he was gay and had a male lover.
‘PERRY MASON’ STAR RAYMOND BURR BLAZED TRAILS FOR GAY ACTORS—EVEN IF HE HID BEHD A STRAIGHT TRAGEDY
Dpe the risk he faced if the tails of his private life ever beme known, Burr lived unr the radar as a closeted gay man.
So, now that his love life is revealed more, we fally have the answer to whether Perry Mason was gay and who was his love tert.
HOW ‘PERRY MASON’ TACKLED QUEERNS WH A CONTEMPORARY LENS: “YOU’VE BEEN GAY, BUT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN GAY THE 1930S”
Perry Mason is not gay. From the 1930s to this day, there have been many portrayals of his character; any of them, Mason is not scribed as gay.