On the ABC edy's 40th anniversary, Michael Montlack reflects on how he learned to be gay om a straight actor playg a straight character pretendg to be gay.
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THREE'S COMPANY MA ME THE GAY MAN I AM TODAY
* is don john gay *
Luckily, there's hardly the void of gay role mols many of experienced g up the 1970s and '80s. Who would show me the gay way?
But that imagery led to an even more alien notn: Were those the only kd of gay people the world? Jack Tripper appeared on the screen 1977 (the 40th anniversary of the first episo is this March): boyishly handsome, adorably clumsy and generally ordary most ways, except one -- he was pretendg to be gay orr to live wh two female roommat.
IS DAYMOND JOHN GAY?
This was certaly "a step that was new" but not pletely unfaiar to a boy pretendg to be straight orr to live peacefully an unwelg (and John Rter, who played him, for that matter) wasn't queer, but the fact that he had the dacy to even label himself gay was astoundg. ) that we did fact exist and uld even fd zy hom for ourselv: sunny beach muni wh fun sisterly iends and zany, if often backward, landlords who might actually prefer a gay tenant over a straight one.
MICHAEL MONTLACK is the edor of My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them (Universy of Wisns Prs). EDIT: Didn't thk this was relevant, but I am a gay man. Nowadays, there is no answer to the qutn -Daymond John is gay?
Neverthels, speculatns over whether Daymond John is gay or not are still prent certa rners of the tabloids and on var webs, once aga whout any solid foundatn. In any se, celebri all too often refe to talk about their private liv, so we don't know which celebs are gay or straight. Are you currently a fan of Daymond John and also have anythg to say about the qutn - Is Daymond John gay?