The '70s were a different era for the gay muny, and the world was not as acceptg of other sexual preferenc as is today. So when Jim Nabors opened up about his sexualy, beme a topic of mockery.
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JIM NABORS, GOMER PYLE STAR, IS GAY, MARRI PARTNER OF 38 YEARS
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Dpe his recent nuptials, Nabors sists he’s not one to take up the issue of gay marriage, sayg: “I’m not a bater. He was a gay man who had his awakeng as a child but avoid makg a public spectacle out of up until the moment he passed. | Photo: Getty ImagHE KEPT NEWS OF HIS SEXUALITYNabors knew he was gay right om childhood but chose not to make a big al out of .
" Nabors was unapologetilly gay, but spe beg aware of that, he chose not to bee an activist. The pair journeyed to Washgton state, where gay marriag are legal, to get married. However, the two stars hid a secret om the pair were both gay but hid their sexuali throughout their liv until they were much olr.
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IS IT TE THAT ANDY GRIFFH HATED GAYS
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"The Advote published a story claimg Gat was a lbian and knew about Hudson beg gay. After her ath, allegatns me out that she had been blackmailg Hudson that she would out NABORS' CHALLENGES AS A GAY MAN IN HOLLYWOODJim Nabors a promotnal stud portra cir 1965. | Source: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagOn the other hand, Nabors revealed that his "The Andy Griffh Show" -stars knew about him beg homosexual, but Ronny Howard relled how the crew lled him gay slurs behd his back, "And not wh any ht of kdns.