The gay news was abuzz about the reports that not only was Jim Nabors gay, but also that he married his partner of thirty-eight years recently Seattle, Washgton. The thg is, and maybe 's jt Alabama knowledge (he was raised Alabama), that Jim Nabors is gay. I've known that for many years, though…
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- JIM NABORS, GOMER PYLE STAR, IS GAY, MARRI PARTNER OF 38 YEARS
- GOMER PYLE IS GAY AND MARRIED
- GAY ACTOR-SGER JIM NABORS, KNOWN FOR GOMER PYLE SERI, DEAD AT 87
JIM NABORS, GOMER PYLE STAR, IS GAY, MARRI PARTNER OF 38 YEARS
Here I was thkg that Jim Nabors announced his undyg love for peen on a "SHAZAM! I'M GAY!" ver of People Magaze the 1970s, but I gus I was wrong. I gus Gomer Pyle never publicly slid down the rabow while proudly wavg a rabow flag, but he is now. Gomer Pyle (which sorts… * was gomer pile gay *
Dpe his recent nuptials, Nabors sists he’s not one to take up the issue of gay marriage, sayg: “I’m not a bater.
GOMER PYLE IS GAY AND MARRIED
* was gomer pile gay *
C., has a big, happy announcement: Comg out to the media as gay, the 82-year-old star has wed Stan Cadwallar, his partner of 38 years. Even om an early age, Jim knew that he was gay. Like this about gay TV history post?
The Story Behd the Gayt Week TV History How Barney Miller’s Gays Defeated ABC’s Network Censors Why Do Gays Love The Goln Girls? Ra Moreno vs Hollywood: The Other Wt Si Story Rumble How M*A*S*H Predicted the Rise and Fall of Don't Ask, Don't Tell What Mak Disney Villas So Gay? The Gay Magic of The Nanny The Straighteng of Chandler Bg How Bewched Went Gay Whout Ever Sayg "Gay".
Ron Howard, who as a child played the role of Opie, wrote many years later about wnsg homophobic name-llg on the set. Now that he was LA, Jim didn’t do much to hi his homosexualy, but the add attentn of stardom ma his openns potentially dangero. Actors who were disvered to be gay tend never to work aga.
GAY ACTOR-SGER JIM NABORS, KNOWN FOR GOMER PYLE SERI, DEAD AT 87
For the time beg, the public remaed blissfully unaware that one of the biggt stars on televisn was gay, even as Jim was given a spoff seri for his Gomer Pyle character and then later some work on a variety show.
Rock’s homosexualy was an open secret Hollywood, but he’d managed to keep largely out of the public eye, part by briefly marryg his agent’s secretary. It’s hard to know why the mor l sudnly surged — acrdg to Rock, a private joke between some gay iends was picked up by gossip media — but 1971, whispers about Rock and Jim were beg repeated on the rad and prt. In many stat, homosexualy would rema crimalized for many s; and was still, at the time, nsired a mental illns by medil profsnals.
Jim was gay, a fact that he kept hidn for much of his life, though the people he worked wh — particularly on The Andy Griffh Show and Gomer Pyle — were aware, but never mattered to them (magaz were reportg mors, cludg a supposed relatnship between he and Rock Hudson).