Barry Williams on the Brady Bunch legacy and gay -star Robert Reed

Contents:

• 2 ‘BRADY BUNCH’ ACTORS PLAYED A GAY COUPLE A GROOVY S
• CDY BRADY ON HER 'GAY DAD'
• BARRY WILLIAMS ON THE BRADY BUNCH LEGACY AND GAY -STAR ROBERT REED
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• TOM BRADY HAS TREATED GAY MEN WELL WHILE NEVER TALKG PUBLICLY ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS OR OFFERG ANY SUPPORT
• CDY BRADY ON HER 'GAY DAD'
• 2 ‘BRADY BUNCH’ ACTORS PLAYED A GAY COUPLE A GROOVY S

2 ‘BRADY BUNCH’ ACTORS PLAYED A GAY COUPLE A GROOVY S

Fifteen years ago, when Reed died of AIDS, the world learned that he was gay, which me as a huge shock to many people. Reed was gay but kept hidn. hi the fact that he was a gay man playg a straight person on televisn.

CDY BRADY ON HER 'GAY DAD'

existed at that time wh the public knowg that Robert Reed was gay. ”The st of 'The Brady Bunch'; Photo: Walt Disney Televisn via Getty Imag Photo Archiv/Walt Disney Televisn via Getty ImagReed was a homosexual real life and kept his sexualy a secretAs Mike, Reed was the level-head patriarch of the Brady fay, dolg out words of wisdom wh a kdly tone and fatherly hugs at the ready. In real life, Reed, a classilly-traed actor, was a homosexual who kept his private life unr wraps, a not unmon occurrence at the time due to fears the revelatn would impact ongog reer succs.

BARRY WILLIAMS ON THE BRADY BUNCH LEGACY AND GAY -STAR ROBERT REED

“I don’t thk The Brady Bunch uld have existed at that time wh the public knowg that Robert Reed was gay.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

18 (UPI) -- Former "Brady Bunch" brothers Chris Knight and Barry Williams are breakg the Brady mold by portrayg gay lovers on Fox TV's "That '70s Show. Knight, 47, bt known as Peter Brady, and Williams, 51, aka Greg Brady, have already shot the episo which they play a gay uple who mov next door to the Foreman fay, the New York Daily News reported Wednday. Reed kept a secret that he was gay until he died 1992.

TOM BRADY HAS TREATED GAY MEN WELL WHILE NEVER TALKG PUBLICLY ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS OR OFFERG ANY SUPPORT

”While homosexualy has been more visible recently on work TV wh shows like Ellen and Will & Grace, when The Brady Bunch first aired 1968, Reed’s sexualy would not have been well received. ”“I don’t thk The Brady Bunch uld have existed at that time wh the public knowg that Robert Reed was gay, ” says Henrson. However, some viewers might not know that two actors who played brothers on The Brady Bunch also portrayed a gay uple another TV edy s later.

On-screen brothers Barry Williams and Christopher Knight later played a gay uple. That changed years later when the two actors portrayed a gay uple a 2006 episo of the popular s That ’70s Show.

CDY BRADY ON HER 'GAY DAD'

In a heartfelt open letter posted on her Facebook fan page last week durg the Supreme Court's hearg on gay marriage, Olsen wrote, "As a child, I was BLESSED to have another father figure my life. So I really n hontly say, 'My Dad was Gay.

2 ‘BRADY BUNCH’ ACTORS PLAYED A GAY COUPLE A GROOVY S

"I n also say that beg gay killed him, " she add. Followg his ath, st members, cludg Florence Henrson, who played his wife on the show, and Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, acknowledged that he was a closeted homosexual. Olsen wrote last Wednday's post that bee his homosexualy was "so taboo, he uld never make peace wh himself.

In addn to her tribute to her "gay dad, " Olsen posted a picture of herself om the inic seri prayg bi Reed and Henrson, along wh the ptn, "Please God, let the Supreme Court know that you thk 's OK for gay people to marry. After receivg thoands of ments, many of them posive, Olsen wrote on her Facebook page Friday, "Many thanks to all the wonrful people (nearly as many straight people as gay! The Brady patriarch was portrayed by Robert Reed, who, was posthumoly revealed, was a gay man livg a eply closeted existence.