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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.

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.

CDY BRADY ON HER 'GAY DAD'

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

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

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.

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

”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.

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

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.

CDY BRADY ON HER 'GAY DAD'

That changed years later when the two actors portrayed a gay uple a 2006 episo of the popular s That ’70s Show. 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.