Was Tommy Kirk gay? Ex-Disney child actor ad at 79

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THIS CHILD ACTOR’S GAY DAYS AT DISNEY ST HIM HIS REER

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WAS TOMMY KIRK GAY? EX-DISNEY CHILD ACTOR AD AT 79

Walt Disney personally fired the child star of Old Yeller and The Swiss Fay Robson after fdg out he was gay. * kirk gay *

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KIRK A. GAY OBUARY

Tommy Kirk, a very popular Disney child actor the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age of 79. Fans are now wonrg if the Old Yeller actor was gay. * kirk gay *

Wh all that’s been wrten about the Walt Disney Company’s embrace of the LGBTQ movement, om affirmg TV shows like When We Rise to movi like Bety and the Beast, om “gay days” at Walt Disney World to out sger Sir Elton John’s mic for The Ln Kg and so on, ’s astonishg that prec ltle has been wrten about Tommy Kirk, Disney’s leadg young male star of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Many a gay boy, myself clud, grew up watchg Tommy mourn his dog Old Yeller (1957), turn to a dog himself The Shaggy Dog (1959), tame the savage wilrns wh his brothers The Swiss Fay Robson (1960) and reluctantly kiss Ante Funicello The Misadventur of Merl Jon (1964).

Kirk is gay–which is why he is this lumn the first place–a fact about himself hat he is que open about and willg to talk about his terview:.

“I’m not ashamed of beg gay, never have been and never will be.

TOMMY KIRK GAY, WIFE, HBAND, NET WORTH, CSE OF DEATH, BGRAPHY, HEIGHT, OLD YELLER

Fd the obuary of Kirk A. Gay (1943 - 2022) om Columb, OH. Leave your ndolenc to the fay on this memorial page or send flowers to show you re. * kirk gay *

But Kirk knew that his homosexualy would jeopardize his movie reer, clash wh his All-Amerin Boy image and anger both the homophobic Disney and Kirk’s “strict Baptist parents”.

“I knew I was gay, but I had no outlet for my feelgs. It wasn’t until the early ’60s that I began to hear of plac where gays ngregated.

Though his film-makg days are behd him, Kirk has sce appeared one rnn show produced by the now-gay-iendly Disney Corporatn.

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” Shatner was referrg to the Stonewall rts, which are often seen as the begng of the morn gay rights movement. Photo by LMPC via Getty ImagWas Tommy Kirk gay?

In his Facebook post mourng the loss of his ar iend Tommy, Pl wrote, “Tommy was gay and tranged om what remas of his blood-fay. ”Prevly, the actor had openly admted the tth about his sexualy and how affected his reer several a 1993 terview wh Filmfax magaze wrer Kev Mton, Tommy talked about realizg he was gay at age 17 or 18, and that his sexual orientatn had stroyed his reer. Gay.

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Gay (Columb, Oh) passed away.

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