The Hidn Gay Liv of 'The Waltons' Grandparents Ellen Corby & Will Geer spe Their Marriag

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• THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
• ‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
• HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...
• SO BOB BENSON IS DEFELY GAY, RIGHT? AN INVTIGATN
• ‘MAD MEN’: IS BOB BENSON GAY? PROBABLY NOT
• JAM WOLK TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY CHARACTER ON “MAD MEN” PROPOSG MARRIAGE TO A WOMAN

THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG

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‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY

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HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...

He spent two years searchg among the gay men he knew Los Angel. He has also done some Shakpearean actg and has won a Tony award for his portrayal of a gay Vietnam vet the play “The 5th of July.

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As lovers, the two spired and fluenced one another to gay rights activism. Today, Harry Hay is celebrated as a sort of foundg father gay rights activism.

SO BOB BENSON IS DEFELY GAY, RIGHT? AN INVTIGATN

knew that Grandpa (Will Geer) was gay, Pa (Ralph Wae) was a reverg. lover of one of Ameri's most famo gay activists Harry Hay.

Hay formed the group the Radil Faeri to liven up the gay scene.

But he kept quiet that he was homosexual and was the lover of the. gay activist Harry Hay.

‘MAD MEN’: IS BOB BENSON GAY? PROBABLY NOT

later won a Tony award for playg a gay Vietnam veteran on Broadway. Joel Gersmann as gay rights activist Harry Hay the play ‘Radil Harry.

JAM WOLK TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY CHARACTER ON “MAD MEN” PROPOSG MARRIAGE TO A WOMAN

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