Ltle Richard was anti-gay when he died, but his queer cultural fluence overshadows all - LGBTQ Natn

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• IS RICHARD SIMMONS GAY? HERE IS THE TTH
• LTLE RICHARD WAS ANTI-GAY WHEN HE DIED, BUT HIS QUEER CULTURAL FLUENCE OVERSHADOWS ALL

IS RICHARD SIMMONS GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

He was naked a full month his sophomore year at Yale and threatened wh expulsn.

Although nearly every character’s sexualy was addrsed at some pot throughout her six seasons as the mastermd of The CW seri, Michel’s (Yanic Tdale) — Lorelai Gilmore’s (Lren Graham) right hand man at the Dragonfly Inn — largely remaed a mystery, though a majory of viewers have e to assume that he is gay.

But wh the first episo of the four-part revival, Sherman-Pallado addrs the longstandg query about the Frenchman a nversatn between Michel and Lorelai at the Inn: he is gay and is planng to adopt a son wh his hband, Freric. But recently, mors have been swirlg that Richard Simmons is gay. Is Richard Simmons Gay?

LTLE RICHARD WAS ANTI-GAY WHEN HE DIED, BUT HIS QUEER CULTURAL FLUENCE OVERSHADOWS ALL

In 2019, an episo of the podst Missg Richard Simmons featured terviews wh some of Simmons’ iends and associat, who said they believed he was gay. Although he’s hailed as a queer in and a self-scribed “The Kg and Queen of Rock and Roll, ” his flamboyant inic style differed om the anti-gay Christiany he poed later life, leavg behd a tly nflicted legacy. His dad then kicked him out for beg gay at age 15 and was shot and killed by a ctomer outsi of his own nightclub when Richard was 19.