Same Street Rponds to Claims That Bert and Ernie Are Gay | Time

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• BERT AND ERNIE ARE ED A GAY UPLE, 'SAME STREET' WRER CLAIMS
• SAME STREET SAYS BERT AND ERNIE 'DON'T HAVE A SEXUAL ORIENTATN' AFTER LONGTIME WRER CLAIMS THEY'RE GAY
• ARE BERT AND ERNIE GAY?
• IS BERT KREISCHER GAY?
• BURT REYNOLDS LET ME KNOW IT WAS OKAY TO BE GAYTHE LATE ACTOR TGHT ME THAT THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH GETTG EXCED BY A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAVID TOSATSEPTEMBER 10, 2018/11:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4187PX;WIDTH:4210PX;}EARL LEAF/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTYLOS ANGELES,CA - CIRCA 1960: ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS FLOATS THE POOL DURG A POOL PARTY HOSTED BY DICK CLARK LOS ANGEL,CA. (PHOTO BY EARL LEAF/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG)BY DAVID TOSATSEPTEMBER 10, 2018 / 11:08 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BURT REYNOLDS LET ME KNOW IT WAS OKAY TO BE GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-09-10T15:08:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-09-10T15:08:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAVID TOSAT","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH MUT OF HEARG OF BURT REYNOLDS’ ATH, I POSTED A PHOTO ON FACEBOOK OF THE MOVIE STAR’S COSMOPOLAN LAYOUT, WHICH THE SOCIAL MEDIA SE ALMOST JT AS QUICKLY FLAGGED AS A VLATN OF MUNY STANDARDS. AND THEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WTF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN’T JT THAT FACEBOOK DIDN’T SEEM TO REALIZE THAT THE IMAGE—A NAKED REYNOLDS SPRAWLED OUT ON A BEARSK N, SMOKG AND SG, WH ONLY ONE HAND TO HI HIS PRIVATE PARTS—IS ONE OF THE MOST INIC IMAG OF THE 1970S, OR THAT WE LIVE A WORLD WHERE MALE NUDY—FULL-ONTAL, PORN, TUMBLR GUYS PLEASURG THEMSELV EVERY WAY POSSIBLE—IS AVAILABLE 24/7, WAS THAT FACEBOOK (WHICH HAS SCE ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR THE LETN), AND PERHAPS A WHOLE GENERATN, MISSED THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS’ BEEFKE SHOT WAS MEANT FOR TO LOOK AT—ALL OF . AND NOT PRIVATE. IT WAS A CELEBRATN OF THE MALE FORM AS OBJECTIVY, LIKE SO MANY WOMEN BEFORE AND AFTER HIM. FOR GAY KIDS LIKE ME, WAS THE TURNG POT ACCEPTG OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’D LIKE TO SAY THAT BURT REYNOLDS MA ME GAY, BUT I ALREADY KNEW THAT. WHAT THAT PHOTO DID, AND A SIAR SHOT OF HIM OM BEHD AND NAKED OM THE WAIST DOWN, HOLDG A FOOTBALL, AND, Y, ALSO SG, IS MAKE ME KNOW WAS OKAY TO LT AFTER MEN, BEEFY MEN WHO ULD BE OUR NEIGHBOR’S DAD OR THE LOL SPORTS ACH OR THE TO-SHOP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID I MENTN HE WAS SG?UNED ARTISTS/GETTYBURT REYNOLDS ONT OF LOCKER A SCENE OM THE FILM 'FUZZ', 1972. (PHOTO BY UNED ARTISTS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS THE FILM FUZZ (1972).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1972, WHEN THE LAYOUT APPEARED, MOST GAY KIDS HAD NO ROURC TO EXPLORE OUR SEXUAL URG, SAVE SNEAKG A PEEK AT THE LIFEGUARD AT THE POOL OR PUTTG UP ROCK STARS POSTERS ON OUR BEDROOM WALL—NOT SO MUCH BEE WE LOVED THE BAND, BUT BEE THEY ALL TEND TO WEAR TIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT CHANGED ALL OF THAT, BEE THERE HE WAS—HIS LAYOUT MA TO POSTERS AND DISPLAYED EVERYWHERE, A MAJOR MOVIE STAR SAYG ’S OKAY, AND WELE, TO GAWK AT MEN UNABASHEDLY. THERE’S NOTHG THREATENG HIS POSE, THERE ARE NO SECRETS HIS EY. THERE ARE NO CLU THAT SAY, “IF YOU’RE A GUY AND LOOKG AT THIS, FUCK OFF.” UNTENTNALLY OR NOT, HE’S GIVG MEN THE SAME EE PASS AS WOMEN TO ENJOY HIM. HE’S SUBMISSIVE. AND THAT’S ABOUT AS GAY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRANTED, WASN’T LIKE I ULD E MY ALLOWANCE TO BUY A POSTER OF BURT’S RRIèRE AND SHARE AMONG IENDS, AND I DID THE SAME THG MOST GAY KIDS DID: I WENT TO THE STORE AND SUALLY STARED AT BURT’S POSTERS WHILE PRETENDG TO BE TERTED THE LATT BLACK-LIGHT IMAG THAT WERE ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE ORIGAL LAYOUT WAS FOR COSMO, A WOMEN’S MAGAZE, AND NSIRED PART OF THEIR SEXUAL LIBERATN. BUT WASN’T LOST ON THE GAY LIBERATN TAKG PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTYAMERIN ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS SS ON THE SHOULRS OF -STAR RONNY COX A SWIMMG POOL, DURG THE FILMG OF 'DELIVERANCE', CIR 1972. JON VOIGHT IS JT VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS SS AND DELIVERANCE -STAR RONNY COX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POST-STONEWALL AND POST-THE ADVOTE, THE GAY LOOK WAS BURT’S LOOK—DARK, HAIRY, MTACHED—WELL, BUTCH—AND YOU ULD SEE OTHER GAY-CELEBRATED CELEBRI, TOO. SWIMMER MARK SPZ, WHOSE BATHG SU POSTER ALSO ME OUT 1972, LOOKED LIKE EVERY PORN STAR ROLLED TO ONE. A YEAR LATER WE’D BE H WH LEE MAJORS THE SIX MILLN DOLLAR MAN, SOON SAM ELLTT LIFEGUARD, LEADG UP TO A CELEBRATN OF THE FORM THE EXCSIVELY GAY VILLAGE PEOPLE TUNE “MACHO MAN” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1973, PLAYGIRL FORMED, THE FIRST OPPORTUNY FOR KIDS OF MY GENERATN TO ACTUALLY SEE MEN FULLY NAKED. (Y, I HAD TO H THE DGSTORE AND HI THE PI BETWEEN OTHER MAGAZ AND PRAY NO ONE UGHT ON.) WHILE PLAYGIRL WAS TEND FOR WOMEN, THE MEN SI WERE, BY ALL ACUNTS, ADORED BY A LARGELY GAY DIENCE. IN A SENSE, THE MOLS WERE BURT’S PROTéGéS, ALLOWG TO SEE EVERYTHG—THE DIFFERENCE BEG THAT THEY WERE HIDN AN ADULT MAGAZE, SECRETIVE, WHILE BURT’S IMAG WERE PLASTERED SHOPPG MALLS ACROSS THE UNED STAT. EVERYONE WAS EE TO HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS WAS A MAJOR MOVIE STAR, WHO MA DOZENS OF H FILMS, SOME OF THEM GREAT, SOME OF THEM NOT. TO RCE HIS LEGACY TO TILLATG PHOTOS IS NOT MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT EVERY TIME I SAW HIM A FLICK AFTER 1972, I HAD THOSE IMAG MY MD. I WAS WATCHG A MAN, A HEARTTHROB, WHO WAS LOOKG BACK AT MY CHILDHOOD SELF, SG, AND SAYG, “GO AHEAD, TAKE A PEEK. THERE’S NOTHG WRONG WH GETTG EXCED BY A MAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

BERT AND ERNIE ARE ED A GAY UPLE, 'SAME STREET' WRER CLAIMS

A former wrer for Same Street said a recent terview that he nsired Bert and Ernie to be gay — but the show rebutted this claim, sayg the puppets “do not have a sexual orientatn. “I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said.

’ But those two… you had characters that appealed to a gay dience. It has long been whispered that Same Street's Bert and Ernie are gay.

SAME STREET SAYS BERT AND ERNIE 'DON'T HAVE A SEXUAL ORIENTATN' AFTER LONGTIME WRER CLAIMS THEY'RE GAY

They're not even homosexual (if ed 's possible for mere puppets to be sexual). The shift the standard mor of gayns to clu s subjects actually gettg married is, I thk, a reflectn of the tim. Joseph Chambers attempted to get the puppets banned unr a ltle-ed anti-gay law the ep South.

Bert and Ernie, who've been on Same Street for 25 years, do not portray a gay uple, and there are no plans for them to do so the future. Though 's impossible to p down where the "Bert and Ernie are gay" mor began, one potential source is The Real Thg, a 1980 Doubleday book by Kurt Anrsen. In this book (which purports to be "A gui to separatg the genue om the ersatz, the men om the boys, and the wheat om the chaff"), Anrsen mak the whimsil claim that among homosexuals, Bert and Ernie are "the Real Thg":.

Bert and Ernie nduct themselv the same lovg, discreet way that lns of gay men, women and hand puppets do. Nowadays, there is no answer to the qutn -Bert Kreischer is gay? While folks still say Bert Kreischer is gay, their ments hold no nsistency or accuracy of any kd.

ARE BERT AND ERNIE GAY?

More and more celebri adm every year that they are gay, but this is not the se wh Bert Kreischer sce this celebry never said so. Celebri such as Bert Kreischer have not admted they're homosexual, this is bee they are certaly not gay or bee they are and do not want to go public.

Dpe Bert Kreischer has never stated beg gay, among celebri is easier to e out, as many of them have admted to beg homosexual. Vooxpopuli manag thoands of famo celebri and 's possible we missed some tails about the qutn - Is Bert Kreischer gay?

For gay kids like me, was the turng pot acceptg our homosexualy.

IS BERT KREISCHER GAY?

I’d like to say that Burt Reynolds ma me gay, but I already knew that. Burt Reynolds the film Fuzz (1972) 1972, when the layout appeared, most gay kids had no rourc to explore our sexual urg, save sneakg a peek at the lifeguard at the pool or puttg up rock stars posters on our bedroom wall—not so much bee we loved the band, but bee they all tend to wear tight changed all of that, bee there he was—his layout ma to posters and displayed everywhere, a major movie star sayg ’s okay, and wele, to gawk at men unabashedly.

And that’s about as gay as gets.

BURT REYNOLDS LET ME KNOW IT WAS OKAY TO BE GAYTHE LATE ACTOR TGHT ME THAT THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH GETTG EXCED BY A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAVID TOSATSEPTEMBER 10, 2018/11:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4187PX;WIDTH:4210PX;}EARL LEAF/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTYLOS ANGELES,CA - CIRCA 1960: ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS FLOATS THE POOL DURG A POOL PARTY HOSTED BY DICK CLARK LOS ANGEL,CA. (PHOTO BY EARL LEAF/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG)BY DAVID TOSATSEPTEMBER 10, 2018 / 11:08 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BURT REYNOLDS LET ME KNOW IT WAS OKAY TO BE GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-09-10T15:08:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-09-10T15:08:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAVID TOSAT","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH MUT OF HEARG OF BURT REYNOLDS’ ATH, I POSTED A PHOTO ON FACEBOOK OF THE MOVIE STAR’S COSMOPOLAN LAYOUT, WHICH THE SOCIAL MEDIA SE ALMOST JT AS QUICKLY FLAGGED AS A VLATN OF MUNY STANDARDS. AND THEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WTF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN’T JT THAT FACEBOOK DIDN’T SEEM TO REALIZE THAT THE IMAGE—A NAKED REYNOLDS SPRAWLED OUT ON A BEARSK N, SMOKG AND SG, WH ONLY ONE HAND TO HI HIS PRIVATE PARTS—IS ONE OF THE MOST INIC IMAG OF THE 1970S, OR THAT WE LIVE A WORLD WHERE MALE NUDY—FULL-ONTAL, PORN, TUMBLR GUYS PLEASURG THEMSELV EVERY WAY POSSIBLE—IS AVAILABLE 24/7, WAS THAT FACEBOOK (WHICH HAS SCE ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR THE LETN), AND PERHAPS A WHOLE GENERATN, MISSED THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS’ BEEFKE SHOT WAS MEANT FOR TO LOOK AT—ALL OF . AND NOT PRIVATE. IT WAS A CELEBRATN OF THE MALE FORM AS OBJECTIVY, LIKE SO MANY WOMEN BEFORE AND AFTER HIM. FOR GAY KIDS LIKE ME, WAS THE TURNG POT ACCEPTG OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’D LIKE TO SAY THAT BURT REYNOLDS MA ME GAY, BUT I ALREADY KNEW THAT. WHAT THAT PHOTO DID, AND A SIAR SHOT OF HIM OM BEHD AND NAKED OM THE WAIST DOWN, HOLDG A FOOTBALL, AND, Y, ALSO SG, IS MAKE ME KNOW WAS OKAY TO LT AFTER MEN, BEEFY MEN WHO ULD BE OUR NEIGHBOR’S DAD OR THE LOL SPORTS ACH OR THE TO-SHOP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID I MENTN HE WAS SG?UNED ARTISTS/GETTYBURT REYNOLDS ONT OF LOCKER A SCENE OM THE FILM 'FUZZ', 1972. (PHOTO BY UNED ARTISTS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS THE FILM FUZZ (1972).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1972, WHEN THE LAYOUT APPEARED, MOST GAY KIDS HAD NO ROURC TO EXPLORE OUR SEXUAL URG, SAVE SNEAKG A PEEK AT THE LIFEGUARD AT THE POOL OR PUTTG UP ROCK STARS POSTERS ON OUR BEDROOM WALL—NOT SO MUCH BEE WE LOVED THE BAND, BUT BEE THEY ALL TEND TO WEAR TIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT CHANGED ALL OF THAT, BEE THERE HE WAS—HIS LAYOUT MA TO POSTERS AND DISPLAYED EVERYWHERE, A MAJOR MOVIE STAR SAYG ’S OKAY, AND WELE, TO GAWK AT MEN UNABASHEDLY. THERE’S NOTHG THREATENG HIS POSE, THERE ARE NO SECRETS HIS EY. THERE ARE NO CLU THAT SAY, “IF YOU’RE A GUY AND LOOKG AT THIS, FUCK OFF.” UNTENTNALLY OR NOT, HE’S GIVG MEN THE SAME EE PASS AS WOMEN TO ENJOY HIM. HE’S SUBMISSIVE. AND THAT’S ABOUT AS GAY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRANTED, WASN’T LIKE I ULD E MY ALLOWANCE TO BUY A POSTER OF BURT’S RRIèRE AND SHARE AMONG IENDS, AND I DID THE SAME THG MOST GAY KIDS DID: I WENT TO THE STORE AND SUALLY STARED AT BURT’S POSTERS WHILE PRETENDG TO BE TERTED THE LATT BLACK-LIGHT IMAG THAT WERE ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE ORIGAL LAYOUT WAS FOR COSMO, A WOMEN’S MAGAZE, AND NSIRED PART OF THEIR SEXUAL LIBERATN. BUT WASN’T LOST ON THE GAY LIBERATN TAKG PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTYAMERIN ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS SS ON THE SHOULRS OF -STAR RONNY COX A SWIMMG POOL, DURG THE FILMG OF 'DELIVERANCE', CIR 1972. JON VOIGHT IS JT VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS SS AND DELIVERANCE -STAR RONNY COX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POST-STONEWALL AND POST-THE ADVOTE, THE GAY LOOK WAS BURT’S LOOK—DARK, HAIRY, MTACHED—WELL, BUTCH—AND YOU ULD SEE OTHER GAY-CELEBRATED CELEBRI, TOO. SWIMMER MARK SPZ, WHOSE BATHG SU POSTER ALSO ME OUT 1972, LOOKED LIKE EVERY PORN STAR ROLLED TO ONE. A YEAR LATER WE’D BE H WH LEE MAJORS THE SIX MILLN DOLLAR MAN, SOON SAM ELLTT LIFEGUARD, LEADG UP TO A CELEBRATN OF THE FORM THE EXCSIVELY GAY VILLAGE PEOPLE TUNE “MACHO MAN” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1973, PLAYGIRL FORMED, THE FIRST OPPORTUNY FOR KIDS OF MY GENERATN TO ACTUALLY SEE MEN FULLY NAKED. (Y, I HAD TO H THE DGSTORE AND HI THE PI BETWEEN OTHER MAGAZ AND PRAY NO ONE UGHT ON.) WHILE PLAYGIRL WAS TEND FOR WOMEN, THE MEN SI WERE, BY ALL ACUNTS, ADORED BY A LARGELY GAY DIENCE. IN A SENSE, THE MOLS WERE BURT’S PROTéGéS, ALLOWG TO SEE EVERYTHG—THE DIFFERENCE BEG THAT THEY WERE HIDN AN ADULT MAGAZE, SECRETIVE, WHILE BURT’S IMAG WERE PLASTERED SHOPPG MALLS ACROSS THE UNED STAT. EVERYONE WAS EE TO HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURT REYNOLDS WAS A MAJOR MOVIE STAR, WHO MA DOZENS OF H FILMS, SOME OF THEM GREAT, SOME OF THEM NOT. TO RCE HIS LEGACY TO TILLATG PHOTOS IS NOT MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT EVERY TIME I SAW HIM A FLICK AFTER 1972, I HAD THOSE IMAG MY MD. I WAS WATCHG A MAN, A HEARTTHROB, WHO WAS LOOKG BACK AT MY CHILDHOOD SELF, SG, AND SAYG, “GO AHEAD, TAKE A PEEK. THERE’S NOTHG WRONG WH GETTG EXCED BY A MAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Granted, wasn’t like I uld e my allowance to buy a poster of Burt’s rrière and share among iends, and I did the same thg most gay kids did: I went to the store and sually stared at Burt’s posters while pretendg to be terted the latt black-light imag that were all the should also be noted that the origal layout was for Cosmo, a women’s magaze, and nsired part of their sexual liberatn.