Tyrone Smh, proudly proclaimg he’s 70 years old this year, remembers what was like when AIDS stck Philalphia. More specifilly, he remembers his iendship wh a young gay man who turned Tyrone to the activist and tegral part of the Philly LGBT muny he is today.
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11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
In the new documentary Stty and the Secret History of Hollywood, former V.F. edor Matt Tyrner sh a light on the sexual fixer who tered to secretly gay Goln Age stars * tyrone gay *
He worked at a gas statn on the rner of North Van Ns Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, out of which, he says, he and a dre of his male and female iends serviced Hollywood celebri—many of them closeted homosexuals.
Christian fundamentalists ntue to ntend that homosexualy don't exist, and that gay people choose their liftyle whout any blogil predisposn. They further argue that homosexualy * tyrone gay *
They provid a safety zone for people whose reers would have been ed if the tth about them emerged the s before gay rights and the AIDS crisis. Christian fundamentalists ntue to ntend that homosexualy don't exist, and that gay people choose their liftyle whout any blogil predisposn. They further argue that homosexualy.
Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * tyrone gay *
They further argue that homosexualy didn't exist before the 20th century when rearcher Aled Ksey began studyg sexual behavrs of adults. That, of urse, ignor all evince to the ntrary, cludg the existence of gay people as documented throughout human history. As far back time as human rerds do chronicle, gay people have existed and lived happy, sexually fulfilled liv, as the historil figur attt.
Tyrone "The Bone" Proctor was one of the origal “Soul Tra” dancers who brought waackg om unrground L.A. gay clubs to the mastream. * tyrone gay *
While the sexualy of some remas hotly disputed--even the face of documented sexual enunters--some people still refe to believe any of the ins on this list uld ever have tried the big gay way.
The 11 historil figur all had documented or strongly suggted gay enunters wh passnate same-sex lovers. And yet, people still, somehow, n't believe they were bisexual or gay! His wrgs, however, shed tertg light on his sex life: every sgle one of his plays, he impli at least one gay character.
It took 100 years before they were published their rrect--and gay--form. The reason: his homosexualy, which he always feared would hurt his reer, even to the end of his life.