"The gay dience has been urted by almost every medium, even when has not been openly acknowl at the movi, very ltle has changed."
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STONEWALL 1979: GAYS HOLLYWOOD
* roy scheider gay *
The Closet Syndrome: Gays Hollywood.
In January 1969, Variety screeched: HOMO N’ LESBO FILMS AT PEAK — DEVIATE THEME NOW BOX OFFICE. It was the year of The Boys the Band, the culmatn of a which Hollywood seized upon homosexualy as a seamier si of the Amerin dream. In one year, 1968, there were more films alg wh homosexualy than the three s sce the g of sound.
Lbians and gay men the movi were pathologil, predatory, and dangero; we were villas and fools, but never hero. Homosexuals were prime spects The Boston Strangler, rapists Rt, and hairdrsers or queens No Way to Treat a Lady and Valley of the Dolls. Homosexualy was the dirty secret the last real.
IS ROY SCHEIR GAY?
” The ethic of the closet is also advanced The Boys the Band, which cid neatly wh the birth of the activist gay movement Ameri.