"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. Ten years later, the gay dience has been urted by almost every medium, even when has not been openly acknowledged. Plays, books, magaz, and even televisn shows have prented a steady stream of real and fictnal gay suatns.