Hall of Fame ductee Alex Karras was the origal gay sports ally - Outsports

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• ALEX THE ASTRONT: 'I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE THAT I WAS GAY, LET ALONE LNS OF STRANGERS'
• MALE LN CGHT “MATG” WH MALE LN… GAY PRI? NOT QUE
• ALEX THE LN IS GAY…
• PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME DUCTEE ALEX KARRAS WAS THE ORIGAL GAY SPORTS ALLY

ALEX THE ASTRONT: 'I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE THAT I WAS GAY, LET ALONE LNS OF STRANGERS'

I didn’t want to tell anyone that I was gay, let alone lns of random strangers.

Alex the Ln is gay…Jt hear me out. I am watchg Madagasr Espe 2 Ai wh my kids and the more I watch, the more I realize that Alex the Ln is gay.

MALE LN CGHT “MATG” WH MALE LN… GAY PRI? NOT QUE

Dave Kopay, who played wh Karras for the Detro Lns 1968, creds Karras wh savg his life by beg a close iend and nfidant at a time when Kopay was stgglg wh beg gay. Though Kopay never told Karras directly he was gay, the star leman — elected to the Hall of Fame posthumoly — sensed somethg was different and took Kopay unr his wg. Karras went on to have a huge movie and TV reer after retirg, bt known for his role as “Mongo” “Blazg Saddl, ” for playg a closeted gay bodyguard “Victor Victoria” and for TV’s “Webster.

”Watchg Alex play a homosexual ‘Victor Victoria, ’ I uldn’t stop lghg.

ALEX THE LN IS GAY…

“He didn’t know a f------ thg about homosexualy, but he knew a lot about empathy. In a culture gradually cidg to embrace any kd of love (homosexual, polyamory and polygamist relatnships, habatn), this film giv viewers the imprsn that any kd of love is OK. Also, associatg Alex the ln wh Kev Spacey's Amerin Bety character tells me ahead of time that the Zebra is gay, and Hippo is havg an affair wh a real tate agent.

PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME DUCTEE ALEX KARRAS WAS THE ORIGAL GAY SPORTS ALLY

Among his Hollywood rol, he appeared Mel Brooks’s Blazg Saddl 1974 and notably played a closeted gay bodyguard Victor Victoria 1982.

A gay old time!