On-screen, Ellen Corby and Will Geer were simply Grandma and Grandpa Walton, a happily married uple. But both were actually gay and guard their reers.
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- THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
- ‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
- HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...
- THE FOUNR OF THE 'GAY' LEFT AND 'GRANDPA WALTON'
- GAY CELEBRITIES FROM CLASSIC TV: PAUL WINFIELD & WILL GEER
- THE FOUNR OF THE 'GAY' LEFT AND 'GRANDPA WALTON'
THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
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However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships.
| Source: Getty ImagWILL GEER'S GAY LIFE, ACTIVISM, AND MARRIAGE Meanwhile, she lived a siar life to her long-time -star Geer, "Will Geer, who got blacklisted durg the anti-munist wch hunts, had a male lover. " His partner was Harry Hay, a gay rights activist, but their relatnship later end. Geer opted to marry 1938 after beg both a Party activist and actively gay for at least four years.
‘THE WALTONS’: MARRIED TV COUPLE GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE BOTH ACTUALLY GAY
It remas unclear whether his marriage to Ware signaled an end to his same-sex sexual activy or if the mician married bee he believed the Communist Party strictly prohibed homosexuals om jog.
Hay was the founr of gay liberatn and created the first morn gay-rights anizatn 1950. At first, no one wanted to jo him formg a polil anizatn for homosexuals. He spent two years searchg among the gay men he knew Los Angel.
However, their private liv, each was actually gay and homosexual relatnships of sorts. As lovers, the two spired and fluenced one another to gay rights activism. Today, Harry Hay is celebrated as a sort of foundg father gay rights activism.
HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...
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THE FOUNR OF THE 'GAY' LEFT AND 'GRANDPA WALTON'
But he kept quiet that he was homosexual and was the lover of the. gay activist Harry Hay. later won a Tony award for playg a gay Vietnam veteran on Broadway.
Geer and his partner Harry Hay were both big parts of the gay rights movement. Grandpa Walton was a Gay, Blacklisted Communist Activist.
When we look at the history of the Gay Rights Movement the USA, one name looms large.
GAY CELEBRITIES FROM CLASSIC TV: PAUL WINFIELD & WILL GEER
That famo early gay activist creded Will wh troducg him to activism! Jt like Ellen Corby, Will had been advised by his agent to enter to a 'New York marriage' wh a woman, to nceal his homosexualy.
People like Will Geer had no chance, particularly when a sub-plot of McCarthyism was to equally ot known homosexuals.
He disvered a Prbyterian church Palm Sprgs, which was known for welg gay members to the ngregatn, addrsg gay issu and enuragg gay activism.
THE FOUNR OF THE 'GAY' LEFT AND 'GRANDPA WALTON'
The actor isn't homosexual himself, but stated that he was persuad back to the fold, bee the church shared his 'relig and polil views'. "The Waltons" was a popular show the years that aired, but one of the stars, Will Geer, ma headl as a married man and a father of three who also had an affair wh a s ago, the world owned upon those whose sexual preference favored those of the same genr, and people om those eras did all they uld to hi their te the world has opened s arms to gays, lbians, and people of all sexual preferenc, and is beg globally acceptable to be whoever one wants to be. Picture of "The Waltons" actor Will Geer | Photo: Getty ImagWILL GEER AND HARRY HAYWhile most have emerged as the hero of the gay muny today, Harry Hay was one of the early activists and one of the most proment figur of the gay rights movement at the time.