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Contents:

• WHY THE GAYS LOVED JOAN RIVERS (HT: SHE LOVED BACK)
• JOAN RIVERS OFFICIAT A SURPRISE GAY WEDDG AT HER NY BOOK SIGNG
• JOAN RIVERS OFFICIAT GAY WEDDG AT 'DIARY OF A MAD DIVA' SIGNG IN NEW YORK
• JOAN RIVERS, MELISSA RIVERS TALK MOTHERHOOD, GAY MARRIAGE
• 10 JOAN RIVERS QUOT ABOUT GAYS
• JOAN RIVERS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIT AND LOUST GAY INS
• JOAN RIVERS OFFICIAT IMPROMPTU GAY MARRIAGE DURG NYC BOOK SIGNG
• JOAN RIVERS REMEMBERED BY GAY COUPLE REPORTEDLY MARRIED BY HER JT A WEEK BEFORE SHE DIED
• JOAN RIVERS OFFICIATED IMPROMPTU GAY MARRIAGE AT BOOK SIGNG

WHY THE GAYS LOVED JOAN RIVERS (HT: SHE LOVED BACK)

For so many gays, like me, ’s fair to say we thought Joan Rivers was jt too funny to die.

“My gay fans have been wonrful om day one, ” Rivers told The Advote earlier this year, addg: “I remember when I was workg at the Duplex Greenwich Village New York at the begng of my reer and the only on who would lgh at my jok were the gay guys. ”The in ntued: “Even today when I’m on tour I always know if I get eight gay men the ont row ’s gog to be a great show. Maybe ’s jt me and I know they’re gog to lgh at what I’d lgh at, but when my gays are the dience ’s always a good time.

JOAN RIVERS OFFICIAT A SURPRISE GAY WEDDG AT HER NY BOOK SIGNG

“Please also know that she was out ont helpg people wh AIDS at the very begng of the AIDS crisis, when so many others turned away fear, ” she posted on Facebook after learng of Rivers’ and thor Bryan Batt of “Mad Men” told the Washgton Post exclively: “I thk she meant so much to the gay muny bee she was an origal, a pneer, and supported equaly om the start.

To a young gay journalist, that was the hight praise the world.

JOAN RIVERS OFFICIAT GAY WEDDG AT 'DIARY OF A MAD DIVA' SIGNG IN NEW YORK

No sacred ws 2009 she voiced her opposn to same-sex marriage: “Gay marriage, I am so agast bee all my gay iends are out.

”In a 2012 terview wh lumnist Liz Smh, she reerated her opposn to gay weddgs, wh a Rivers twist, of urse:“I HATE gay weddgs.

JOAN RIVERS, MELISSA RIVERS TALK MOTHERHOOD, GAY MARRIAGE

I’m thrilled about the equal rights thg … but gay weddgs are like the War on Terror — they go on forever….

10 JOAN RIVERS QUOT ABOUT GAYS

Gay weddgs are a lifetime mment — for the guts. Bee stereotyp be damned, gays love paras. ”On the red rpet at the Goln Glob, Rivers let her motor mouth n: “For years Hollywood has had films that were gay.

JOAN RIVERS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIT AND LOUST GAY INS

Last weekend was particularly gay -- and married -- as a pair of longtime LGBT alli officiated at separate weddgs of gay upl, one on each ast of the U.

JOAN RIVERS OFFICIAT IMPROMPTU GAY MARRIAGE DURG NYC BOOK SIGNG

By the power vted her by the state of New York, edian and thor Joan Rivers officiated an impromptu gay weddg between two of her fans at her Barn & Noble book signg of Diary of a Mad Diva New York Cy on Monday.

JOAN RIVERS REMEMBERED BY GAY COUPLE REPORTEDLY MARRIED BY HER JT A WEEK BEFORE SHE DIED

Joan Rivers n now add "gay weddg officiant" to her ever-growg list of tl and acplishments. In 2013, the self-proclaimed "queen of the gays" officiated at a "Kg Kong"-themed ceremony for Prton Bailey and Theo Bleckmann atop the Empire State Buildg. I am fortunate enough to live New York, a state that has regnized gay nuptials sce 2011.

JOAN RIVERS OFFICIATED IMPROMPTU GAY MARRIAGE AT BOOK SIGNG

I'm also immensely happy and grateful that almost everyone my daily life has been amazgly supportive through the years: of both my beg openly gay and of my marriage.

When I told my mother I was gay, she was pretty ol about ...