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Contents:

• 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
• GAY CELEBRITIES FROM CLASSIC TV: PAUL WINFIELD & WILL GEER
• 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 HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG

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.

GAY CELEBRITIES FROM CLASSIC TV: PAUL WINFIELD & WILL GEER

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. "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.

Dpe the opposn he faced, Hay lnched the morn gay-rights movement the 1950s and was one of the first bold voic to clare equal opportuni for both gays and started a polil party meant for gays, but none were willg to jo him as they feared the social nsequenc of intifyg wh such a doomed e that only guaranteed mockery and shame at the meetg Will Geer, the man who portrayed grandpa "The Waltons, " the duo beme lovers even though Geer was a public figure wh a wife and three children.

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 ...

Their relatnship revolved around their mutual sexual and polil were few words to scribe gays at that time, and havg found Geer, the duo set out to form an anizatn for their kd and cid to ll themselv "the temperamental. " In an terview, Hay said, "All of guys"--we didn't ll ourselv "gay" yet, we didn't ll ourselv "homosexual" yet, we lled ourselv "temperamental"-- "all of temperamental guys, we should anize. "Hay was married like most of his iends wh his gay circle to prevent beg persecuted, but tolerance and opprsn ntued to plague his life due to his stance on the gay AND GRANDPA WALTONEven though Grandma and Grandpa Walton, Ellen Corby, and Will Geer played their rol excellently on "The Waltons, " the elrly actors' health started to fail.