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Contents:
- PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS
- WHY IS APPLE'S TIM COOK THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO OF A MAJOR US FIRM?
- COOK: BEG GAY ‘IS GOD’S GREATT GIFT TO ME’
PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS
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In the Pierce bgraphy, From Drags to Rich, John Wallraff wr that Dean was among the celebri who me out to watch Pierce perform at the Gild Cage gay nightclub on Ellis Street San Francis. Flynn, a Hollywood actor, was beg very open about his ‘gayns. He was 76, openly gay and had earned a reputatn as an acclaimed stage director.