Village Voice: 'Sherman Hemsley Was A Gay! Deal Wh It!' - TV One

Contents:

• SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS RUMORED TO BE GAY & LIVED WH A MALE FRIEND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS - INSI HIS PERSONAL LIFE
• WAS SHERMAN HEMSLEY THE ONLY GAY ON "ALL IN THE FAY"
• VILLAGE VOICE: ‘SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!’
• GAY OR NOT GAY? SHERMAN HEMSLEY
• SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!
• AFTER SHERMAN HEMSLEY'S DEATH, INTER RIFE WH RUMORS 'THE JEFFERSONS' ACTOR WAS GAY
• SEXUAL INTY, STIGMA, AND DEPRSN: THE ROLE OF THE "ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW" MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN MOSW, RSIA

SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS RUMORED TO BE GAY & LIVED WH A MALE FRIEND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS - INSI HIS PERSONAL LIFE

Although was never nfirmed, 2007, a VH1 story listed him as part of the three top gay black stars, and after his ath 2012, Flora Enchton, the woman who hered his fortune, hted about his personal life.

| Photo: Getty ImagAfter his ath, a journalist, Michael Mto, published an article where he strongly affirmed that the actor was gay. " He explaed that the man was gay and that was not a horrible thg to say. Acrdg to Mto:"Um, he was gay.

"As The Advote pots out: "While there was no official nfirmatn durg his lifetime, there was equent speculatn that Hemsley, famed for his portrayal of the bigoted dry cleang mogul on the h s The Jeffersons, was a gay man.

WAS SHERMAN HEMSLEY THE ONLY GAY ON "ALL IN THE FAY"

A 2007 VH1 story that listed three favore allegedly gay black actors om the past put Hemsley the top spot. I rell a bld em about the gay actor who was a regular on the show.

AITF had that classic episo where Archie found out his tough manly man buddy om the neighborhood bar was gay. I was about 11 when I saw that episo and probably the first time I saw gays acknowledged on a tv Anonymoreply 4December 14, 2018 7:24 PM.

Phil Carey who played Archie's straight iend who was gay on the show and actually gay real Anonymoreply 9December 15, 2018 9:21 AM.

VILLAGE VOICE: ‘SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!’

I loved The Jeffersons growg up, and never thought for a send that Sherman Hemsley was gay. Damon Evans, who played Lnel Jefferson #2, was gay and out.

Here's an terview where he stat he is gay, and also exprs regrets for acceptg the part of Lnel # 2. Um, he was gay.

I get iffy on people outg those who are typilly harmls (as not beg a closeted gay who works to vilify or make life difficult for other gay).

GAY OR NOT GAY? SHERMAN HEMSLEY

The Advote and Queerty both mentn the longstandg gay mors (the first I'm hearg of them, by the way) posts about his ath. Some random the Talk sectn of his Wikipedia entry says, "It was an open secret that Hemsley was gay, but that n't be add to the article whout a reliable reference. The other his social group knew that Sherman was several gay porn 's why people knew he was gay It's jt that old people don't really talk about that stuff and really who watch old gay porn om the 1950's!?

SHERMAN HEMSLEY WAS A GAY! DEAL WH IT!

My dad's not gay Sherman once worked at the same post office as him for a few months. (There was no gay porn the '50s. At least, not gay porn like that.

While there was no official nfirmatn durg his lifetime, there was equent speculatn that Hemsley, famed for his portrayal of the bigoted dry cleang mogul on the h s The Jeffersons, was a gay man. Tags: black actors, celebri, ad people, entertament, gay black man, homosexualy, Jeffersons TV Show, Sherman Hemsley. I am a gay black Canadian male.

AFTER SHERMAN HEMSLEY'S DEATH, INTER RIFE WH RUMORS 'THE JEFFERSONS' ACTOR WAS GAY

In fact, the battlg ed Sherman’s body to lay embalmed a reigerator at an El Paso, TX funeral home for over THREE months before he was fally laid to reasons for that has everythg to do wh a dispute over his will, a fight for his tate, a surprise brother, gay mors, and iends. It jt giv me the emotns and feelgs (that) all of a sudn there’s the people that have never known anythg about our life, about who we are, about what we’re all about, about what we endured, ” Enchton said about the validy of her role Hemsley’s life beg Came Conflictg Reports About A ‘Gay Lover’Embed om Getty ImagRumors soon surfaced, that Sherman Hemsley was gay and that Flora was actg as his ‘beard’ to ver up Sherman’s ‘secret gay relatnship’ wh their longtime iend, Ken Johnston.

Followg the ath of Sherman Hemsley Tuday, the Inter was rife wh mors that the actor, who was bt known for his role as Gee Jefferson on the h 1970s show "The Jeffersons, " was gay. Jefferson was ranked at number Hemsley died he left behd neher a wife nor any children, and the qutn of whether he was gay won't change fans opn of him.

The wrer of the article based the speculatn on the fact that an anonymo fom poster somewhere onle suggted that Hemsley's sexualy ed problems on "The Jeffersons" wh Isabella Sanford, who played his wife on the also ce that the Google search of "The Sherm + Gay produc a measly 13, 500 rults, " although five years later searchg "Sherman Hemsley Gay" produc almost 70, 000.

SEXUAL INTY, STIGMA, AND DEPRSN: THE ROLE OF THE "ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW" MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN MOSW, RSIA

The actors that joed Hemsley on the list were Jam Avery, who played Uncle Phil on "The Frh Prce of Bel-Air, " and Regald Vel Johnson, the "Fay Matters" actor behd Carl Advote, a gay magaze, also speculated about Hemsley by wrg, "While there was no official nfirmatn durg his lifetime, there was equent speculatn that Hemsley was a gay man.