The stereotypil profsnal male dancer is a gay man. However, ltle if any systematic rearch has vtigated the validy of this stereotype, much ls the reasons why male sexual orientatn would be associated wh tert dance. We terviewed 136 profsnal dancers about the preval …
Contents:
- ‘AMERIN BANDSTAND’ KEPT SECRET THAT TEEN STARS WERE GAY
- HOW A GROUP OF GAY MALE BALLET DANCERS IS RETHKG MASCULY
- DICK CLARK’S SECRET: ‘BANDSTAND’ DANCERS WERE HAVG A GAY OLD TIME
‘AMERIN BANDSTAND’ KEPT SECRET THAT TEEN STARS WERE GAY
What they didn’t know was that Arlene and several of the other female dancers, and most of the handsome teen boys, were gay. But back the “Bandstand” days, Smh was one of the show’s secretly gay dancers. Ray Smh was one of the show’s secretly gay Chevrtt.
HOW A GROUP OF GAY MALE BALLET DANCERS IS RETHKG MASCULY
And while Smh knew he was gay, he was “shocked” to learn that “most of the guys on ‘Bandstand, ’ so many of them, were gay, ” he told The Post. Clark was “termed” to keep the homosexualy of popular “Bandstand” regulars a secret, Smh said.
Sullivan and the other dancers often ngregated Rtenhoe Square, the historic epicenter of what is known as the Cy of Brotherly Love’s “Gayborhood. ” There even was chatter and fear that Clark, who died at 82 2012, sent members of his productn staff to spy on them and report back the nam of the spected gay regulars. “In other parts of the untry, if you were a gay kid growg up, you were probably the only one town who was gay, ” Sullivan said.
DICK CLARK’S SECRET: ‘BANDSTAND’ DANCERS WERE HAVG A GAY OLD TIME
But was not easy on the mean streets of Philalphia to be a “Bandstand” regular spected of beg gay. The bashg of “Bandstand” regulars, gay and straight, happened all the time, Sullivan and Smh reveal.