John Inman, who died last week, will always be known for his tchphrase 'I'm ee'. The 'gay' word was never ed by Inman or anyone else. It was all a b, er, mp
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- MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN
- MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN
MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN
Vio: John Inman, who died yterday a London hospal at the age of 71 after a long battle agast liver disease, was probably rponsible for raisg the profile of the homosexual male to s hight level sce the heyday of Osr, ironilly, theTV role for which he will always be remembered furiated the activists of Gay Liberatn. ' - as the sort of meang sexual stereotype they were fightg to years after the seri end, members of the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly monstrated outsi theatr where Inman happened to be the star of Are You Beg Served? Inman nied that Humphri was gay - but no one agreed wh him.
' - as the sort of meang sexual stereotype they were fightg to years after the seri end, members of the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly monstrated outsi theatr where Inman happened to be appearg. Nied that Humphri was gay - but no one agreed wh him. Humphri exhibs many of the behavrs typil of a gay stereotype, his te sexual orientatn is never explicly nfirmed the seri.
Humphri is ually que eager to wa on male ctomers, particularly those wh a seemgly homoerotic requt.
MR HUMPHRI, A GAY IN WHO WAS HATED BY GAY LIBERATN
However, this isn't always the se- sometim Mr Humphri is que taken aback by gay ctomers, almost to the pot of repulsn. In episo 1 of season 1 Daffyd asks "Who was the gay character Are You Beg Served?
" In episo 5 of Ash to Ash (set 1981), DS Carlg requts advice on how to act durg an unrver vtigatn a gay bar, promptg DC Skelton to imate the tramark exchange: "Are you ee, Mr. “It was a very different world back the 1970s and early 1980s and I thk what’s fortunate about beg able to do his kd of character aga is that gay men are much more accepted now.