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- QUEER FANS MOURN LLIE JORDAN, A SYMBOL OF A 'LOST GENERATN' OF GAY MEN
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- TWO CHECHEN GAY MEN 'MORTAL DANGER' AFTER ARRT RSIA
QUEER FANS MOURN LLIE JORDAN, A SYMBOL OF A 'LOST GENERATN' OF GAY MEN
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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
”He began to get TV rol 1986 — guts spots on “The Fall Guy, ” “Murphy Brown, ” “Newhart” and others, then recurrg rol on “The People Next Door, ” “Top of the Heap, ” “Reasonable Doubts, ” “Hearts Afire” and ma a particular imprsn on the s “Will & Grace, ” about the iendship between a gay lawyer and a straight terr signer sharg a New York Cy apartment. His Southern drawl was as distctive a part of his résumé as his Jordan said he knew om early life that he was gay — he liked to say that he went directly om his mother’s womb to her high heels and had been “on the prance ever sce.
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TWO CHECHEN GAY MEN 'MORTAL DANGER' AFTER ARRT RSIA
“The funny thg is, I am, whout a doubt, the gayt man I know. “Many gay r-of-passage stori are echoed here: hostile small-town environment (Chattanooga, Tenn. ); rigidly mascule father; humor as armor agast bulli; unrequed lov; dg and alhol penncy; ternal homophobia; weakns for rough tra, ” Mr.
The LGBTQ muny is reelg om the news of beloved gay in Llie Jordan’s ath.
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