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• ‘I’M GAY’: GORDON THOMSON, DYNASTY’S ADAM CARRGTON, COM OUT—AND TRASH CW’S REBOOT
• 'DYNASTY' STAR GORDON THOMSON COM OUT AS GAY
•  PRI MONTH 2020 STEVEN CARRGTON DYNASTY FIRST GAY CHARACTER TV ABC 1981 SHOW THE CW REBOOT 2017
• DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY"THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL,” SAYS ACTOR GORDON {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017/7:59 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DYNASTY/ABCBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 7:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GORDON THOMSON, WHO PLAYED TWISTED ADAM CARRGTON, ON THE ORIGAL DYNASTY, HAS NO LOVE FOR THE UPG CW REBOOT, LLG “TOTAL SH, AN ABOMATN” A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE DAILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHY LL DYNASTY? IT’S NOTHG TO DO WH DYNASTY AT ALL. IT’S SULTG." THE 72-YEAR-OLD ACTOR SAYS. "IF THE AFTERLIFE EXISTS— DON’T, BUT IF DID—AARON [SPELLG] WOULD BE HAVG MAJOR FS HIS GRAVE. AND THE DIENCE THE CW IS AIMG FOR IS GOG TO THK ’S SH BEE IS SUCH SH THAT A CRETO 6-YEAR-OLD WOULD NOT BE TERTED. IT’S ABOMABLE.”PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE DB PROFILE THOMSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. BORN OTTAWA 1945, THOMSON ADMS HE ALT WH A LOT OF HOMOPHOBIA HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS NEARLY 30 THAT [HOMOSEXUALY] STOPPED BEG CLASSIFIED AS A MENTAL ILLNS THE U.S. SO YOU’RE ALG WH THAT. AND THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL.”RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGEACTOR GEOFEY STT, ACTRS JOAN COLLS AND ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTEND THE 40TH ANNUAL GOLN GLOBE AWARDS ON JANUARY 29, 1983 AT BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER DYNASTY, THOMSON STARRED ON SANTA BARBARA, AND NTU TO ACT TODAY. BUT HE WAS PART OF THE GENERATN OF GAY ENTERTAERS WHO KEPT THEIR SEXUALY A CLOSELY GUARD SECRET. AND HE STILL SEEMS UNSETTLED BY THE NEW OPENNS HOLLYWOOD, SUGGTG S NOT AVAILABLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEADG-MAN TYP, HE SAYS, ARE "A SOURCE OF FANTASY."DYNASTY/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IAN MCKELLEN AND DEREK JABI ARE WONRFUL PEOPLE, BUT PARDON ME, HOW MANY DIENCE MEMBERS FANTASIZE ABOUT FUCKG EHER ONE OF THEM? REALLY. IT HAD A LOT TO DO WH WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE, I’M AAID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE'S ALSO NDID ABOUT NOT LIKG HOW THE '80S SOAP HANDLED STEVEN CARRGTON, HIS ON-SCREEN BROTHER AND THE SHOW'S RINT GAY. (STEVEN IS FORTABLY OUT THE REBOOT, AND SAMMIE JO IS A MAN.)DYNASTY/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THOUGHT WAS BULLSH,” THOMSON SAYS. “AT THE TIME, THE AIDS CRISIS HAD A LOT TO DO WH PRSURE ON THE WORK. I KNOW THAT AL CORLEY QU BEE HE FELT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWG HIM TO PLAY THE PART HONTLY. AND THEY WEREN’T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN FLIP-FLOPPED BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND GAY OVER THE SHOW'S NE SEASONS, AND BARELY HAD MORE THAN A FIRM HANDSHAKE WH ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS APPALLGLY HANDLED," SAYS THOMSON. "THEY OPENED A N OF WORMS AND WEREN’T TE TO , AND THEY ULD HAVE BEEN. THEY HAD GOOD ACTORS PLAYG THE PARTS. IT WAS A BIG SHAME. I’M VERY SORRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GORDON THOMSON, ‘DYNASTY’S ADAM CARRGTON, OUT AS GAY
• EMPIRE STAR CAST AS HISPANIC, GAY MALE VERSN OF DYNASTY'S SAMMY JO

‘I’M GAY’: GORDON THOMSON, DYNASTY’S ADAM CARRGTON, COM OUT—AND TRASH CW’S REBOOT

” and “get on my high horse” and termate the ll, or—the unspoken alternative—would he fally say what he has not felt able to say all the years: that y, he is gay. Thomson’s experience sh an illumatg light on what life the closet for a celebry is actually like: the lculatns ma, benefs acced and sts Thomson is 72, his life has moved on, and he wants to talk about his life and out of the closet, and the “shame” of which he only now feels he is managg to rid will talk not jt about beg gay but Dynasty self (the origal show is beg released on Oct. ”) wh lead pat, or rapg his love Kirby (Kathleen Beller), and generally beg a sneaky, spible was also extremely sexy, whether a towel or gym shorts; most gay iends growg up the 1980s who watched Dynasty later said they were Jeff fans.

Steven Carrgton (Al Corley, later Jack Coleman) may have been gay, but the heterosexual Adam was queer the tt sense of the word. ‘The shame, the breathtakg lack of self-teem, has only jt begun to seep out of my soul’Before we talked about his sexualy, I had asked Thomson what he ma of Steven’s ne years of gay-one-mute, straight-the-next oscillatg sexualy.

“Today there is gay marriage, and what an enormo difference. ”Prumg Thomson might be gay, I ask if, as a gay actor performg Dynasty ( another twist, Adam was homophobic), Thomson ever wanted to say to the wrers and producers of Steven’s bizarre trajectory: “This is not what beg gay is. I’m probably as homophobic as any gay man alive bee of my background.

'DYNASTY' STAR GORDON THOMSON COM OUT AS GAY

“When I was growg up [homosexualy] was a crime, and then classified as a mental illns. I tell him how extremely sexy I and a lot of other people found him Dynasty; he should at least know that gay men lted after him. I didn’t want to say, ‘Gus what everybody, the guy playg the father is gay.

 PRI MONTH 2020 STEVEN CARRGTON DYNASTY FIRST GAY CHARACTER TV ABC 1981 SHOW THE CW REBOOT 2017

”Surely, even if he wasn’t out, Thomson would have been around other gays Hollywood.

DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY"THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL,” SAYS ACTOR GORDON {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017/7:59 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DYNASTY/ABCBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 7:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GORDON THOMSON, WHO PLAYED TWISTED ADAM CARRGTON, ON THE ORIGAL DYNASTY, HAS NO LOVE FOR THE UPG CW REBOOT, LLG “TOTAL SH, AN ABOMATN” A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE DAILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHY LL DYNASTY? IT’S NOTHG TO DO WH DYNASTY AT ALL. IT’S SULTG." THE 72-YEAR-OLD ACTOR SAYS. "IF THE AFTERLIFE EXISTS— DON’T, BUT IF DID—AARON [SPELLG] WOULD BE HAVG MAJOR FS HIS GRAVE. AND THE DIENCE THE CW IS AIMG FOR IS GOG TO THK ’S SH BEE IS SUCH SH THAT A CRETO 6-YEAR-OLD WOULD NOT BE TERTED. IT’S ABOMABLE.”PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE DB PROFILE THOMSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. BORN OTTAWA 1945, THOMSON ADMS HE ALT WH A LOT OF HOMOPHOBIA HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS NEARLY 30 THAT [HOMOSEXUALY] STOPPED BEG CLASSIFIED AS A MENTAL ILLNS THE U.S. SO YOU’RE ALG WH THAT. AND THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL.”RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGEACTOR GEOFEY STT, ACTRS JOAN COLLS AND ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTEND THE 40TH ANNUAL GOLN GLOBE AWARDS ON JANUARY 29, 1983 AT BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER DYNASTY, THOMSON STARRED ON SANTA BARBARA, AND NTU TO ACT TODAY. BUT HE WAS PART OF THE GENERATN OF GAY ENTERTAERS WHO KEPT THEIR SEXUALY A CLOSELY GUARD SECRET. AND HE STILL SEEMS UNSETTLED BY THE NEW OPENNS HOLLYWOOD, SUGGTG S NOT AVAILABLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEADG-MAN TYP, HE SAYS, ARE "A SOURCE OF FANTASY."DYNASTY/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IAN MCKELLEN AND DEREK JABI ARE WONRFUL PEOPLE, BUT PARDON ME, HOW MANY DIENCE MEMBERS FANTASIZE ABOUT FUCKG EHER ONE OF THEM? REALLY. IT HAD A LOT TO DO WH WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE, I’M AAID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE'S ALSO NDID ABOUT NOT LIKG HOW THE '80S SOAP HANDLED STEVEN CARRGTON, HIS ON-SCREEN BROTHER AND THE SHOW'S RINT GAY. (STEVEN IS FORTABLY OUT THE REBOOT, AND SAMMIE JO IS A MAN.)DYNASTY/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THOUGHT WAS BULLSH,” THOMSON SAYS. “AT THE TIME, THE AIDS CRISIS HAD A LOT TO DO WH PRSURE ON THE WORK. I KNOW THAT AL CORLEY QU BEE HE FELT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWG HIM TO PLAY THE PART HONTLY. AND THEY WEREN’T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN FLIP-FLOPPED BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND GAY OVER THE SHOW'S NE SEASONS, AND BARELY HAD MORE THAN A FIRM HANDSHAKE WH ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS APPALLGLY HANDLED," SAYS THOMSON. "THEY OPENED A N OF WORMS AND WEREN’T TE TO , AND THEY ULD HAVE BEEN. THEY HAD GOOD ACTORS PLAYG THE PARTS. IT WAS A BIG SHAME. I’M VERY SORRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“I’m a gay man playg an homophobic asshole, he’s provg he isn’t gay while playg this man longg to be love wh another man. ”All this, and you were the gayt show on TV, I say. ‘It would have been profsnal suici whout qutn’In a later phone ll, I ask what was like for Thomson beg gay and also playg a homophobe.

“I was shy, bee of the gay thg.

Krystle is now the Lata Cristal; she and Fallon are vyg for rporate glory and havg tfights; Jeff Colby is played by Ain-Amerin actor Sam Agoke; Steven is openly gay, father Blake is fe wh , and Sammy Jo is now male. In a new terview wh the Daily Beast, the 72-year-old, who played the homophobic villa Adam Carrgton the ’80s soap opera, out as gay for the first time. “When I was growg up [homosexualy] was a crime, and then classified as a mental illns...

GORDON THOMSON, ‘DYNASTY’S ADAM CARRGTON, OUT AS GAY

While the drama will rema tact, the homophobia will be erased.

The origal versn showsed homophobic sentiment when me to Adam’s gay brother Steven Carrgton (played by Al Corley), and patriarch Blake Carrgton’s attu toward him. In the origal Dynasty seri, Steven Carrgton ma history as the first openly gay ma character on a prime time drama TV show.

In the reboot, his sexualy was mataed, and to add some spice to ti, Sammy Jo who was a woman the origal seri was ma a male gay man the reboot so as to be Steven's lover. In the origal, the two don't get along bee his father is homophobic. Soon, his character ma a transn to one of the first ma gay characters on TV and champned the e of LBGTQ muny those days.

EMPIRE STAR CAST AS HISPANIC, GAY MALE VERSN OF DYNASTY'S SAMMY JO

Irked that the shownners haven't mentned him at all, fans hailed him as the first gay character and want him back. Steven Carrgton was the first gay character on Amerin televisn. Another said, "Steven Carrgton was my first tro to a gay character on televisn.

One angry fan even went on to say: "Steven Carrgton is an inic TV character, one of the first gay leads on Amerin TV, and @TheCW threw him out like trash. #Dynasty, " and another posted, "Steven Carrgton and the first gay visibily on tv, I was so happy back time, to see some reprentatn, apart om that and tal of San Francis was very lame.