My mad gay grandfather and me | The Spectator

Contents:

• TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
• THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
• HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...
• GAY GRANDFATHERS: INTERGENERATNAL RELATNSHIPS AND MENTAL HEALTH
• PATRICK GALE: ‘I TURNED MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER GAY’
• 90-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER OUT AS GAY, SEARCH FOR LONG-LOST LOVE
• A GRANDSON SHARED DISVERG HIS GRANDFATHER'S SECRET GAY LOVE STORY AND IT’S SO PURE
• MY MAD GAY GRANDFATHER AND ME
• WHEN GRANDPA FOUND OUT I WAS GAY
• 'KATY HAS TWO GRAMPAS' TELLS A FAY'S STORY OF GAY GRANDFATHERS

TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

Tom Holland has been fend by fans over The Crowd Room backlash ( Picture: Apple TV)Tom Holland has been fend by fans om homophobic backlash over a sex scene The Crowd Room.

THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG

While the moment set social media alight wh praise, also enuraged bigots to plague Twter wh homophobic remarks.

‘It only took Tom Holland dog one gay scene for Twter to explo to homophobic rants, agile masculy & toxic behavur, ’ wrote on fan.

Another agreed: ‘People makg homophobic jok about this need to unrstand that the hallmark of a good actor is lettg yourself be open to new rol that challenge you.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; GAY GRANDPA, ALHOL ABE AND A PLAYBOY CENTREFOLD ... WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ON WALTON'S MOUNTA. BUT THE PERFECT FAY ACTED OUT THE DRAMAS REAL LIFE ...

‘The way how y’all are rpondg to Tom Holland actg a f**kg SHOW is beyond juvenile and homophobic, ’ fumed a third, and their cri were thankfully echoed by so many others.

However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships. | Source: Getty ImagWILL GEER'S GAY LIFE, ACTIVISM, AND MARRIAGE Meanwhile, she lived a siar life to her long-time -star Geer, "Will Geer, who got blacklisted durg the anti-munist wch hunts, had a male lover. " His partner was Harry Hay, a gay rights activist, but their relatnship later end.

Geer opted to marry 1938 after beg both a Party activist and actively gay for at least four years. It remas unclear whether his marriage to Ware signaled an end to his same-sex sexual activy or if the mician married bee he believed the Communist Party strictly prohibed homosexuals om jog. Hay was the founr of gay liberatn and created the first morn gay-rights anizatn 1950.

GAY GRANDFATHERS: INTERGENERATNAL RELATNSHIPS AND MENTAL HEALTH

At first, no one wanted to jo him formg a polil anizatn for homosexuals.

PATRICK GALE: ‘I TURNED MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER GAY’

He spent two years searchg among the gay men he knew Los Angel. knew that Grandpa (Will Geer) was gay, Pa (Ralph Wae) was a reverg.

lover of one of Ameri's most famo gay activists Harry Hay. Hay formed the group the Radil Faeri to liven up the gay scene.

90-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER OUT AS GAY, SEARCH FOR LONG-LOST LOVE

But he kept quiet that he was homosexual and was the lover of the. gay activist Harry Hay.

later won a Tony award for playg a gay Vietnam veteran on Broadway.

Gay grandfathers: Intergeneratnal relatnships and mental health.

A GRANDSON SHARED DISVERG HIS GRANDFATHER'S SECRET GAY LOVE STORY AND IT’S SO PURE

This study explored the experienc of 79 gay grandfathers wh their adult children and grandchildren.

Consistent wh fdgs of earlier rearch on heterosexual grandparents, gay grandfathers reported closer relatnships wh grandchildren who lived near them and wh whom they had equent ntact. In addn, gay grandfathers who reported that they had disclosed their sexual orientatn to grandchildren reported closer relatnships wh them.

MY MAD GAY GRANDFATHER AND ME

Consistent wh fdgs for heterosexual grandparents, greater perceived social support was associated wh better mental health among gay grandfathers. Th, over and above factors known to affect tergeneratnal relatnships and mental health among olr people, we found that some variabl specific to gay grandfathers were also important predictors of their relatnship qualy wh their grandchildren and of their mental health. His work appeared the German book Me schul Auge/ my Gay Gaze II, and most recently was a featured artist an exposn at Art Murmur, Oakland, you like his work, you will enjoy his portfol se, Instagram, Twter, and Flickr as well.

Hillsi Campground is a mpg statn that has been servg the gay male muny for over 30 years!

And wonrg how I would have ped wh beg obliged to marry and have children or wh beg propelled to a harsh, isolated and almost exclively mascule environment, was perhaps evable that I should have turned my great-grandfather of urse he uldn’t be gay. I now repeatedly tch myself lookg at Harry’s photograph and drawg spur fort om the thought of havg a gay anctor who found te, if secret, love at last on a prairie farmstead.

WHEN GRANDPA FOUND OUT I WAS GAY

Kenh Felts is a ttament to the age of 90, he’s fally openg up about an sential part of his life that he’s long kept hidn: Felts is gay.

'KATY HAS TWO GRAMPAS' TELLS A FAY'S STORY OF GAY GRANDFATHERS

“In 1942 when I was 12, I realized I was gay, ” the nonagenarian a child growg up a strictly relig hoehold Kansas, he felt unable to exprs that to anyone else or pursue any such relatnship — at least until he left home. “A lot of them tellg me that they've got more urage now to e out, ” he said wh a se, also addg, "I'm out, I'm gay and I'm ee.

A grandfather spir his grandson to live full of honty and love When Jefey Perri was ne, his grandfather Tony Perri me out to him as gay. When Jefey Perri was ne, his grandfather Tony Perri me out to him as gay. When Jefey Perri was growg up, his grandfather, Tony, me out to him as a gay man.

In 2009, they me to StoryCorps to reflect on that PERRI: I remember you askg me, do Grandma Shirley know you're gay?