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mr_lebowski

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6. You know who I think doesn't get enough credit for advancing gay rights?
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 01:45 AM
Nov 2020

And it's maybe cause he never admitted to be being gay ... but EVERYONE knew he was.

And he was in people's living rooms, night after night, and he was beloved in his role.

The center square, Mr. Paul Lynde.

He was actually the first person I came to 'realize' as 12 yo kid was a gay man. And I loved the dude already before I knew it, so like my first impression was 'wow gay people are awesome and hilarious'.

I think him ... just being himself in that role for so long did a LOT to get people across the country to accept gay people.

Charles Nelson Reilly helped a lot in that way as well.

AFA as TV went (obviously theatre was quite different) game shows were the only place people could be obviously gay in the 70's.

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