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'Wasn't He Gay?': A Revealing Question About Mister Rogers

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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Michael G. Long, Editor, Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny,</strong><br /><strong>takes a compelling and thought provoking look into Fred Rogers life and sexual orientation.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Read it here:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-g-long/wasnt-he-gay-a-revealing-_b_6014538.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices</strong></p>

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funksexual
8 years ago

It would be quite a revelation but the fact he supported openly gay people is another plus that Mr. Rogers was indeed the sweetheart that he seemed to be on TV... he was a thrill to watch as a child. May he rest in peace.

8 years ago

I am fro Pittsburgh where he was from. No Fred was ot gay happily married. He was also a pastor.

denf
8 years ago

I found Mr. Rogers on TV when I was in college. My roommates had gone home for Xmas break, and I was alone in our shared apartment idly flipping through TV channels. What a revelation; I was hooked on this man's gentle, kind demeanor. To me, watching his show was like a good therapy session. Later, I wrote to him after 9/11 trying to apprehend why human beings commit atrocities. He wrote back with a sensible, soothing message. I still have the framed letter hanging in my living room. I wrote to him again sometime later, and hadn't realized he was in poor health. Some two weeks later after having received his response, he passed away. I don't especially care whether or not he was gay. He brought some sanity an kindness into a world that desperately needs it.

8 years ago

It doesn't matter to me whether Mr. Rogers was or wasn't. I loved his show growing up, it was a great entertainment show for kids, like Captain Kangaroo. When he died he widowed his long-time wife. I've thought about the implication over the years, but he still did a great kids' TV show.

8 years ago

Yes, he was Nate88. He won the CMH. Congressional Medal of Honor.

trusgold1089
8 years ago

I am from Pittsburgh he never acted on it and was married a long timehe always had an entourage of twinks

nate88
9 years ago

He was a decorated Marine and the Producers had him wear those silly sweaters to cover up his many 'tats' (a matter of record).

9 years ago

Really interesting article. Cheers. It made me think of that unbelievably camp fitness guru Richard Simmons. On youtube you can hear different occasions when Simmons appeared on the Howard Stern radio show, on one occasion leaving in floods of tears but still coming back. He and Stern obviously were friends and had enormous affection for each other, but as Stern is wont to do, he just pressed Simmons relentlessly asking about sex and relationships. Simmons just wouldn't go there, and listening to the two of them play mental chess over the issue is fascinating.