• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    For those that think LGBT folks are currently in hell, back in the day even the most famous entertainers couldn’t come out. Despite Elton John and Liberace being up-in-your-grill gay, it was not spoken of. They were merely a little “light in the loafers”.

    When I was a kid and Rock Hudson got AIDS the world was stunned to find out he was gay. Talk about in the deep closet!

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      3 days ago

      When I was a kid and Rock Hudson got AIDS the world was stunned to find out he was gay. Talk about in the deep closet!

      That is news to me.

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        3 days ago

        Oh yeah, Hudson was notoriously gay in Hollywood but no one ever talked about it. Kinda similar to how the TOS cast knew George Takei was gay but no one said anything to help protect him.

        Us queers been around forever

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          2 days ago

          Literally forever for hominids. There are studies to back me, but I think gay people are an evolutionary advantage. Really weird that people think “it’s not natural”.

          Gay men are an obvious advantage to the tribe. They get a body with the strength and endurance of a man, but who won’t add the burden of a child. Gay women, much the same deal. You get a nurturing member, who as a major bonus can lactate if need be, no baby burden. Gay are force multipliers!

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      3 days ago

      Holy fuck the way you worded this made my dumbass brain think Elton John was dead and I almost had an aneurysm.