I’m willing to take that risk.
Nothing else really to add to this thread, but since Eve has popped in I’ll just note that I ran across a quote from her in yet another book last night, Boze Hadleigh’s most recent iteration of The Lavendar Screen. Hadleigh quotes her zapping Greg Kinnear’s mean-spirited remarks about transsexuals when he hosted Talk Soup (which is somewhat amusing since Hadleigh makes some odd remarks about transsexual characters in the book).
He must be quoting my letter to Out magazine, the only time I’ve said anything about that in public. You means Boze has started doing actual research?!
As for your hubby . . . Maybe he was born “Edward Douglas Kyan?”
Talking of Queer as Folk, isn’t the main guy actually straight? (I mean the actor not the character).
fingers crossed…
I assume you’re talking about Michael (Hal Sparks) who is, in fact, straight… or at least not out of the closet gay, anywho. Only three of the actors are gay: Peter Paige (Emmett), Robert Gant (Ben), and Randy Harrison (Justin). Everyone else is a big fat breeder :mad:
I assume she’s talking about Brian (Gale Harold). I can’t imagine anyone crossing their fingers for Hal Sparks.
Now now, dibs does not require a 2/3 majority, only a simple majority. (But it also requires the consent of the President – and, given our current President’s party-line dislike of the gay community, I’ll betcha dollars to donut-holes that he’ll cast a veto.)
Yes. Brian 
Is Hal Sparks the guy who went out with the older doctor a while back, and they had some row about his toys in the doctor’s flat??? Yes, you’re right, fingers definitely very uncrossed for him.
Hey now! Hal Sparks is darling! Not the brightest, but darling!
I was under the impression he was married? But that Gale Harold (Brian) just won’t make a statement one way or the other.
Gale Harold is a very interesting character to watch and read interviews about but I’d place bets on straight personally. One never knows, though.
Gale Harold is a very interesting character to watch and read interviews about but I’d place bets on straight personally. One never knows, though.
Well, crap. jeevmon and I were planning to name our hypothetical potential son Kyan. WTF? We have to name the kid Eddie now? <sigh> (And no, this is in no way any kind of announcement. We were just talking about names.)
This explains why ‘Kyan’ has not come up in any name meaning searches.
Eddie! <shakes head and walks away muttering>
What did Kinnear say about transexuals?
I read Boze’s book of interviews with gay celebs and was surprised at how frank some of them were. Later, a co-worker who was once the personal assistant of James Coco (and who was fully aware that he was gay, so this wasn’t a denial thing) claimed that the interview was doctored and sounded absolutely nothing like Coco in voice or in spirit. I’ve wondered if this is true or if any of the other interviews were doctored. (As memory serves, most if not all of the “interviews” were not printed until after the subject’s death.)
Re: QUEER AS FOLK- Jack Wetherall, who plays Uncle Vic, is also openly gay. (Though 60ish, he’s primarily a Canadian theater actor and this is his first major TV work.)
Gale Harold was at one point dating one of the two actresses who play the lesbian couple on the series, but I forget which one.
There was a Larry King “interview” with the QaF cast that I swear consisted of Larry going round table (twice) and asking each cast member if they were gay or straight. At the time Robert Gant was not yet out and declined to say, but when later King identified him as straight he corrected him by saying “The jury’s still out- I haven’t commented on my personal life and don’t intend to.” The other guests were the usual “family values” folk and gay activists so basically it was a total waste of everybody’s time. (Gale Harold and Randy Harrison were making private jokes that had them both cracking up the entire time but when asked to share simply stated “You’d lose your primetime license”.)
I’ve wondered about Fab Fillippo, who played Justin’s violinist lover Ethan; I haven’t read anything about him, but he’s fine either way.
Can’t remember verbatim, but even if the clip had nothing to do with transsexuals, he would till make some snarky, eye-rolling slur. Pissed me off no end.
Boze’s “interview” books are pretty much accepted as having been entirely made-up. Give a look at the “readers’ comments” in amazon.com. It’s a shame, as Boze is a very nice guy personally . . . But he is not an “historian.”
From zee day he vas born, he vas trouble…
Fab Fillipo- not sure if he is of the queer but if you want extra gazing time now that he’s left the show, check out the episode(s) of Friends he was on
Fot that matter, b/c Robert Gant is the yummy and brainy and all things good, he was on Popular (a sadly now defunct series) as the principle. Imagine my double take when he popped up on QaF.
As for the QaF count of out/straight
Out
-Peter Paige
Question: what are both Thea Gill and Other Blank in my head (other lesbian)?
Gale Harold I believe is straight from everything i’ve seen/read and also married I think
Hot
Just hot
Omigod, right, he was Vice Principal Krupp! Loved that show. “What the hell happened to you, Mary Cherry? You look like one of those Make-a-Wish kids!”
Hal Sparks is a friend-of-a-friend, so I feel guilty about not liking him. “He’s really very nice,” says Our Mutual Friend.
If that is an Elvira Kurt reference, I’m quite impressed.
Both Thea Gill and Michelle Clunie are straight. And it shows, IMHO. In fact, Gale Harold is the only straight actor on the show that plays his gay part convincingly.
If I’m not mistaken, it’s a Rocky Horror reference.
Maybe the fact that Hal Sparks and Ted-boy (I watch this show religiously and have all episodes on my computer, why is his name not in my head?!) aren’t necessarily the most flaming beings on the planet means they are playing their parts perfectly: Men who happen to be gay.
Another random sideproject: Hal Sparks was one of the co-creators of “I Love the 80’s” and subsequent shows. When Mo Rocca came to speak at my college, he mentioned Hal as a co-creator. Hence why he is always being interviewed on it