![]() There he is at the piano with two attractive women gazing adoringly at him. This vintage half-sheet poster for one of his most prominent theatrical features Sincerely Yours (1955) It’s a cheerily idealized picture of “Lee” as his intimates called him, and how he saw himself. So enchanted were they by this act that few were inclined to object to Liberace’s sexual orientation being “Hidden in Plain Sight”. This decidedly un-macho attitude won him a legion of devoted female fans. “I’ll be right back after I slip into something more spectacular,” he’d quip before taking a break in his program. For Liberace wore jewel-encrusted suits, floor-length fake furs, sequined hot pants and any number of other attention-getting ensembles of the sort that might give a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant pause. In addition, he offered a steady stream of cheerful patter about show business and his extravagant wardrobe. A pianist whose act consisted of an abbreviated arrangement of select “classical” tunes (Chopin, Tchaikovsky) freely mixed with popular “favorites” that he’d sometimes sing along with. Liberace was an utterly unique entertainer. Here are five of the most noteworthy examples of gay actors in mid-Century Hollywood. In this covert context, bigtime careers and personal lives proceeded with a calculated risk that can fascinate us today. Still, in spite of it all, gay men managed to make their way to very top of the acting profession in the gilded closets of Hollywood. “Homosexuals” subsisted on society’s margins, mentioned only in whispered gossip, fearsome psychiatric studies, and Conservative diatribes decrying perversion. Not only was the notion of being openly gay and having a viable career unimaginable, but gayness itself was also a concept polite society couldn’t countenance. Just hover over the section title and click More options > Force unlock.Now that gay actors like Nathan Lane, Jim Parsons, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, and Neil Patrick Harris are “out of the closet” and on the rise, it’s hard to imagine just how different things were in the relatively recent past. If someone is taking too long to edit a section, you have the option of booting them out. If someone else is editing your page, their picture appears next to the page title. However, different people can edit different sections of a page at the same time. Once you start editing a section, it's locked so that no one else can make changes. Next to the page or section title, click More options > Move up or Move down. To move a page or section in your Wiki tab, go to the table of contents. To delete a section, hover over the section name and click More options > Delete. To delete an entire page, go to page title in the table of contents and click More options > Delete. Your new section appears beneath the section you selected. To add a new section to a page, hover over a section title and click Add a new section here. You can drag and drop your new page anywhere you like. To add a new page to your Wiki tab, just open your table of contents and click Create a new page. Your Wiki tab autosaves your changes as soon as you're done editing, so once you click out of a section, your work is safe and sound. ![]() ![]() You have all the usual formatting options, such as bold, italic, and underlined text, highlighting, headers, and lists. To make changes to a page or section of a Wiki tab, just click into it and start typing. Draft documents, track notes, share ideas, edit, and chat all in one place. Add a Wiki tab to your team channel to collaborate with others quickly and easily. ![]()
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