Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)

[Undertoad]

Hell we didn't know Freddy Mercury was gay, what with the gaystache and the wife-beaters and all. We didn't even know Elton John was gay, what with the pink feather boas and 10,000 different glasses. It just wasn't a thing, back in the day.

[J.D.DIAMOND]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Hell we didn't know Freddy Mercury was gay, what with the gaystache and the wife-beaters and all. We didn't even know Elton John was gay, what with the pink feather boas and 10,000 different glasses. It just wasn't a thing, back in the day.

No your right it wasn't back in the day,but when I was 10 years old in 1980 getting into Judas Priest I thought Halford was gay,and all of us thought Freddy was obviously gay back in the early 80's,especially Freddy and Elton john....it was pretty obvious to me and others,but since they didn't say anything about it we could only guess,it doesn't matter to me if they are gay or straight,I could care less but just thought it was clearly obvious but at the same time as you said it wasn't an issue so I see your point.

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Hell we didn't know Freddy Mercury was gay, what with the gaystache and the wife-beaters and all. We didn't even know Elton John was gay, what with the pink feather boas and 10,000 different glasses. It just wasn't a thing, back in the day.

Alison Arngrim, who played Nellie Olsen on The Little House on the Prairie, put out a memoir earlier this year. Her dad was the personal assistant to Liberace for many years. Apparently they took her to see Liberace's show and meet him when she was about 9. They warned her to not say anything about him being gay because it was a big secret. (her reaction: you're kidding, right? I'm 9 and I figured it out without anybody telling me.)