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So many went to their grave without saying anything about their personal truth because of the society they were raised and grew up in, it was even scarier coming out then compared to now. The show must go on as they say. Maybe their combined gay energy plus all the trappings of theater and camp drew me to it?

Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן‎, Standard: Yehōnatan / Yōnatan, Tiberian: Yŏhōnāṯān / Yōnāṯān[1]) is a common name given to males which means " YHWH has given" in Hebrew. You know where a lot of queer kids hide? Even though the 60s were considered a pretty progressive time, gay rights were still in their infancy.

Frid died in May at the age of However, as documented by journalist Cheryl Eddy onthose interviewed for director Mary O’ Leary’s acclaimed documentary, Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story, made no mention of the actor's sexual preferences. Did you not see the show?

So those of the cast who were gay tended to keep it hidden from the public. After all, as it. It was then that I was introduced to the Barnabas Unchained storyline. One of the very few to mention it explicitly was Louis Edmonds in his biography. The straight fans seem to have a bigger voice regarding the series.

[2][3] The. It was a different era, full of fear, and few rights. He may not have said it out loud, but his actions speak volumes. He allowed himself to be photographed with Louis Edmonds, his openly gay co-star, on a gay beach in New York. After all, as it.

There was no reason to risk it. While he never publicly came out, he did, during the many years he lived in New York City, patronize several gay bars. Post a Comment. He allowed himself to be photographed with Louis Edmonds, his openly gay co-star, on a gay beach in New York. Even though Jonathan Frid never explicitly mentioned it throughout his life, he was known to frequent a few gay jonathans frid gay in New York and was even photographed with Louis Edmonds at a beach well known to be a place for homosexual men to meet up.

The theater. Jonathan Frid, who so memorably played vampire Barnabas Collins in the daytime soap Dark Shadows, has passed, leaving behind a personal life as cloaked as Barnabas himself. It seems the actors of Dark Shadows took this to heart. While he never publicly came out, he did, during the many years he lived in New York City, patronize several gay bars.

The show is very queer in and of itself standing on its own without me needing to talk about it.

All the signs are there, all the subtext. From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonaṯan), contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonaṯan), meaning " Yahweh has given", derived from the roots יְהוֹ (yeho) referring to the Hebrew God and נָתַן. So many of the actors stayed in throughout their entire lives.

Yahweh is the god of the Israelites. Jonathan Frid, who so memorably played vampire Barnabas Collins in the daytime soap Dark Shadows, has passed, leaving behind a personal life as cloaked as Barnabas himself. Jonathan is a Hebrew name meaning “God has given.” It is a shortened version of the name Jehonathan or yehōnātān (Yahweh has given).

The actors kept going no matter what, consummate professionals. Frid died in May at the age of However, as documented by journalist Cheryl Eddy onthose interviewed for director Mary O’ Leary’s acclaimed documentary, Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story, made no mention of the actor's sexual preferences.

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The sets falling down around the actors, having it accidentally set on fire, and all the general mayhem that comes with a one-take show really speaks to those with a love of live theater. How does this affect your life in any way? I was a theater kid. I felt oddly drawn to it immediately.