fffinnagain: hashememe:frozenn-light: Icon ❤️ Wanna remind y'all that Bea Arthur actually opened a
fffinnagain: hashememe: frozenn-light: Icon ❤️ Wanna remind y'all that Bea Arthur actually opened a homeless shelter for LGBT+ youth in NYC Wow this moment. When my father came out to me as gay, I was eight, but I understood, roughly, because I had seen THIS ONE EPISODE of The Golden Girls. I think I actually said “Oh, like on the Golden Girls.” Which was not what he was expecting. But this show made it super simple for me to understand that: Being gay was intrinsic People were discriminated against for being gay People shouldn’t be discriminated against for being gay And that, under the circumstances, was all that I really needed to understand that his coming out was a big deal, important and scary for him, but also something to respect and support, even if it meant changing our family. So yay for sharing this iconic moment during pride. That’s not from The Golden Girls. That’s from an episode of the sitcom Maude, which Bea Arthur starred in before The Golden Girls, that aired in 1977. Maude was a spinoff from All in the Family, where she originally appeared as Edith Bunker’s cousin. Maude was a feminist who advocated for civil rights and racial equality and of course a staunch Democrat. She also had no fucks to give and no patience with conservative dumbasses like the neighbor Arthur (the conservative foil in the exchange above). She definitely screwed up and made mistakes, particularly around race, like anybody, but she generally learned and tried to do better even. She was a great role model and I’m glad I got to see characters like her on TV when I was at a formative age. -- source link
#role models#personal faves