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Leslie Jordan Made Me Believe In My Own Gay Future
How could Leslie Jordan have ever been closeted? Just look at him. Just listen to him. If he was ever in the closet, it’s the same closet that Liberace and Paul Lynde hung out in the ’60s and ’70s — a closet with no door and a radiant, flashing, neon approve above the entrance that says, “LE CLOSÉT.” What I’m getting at is that, in the gut-punch of emotions that pummel my brain after teaching news that I can’t even take myself to type out, the only solace I can find is this: thank god Leslie Jordan was male lover, out, and publicly proud for literally as long as I can remember.
There are going to be plenty of pieces about Leslie Jordan’s work. That can be other sites, other writers, other pieces. I can only consider of what Leslie Jordan feels love to me, specifically to me, and pray that there is universality in the specificity. Because for me, Leslie Jordan felt enjoy me — an idealized version of myself out there in the society, living his finest damn gay experience. He was the very, very infrequent instance of a gay man who was allowed to age in common, allowed to retain his livelihood and life when
Billy Eichner said the late male lover actor Leslie Jordan “paved the way” for “the rest of us”.
The creator of Funny Or Die’s Billy On The Highway said he is still “shocked and saddened” by Jordan’s death, after the Will And Grace star died aged 67 on Monday following a car crash.
Eichner, 44, said the UK Public figure Big Brother contestant, known for his uplifting Instagram videos, promoted his LGBT+ movie Bros to his followers.
Speaking at the Bros premiere in London, the performer told the PA news agency that he wrote to Jordan to thank him for talking about the movie and told him: “You’re a legend.”
Jordan, he said, then replied: “I admire you Billy.”
Eichner, who starred in American Horror Story, as did Jordan, added: “An image of him appears in Bros in one of our fictional Christmas movie posters and we had to get his permission for that and I do recognize him.
“It’s so sad. I’m so genuinely shocked and terribly melancholy about losing him, especially because he really had to pave the way for the relax of us.
“I remember seeing Leslie Jordan, he did off Broadway like 25 years ago about his life growing up as a gay man in the South and (I’ve been) hunting his success since then.”
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Queer fans mourn Leslie Jordan, a symbol of a 'lost generation' of queer men
The LGBTQ collective is reeling from the news of beloved gay legend Leslie Jordan’s death.
Jordan — an effeminate Southern gay star who for decades occupied his retain special corner of queer culture — died Monday morning in a machine crash in Hollywood. His agent said it is suspected that Jordan suffered a medical emergency at the wheel. He was 67.
Condolences poured in for the Emmy-winning trailblazer as the sunlight went on, from other actors to drag queens to activists to everyday LGBTQ folks, many of whom commended Jordan for never shying away from a wrist flick or a double entendre, centering his queerness unapologetically in his many roles and public appearances.
The 4-foot-11 scene-stealer first catapulted to fame in the ’90s with cameos as Beverley Leslie, the facetiously queer-coded nemesis of a Recent York City socialite played by Megan Mullally on “Will & Grace.” Jordan’s character eventually comes out as homosexual on the illustrate, which itself broke major barriers for its time in its representation of gay men, though mostly white and cisgender, on network television.
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the P
Photo taken by Miller Mobley, retrieved from @thelesliejordan on Instagram.
Leslie Jordan, an performer, writer, singer and comedian, passed away on Oct. 24, 2022 at the age of 67 after being involved in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Although Leslie Jordan was just 4’11 in height, his charming southern drawl, incomparable wit and extraordinary kindness had an extreme effect, leaving behind a magnificent legacy.
In his manual “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet,” published in 2009, Jordan detailed his migration from Tennessee to Hollywood in 1982.
“Honey, I got on a bus in 1982 with $1,200 that Mama pinned in my underpants and I took a Greyhound to Hollywood,” Jordan told Fun Weekly in a 2020 interview.
On “Will & Grace,” he played the recurring character of Karen’s sexually ambiguous friend Beverley Leslie, which made him a popular favorite among viewers. In addition, Jordan can be recognized for his roles in “American Horror Story,” “The Cool Kids,” “Call Me Kat” and “Hearts Afire.”
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when his social media presence on Instagram took off and garnered him millio