Was joan crawford gay

Written and directed by out creator Ryan Murphy, the series has been heavily marketed to LGBTQs who love Hollywood’s most classic starlets (read: gay men), but there’s another aspect that may or may not be touched upon, which is Joan Crawford’s queer identity. Her sexuality was never something she felt the need to hide, resulting in several rumors that she had affairs with her leading ladies, including Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn.

She was rumored to have been romantically linked with Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, and Tallulah Bankhead — and reportedly had decades long romance with Helen Ferguson. Who was involved with who is not important, diving into the world of rumors and speculation, maybe Marilyn Monroe had a fling with Crawford or Garbo and maybe Marlene Dietrich had an affair.

Was Joan Crawford a lesbian or bisexual?

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The answer is: There is no proof The question of Joan Crawford's sexuality has been raised in several Crawford biographies, as well as several books on the topic of classic film actors. In the late s, she taught dance at a gay and lesbian New York speakeasy owned by Texas Guinan and was ensconced in the city's lesbian crowd with Tallulah Bankhead, Marjorie Main, and Blythe Daly.

It was there she met Crawford. Bankhead openly spoke of their affair, as did Crawford, and writers also point to her year relationship with press agent Helen Ferguson. Ferguson lived with Stanwyck even through Stanwyck's two "lavender" marriages, both of which offers insight. In , the year-old married year-old vaudevillian Frank Fay, an arrogant homosexual; alcoholism made him appear to be twice his age. After the ceremony she left for Hollywood and resumed a six-month tour.

Fay and Stanwyck shared this home, but while here she often entertained Crawford, who walked over from her house to resume the sexual relationship begun in New York. Her issues weren't a secret at the studios, but she was eventually forced into marrying bisexual Robert Taylor. The studio even drove the couple to San Diego to see the judge. Taylor refused to kiss his bride for photographers; she returned to her Northridge ranch and he, home to his mother.

He called her "The Queen" and she called him "Junior. In his spare time Taylor flew planes with a homosexual co-pilot and long-time buddy.

During their surprisingly contentious divorce, Taylor told friends she was a lesbian, they didn't have sex, and never slept together. Sign up Log in.