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> Agnes Moorehead and Paul Lynde are gay icons from before anyone could be gay.

That may be true, though neither one ever claimed to be gay, and both are long dead. Yes, it was perhaps a bad time to be gay. But it is still just speculation, and seems really unfair. If they died in the closet, then they earned the right to stay there forever.

>>rootus+(OP)
The person you’re replying to didn’t say that either of those people was gay and that claim wasn’t central to their point. In Paul Lynde’s case, however, it would be silly to pretend otherwise.

You could also consider deleting your ‘perhaps’.