How Angela Lansbury’s Death Is a Reminder That Our Beloved Gay Icons Live On in Their Legacies
Dame Angela Lansbury has died. Just days shy of her 97th birthday, the legendary lady of stage, screen and television took her final bow Tuesday. The proud gay icon leaves behind a legacy of rich performances that will continue to entertain for decades to come.
Personally, in 1992, I was 20 and living in Miami doing a brief stint as a cast member — that’s what they called us employees — at The Disney Store, now basically defunct. They forced us to wear itchy and highly flammable cardigans and hideous polyester pants and, worst of all, subjected us