Gay Facts

Sendak mentioned in a September 2008 article in The New York Times that he is gay, and had lived with his partner, psychoanalyst Eugene Glynn for 50 years before Dr. Glynn’s death in May 2007. Revealing that he never told his parents, he said, “All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.” Sendak’s relationship with Glynn had been mentioned by other writers before (e.g., Tony Kushner in 2003). [via]

Did you really lose out on the Will role in Will And Grace for being “too straight”?

“That’s what they told me. They said I was too straight to play the part. That was supposing that all gay men act in the same way, which isn’t true anyway. I was just being myself. It’s seven years ago, though, so it’s long gone.” [via]