Why I hate Merv Griffin

Okay I grew up in Oxnard California. Not far from Los Angeles but it may as well been 2000 miles away.

I am a child of the 1970's & 1980's. Where it was the norm to here gay jokes. However in 1983

when AIDS first became known it scared the hell out of straight people. In fact when I should came out in high school I became a basket case because I felt shame for being gay.

The Merv Griffin Show I grew up watching with my parents who loved his show! However Merv had a life that he could of shared with the public but didn't. When his talk show ended in 1986 he could of admitted he was gay and that more funding was needed to help find a cure for AIDS.

However the asshole never told the truth to the press! He had an image.

Merv Griffin could of been a role model if he came out. He could of saved lives. He didn't.

The road to gay acceptance by the public was paved not by him but by women celebrities!

This women were "kd Lang" "Melissa Etheridge" "Bill Jean King" and my favorite "Ellen Degeneres". This women came out to the world at different times! They had more to lose then Merv did. The became gay icons because they did help people that they will never meet. They're careers didn't suffer and all of them still have huge amounts of straight fans. They also saved lives!

Merv to me was selfish asshole that could of came out. He didn't. If he did then the fans of his TV show who had a gay friend or son/daughter brother/sister would see that gay people are like everybody else. Well he didn't!

Merv Griffin is now dead. To me it was a no loss!