Speaking of childhood icons, which of the Brady kids did you like? (The Brady kids were the six children in the blended family of The Brady Bunch (1969-1974). Every Baby Boomer has every episode memorized).
Most gay guys liked Greg (Barry Williams), the oldest boy, and the self-appointed hunk of the group, but he was obnoxiously girl-crazy. I liked Peter (Christopher Knight), the middle boy, who hardly ever displayed any interest in girls, and had other traits that would get him dubbed "a Fairy" in my junior high.
He liked to sing; he belonged to the Drama Club; he donned a Campfire Bluebird uniform to sell cookies door-to-door. A great role model for boys growing up in small towns with no interest in girls or sports.
And, as the years passed, Christopher Knight grew hunkier than Barry Williams. He was displayed in shirtless spreads in Tiger Beat long after the series ended, and was asked to take off his shirt on TV a lot.
Though he's been busy with various Brady spin-offs and sequels, he's had time for a lot of TV appearances, on The Bionic Woman, Chips, Happy Days, The Love Boat, and others. He starred on Joe's World (1979-80) and the soap Another World (1980-81), and as himself on The Surreal Life and My Fair Brady (2005-2008).
Today Christopher Knight is probably the most gay-friendly of the exceptionally gay-friendly Bunch. He starred in two of Greg Araki's gay-themed angst movies, Nowhere and The Doom Generation, and played half of a gay couple (with TV brother Barry Williams) a 2006 episode of That 70s Show. He was interviewed on the gay talk show Queer Edge.
And he still has an amazing physique.
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