PBS/Focus Features Fred Rogers and François Clemmons in a scene from a 1969 episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Fred Rogers made it possible for me to reach an audience that I never would have reached otherwise, never. Fotos International via Getty Images A portrait of Fred Rogers posing with a toy trolley on the set of his television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" in the 1980s. So I understood that if a gay person was on television, they were not going to watch that program. And actors and actresses are coming out all the time and saying, “I’m a gay person.” I’m very happy.

Source: Huffington Post June 08, 2018 17:37 UTC