Douglas Loves Nick Berry!

My first gay crush was British actor Nick Berry!

Sunday evenings were always filled with dread for me at the thought of going to school the next day. That is, until the show "Heartbeat" started airing in 1992.

The show was about his character Nick Rowan, a big city policeman coming to work in rural Yorkshire in the 1960s. 

Many things made Nick attractive to me: his handsome face, tight uniform trousers, and he just seemed to be a nice guy. I remember thinking that if all policemen looked like that, I wouldn't mind being arrested!

Needless to say, I couldn't wait for it to come on.
However, since it was a program that my parents liked,
I feigned displeasure at having to watch it. 

At age 12 I didn't know I was gay, but my stirrings for Nick were one of many clues that led me to my self discovery. But I never told anybody about my gay crush. 

The series also introduced me to music from the 1960s.
And I still love 60s music today. 

I also still love a man in a uniform!

Douglas

Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Matt Loves Timothy Dalton!

My first gay crush was actor Timothy Dalton!

I was a James Bond fan ever since seeing "The Spy Who Loved Me" when I was 7 years old. 

Back then, you had to wait an excruciating (at least for kids) two years between Bond films. 

So in the meantime, my school buddy and I would trade the Ian Fleming 007 novels between us. 

We’d dog ear the pages with sex or nudity (James Bond was naked a lot in the books!). My 6th grade teacher once glanced at my copy of  "From Russia With Love" (the cover featuring a shirtless 007 and a Bond Girl wearing just a sheet) and she exclaimed, “Isn’t that a bit racy???”

Roger Moore was my first favorite Bond, and I was 17 when Timothy Dalton took over the role. And as a randy teen, I was smitten!

That cleft chin, those dimples! As both an actor and character, he tried to play down his hunky handsomeness, which only made him more lovable. 

In my opinion, Dalton embodied the 007 books perfectly -- vulnerable yet tough, intelligent yet fallable, masculine with a touch of melancholy. 

I met Roger Moore before he died, and I hope to meet Tim before I do!

Matt
Monte Nido, California

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