Talk:Brad Davis (actor)

Early Life

It seems there was a typo in the year of publication of the NYT article, should be 1997: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/16/garden/for-the-widow-of-brad-davis-time-cannot-heal-all-the-wounds.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm 93.232.52.5 (talk) 23:37, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Misc

I still don't buy that he got infected from cocaine use. It's physically impossible to transmit the virus through breathing i.e. snorting. So was he into injecting cocaine, or "speedballing", or what? Ellsworth 18:23, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I decided to just cut this sentence:

It was stated at the time that he contracted HIV infection as a result of cocaine use in the early 1980s.

It was never seriously posited that you could get AIDS from snorting cocaine. If someone finds a source this statement can go back in the article. Otherwise the article should conform to the citation: Davis was bisexual and kept his disease a secret until shortly before his death. Ellsworth 19:04, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

(USER: BILL DAKOTA) Brad would often go to Gold's Gym on Ventura Boulevard and afterwards would hitch hike with his shirt off. He was picked up by men whom he had sex with. I introduced him to artist, Kenneth Kendall, who had painted a porcelain miniature of him. This was after the screening of CHARIOTS OF FIRE at the Academy Theater on Wilshire Boulevard. Kenneth later would give the porcelain miniature to his widow at the memorial for Brad at the Doolittle Theater in Hollywood. One of Brad's co-stars on MIDNIGHT EXPRESS said they had told Brad to get his shit together because the movie looked like it as turning into something very good and they didn't want him to screw it up by being high. I always felt his brother, Gene Davis (10 to Midnight), was better looking and had hoped to see him in more films. He was devastated by Brad's death.

Removed erroneous statement that Brad was "a descendent of Jefferson Davis." Brad is listed in The Davis-Wood Family of Gadsden County, Florida and Their Forebears by Fenton Garnett Davis Avant, Southern Historical Press, 1979. This book traces the family's lineage back to a Captain James Davis, who was master of one of the ships in the third resupply to Jamestown in 1609. Of the three men named Jefferson Davis listed in this book, the oldest was born in 1879.

Also, the genealogy of Jefferson Davis presented by Rice University does not appear to intersect with that described in the above book. This site also makes a convincing argument that few living people named Davis can legitimately claim Jefferson Davis as an ancestor, but alludes to the fact that many Davis families in the Southern U.S. are nevertheless fond of claiming otherwise. This might explain the unsubstantiated reference to Jefferson Davis in After Midnight-- a great read, incidentally. --Mahler3 05:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Brad Davis was bisexual so he was either infected with HIV via unprotected sex or sharing needles as he would IV coke and other drugs. Back in the 1970s and 1980s when AIDS was not known about and even in the 1980s when it was very new people thought that they could share needles or have unsafe sex like they were used to and that they would not get infected this way.108.52.111.173 (talk) 01:23, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Bisexuality

I personally don't know much about the man, but it seems rather odd to have him placed in a bisexual category if there was some controversy (per his wife) over that claim's veracity. It seems like there should be some evidence of admission. What does everybody else think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.141.207 (talk) 02:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I've found this entry describing his sexuality in the encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual,transgender and queer culture 121.73.7.84 (talk) 10:02, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Some of the sources mentioned on that page have been called into question before, particularly Boze Hadleigh's work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NeverDoubt10 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Brad Davis was bisexual, and he was out as bisexual so he should be included in bisexual actors category.108.52.111.173 (talk) 01:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Alexandra is now Alex

The personal life section mentions a child, Alexandra. Alexandra is now Alex. He's a musician, who is publicly out as a transman. Are there any objections to me editing the sentence "They had one child, Alexandra." to "They had one child, Alex." with both the original citation as well as the biography of Alex Davis listed here: http://www.luckyalex.com/bio.html ? 75.223.20.175 (talk) 11:16, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Just put both names, so it is less confusing as to why her>his name and sex changed.108.52.111.173 (talk) 01:26, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Linda Rapp as a citation

The glbtq.com entry was entirely written by Linda Rapp a non-notable amateur writer, not an expert, not published in biography, not peer-reviewed, not edited, not oversighted by an expert, not a credible writer for this topic space. False authority should not be granted, merely because someone has parked on a site name, the author is upon whom the authority must rest, and this one simply does not meet our criteria as a reputable source. Wjhonson (talk) 04:02, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

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