Content about Bea Arthur

July 9, 2012

NYC allocates $3.3 million for Bea Arthur Residence for LGBT homeless youth

Eighteen bed residence to be part of Ali Forney Center which had been staunchly supported by the late star

The late Bea Arthur may have been best known for her Emmy-winning roles as Dorothy on The Golden Girls and as Maude Findlay in Maude but she was also a quiet supporter of LGBT causes.

She was especially loyal to the Ali Forney Center, a New York City-based organization that provides emergency and transitional housing for LGBT youth as well as health and educational services.

July 9, 2012

TV gay faves The Golden Girls inhabit superheroes in comedic mashup

Super Golden Friends transform ladies into Batman & Robin, Superman and Aquaman

Are you ready for Super Golden Friends?

This video mash-up brings us the beloved Golden Girls quartet of Dorothy Zbornak, Sophia Petrillo, Blanche Devereaux and Rose Nylund in the bodies of Batman and Robin, Superman and Aquaman!

May 7, 2012

Rufus Wainwright recalls the time he met and was slapped down by Bea Arthur

Late TV and Broadway legend told singer: 'I'm not your f*cking grandmother!'

A story that singer Rufus Wainwright has been telling for years is getting a new life after being shared in an item in the Village Voice newspaper.

It involves that late television and Broadway star Bea Arthur, who died in 2009, and the time Wainwright met her at an AIDS benefit several years ago.