When Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum announced their departure from “Project Runway” in 2018, fans were shocked. Klum had hosted ...

And then there’s Tim Gunn, a man in his 60s who unashamedly presents as his dandy self, unquestionably queer in addition to all of his wisdom and empathy.

NEW YORK -- Tim Gunn sits on a bench in a long room that was once the cafeteria of a Manhattan school. Pairs of high-school-aged fencers face off on narrow strips, lunging at each other with sabers.