▁Re agan . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁Op el ▁taught ▁English ▁as ▁a ▁second ▁language ▁for ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁City ▁Un ified ▁School ▁District ; ▁he ▁was ▁fired ▁from ▁that ▁job ▁following ▁the ▁O sc ars ▁incident . ▁ ▁Op el ▁owned ▁his ▁own ▁phot ography ▁business , ▁Ide as ▁Phot ographic . ▁Among ▁his ▁clients ▁were ▁the ▁L GB T ▁publication ▁The ▁Adv oc ate ▁and ▁F inger ▁magazine , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁editor . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁he ▁announced ▁his ▁candid acy ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Pres iden cy , ▁using ▁the ▁s log ans ▁" Nothing ▁to ▁H ide " ▁and ▁" Not ▁Just ▁Another ▁Cro oked ▁Dick ," ▁referring ▁to ▁his ▁stre aking ▁inc idents ▁and ▁President ▁Richard ▁N ixon , ▁respectively . ▁( N ixon ▁had ▁res igned ▁from ▁office ▁in ▁dis gra ce ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 .) ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁Op el ▁opened ▁F ey ▁Way ▁Studios , ▁a ▁gallery ▁of ▁gay ▁male ▁art , ▁at ▁ 1 2 8 7 ▁Howard ▁Street ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁The ▁gallery ▁helped ▁bring ▁such ▁er otic ▁gay ▁artists ▁as ▁Tom ▁of ▁Finland ▁and ▁Robert ▁M apple th or pe ▁to ▁national ▁attention ▁and ▁showed ▁others ▁including ▁R ex . ▁ ▁Stre aking ▁incident ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁O sc ars ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁Op el ▁apparently ▁sn