QueerTV_Lecture
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Nov. 12, 1992: PRIME TIME LIVE profiled Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, the highest-ranking military officer to be dismissed for homosexuality.
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Nov. 12, 1987: On the drama LEG WORK, a gay man w/AIDS hired Claire to track down his bisexual ex-partner and tell him to get an HIV test.
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Nov. 12, 1986: DONAHUE devoted an hour to gay priests.
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Nov. 12, 1980: In the season premiere of the sitcom SOAP, gay single dad Jodie (Billy Crystal) won a custody battle over his infant daughter
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Today in LGBT television history...
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Nov. 11, 1989: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE aired the high-concept sitcom spoof, "Lyle, The Effeminate Heterosexual."
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Nov. 11, 1986: The PBS science series NOVA devoted a broadcast to the question, "Can AIDS Be Stopped?"
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Nov. 11, 1985: On Veterans Day, Phil Donahue's talk show, DONAHUE, devoted an hour to gay veterans.
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Nov. 11, 1985: NBC aired AN EARLY FROST, the 1st TV-movie about AIDS. It told of AIDS' impact on a young gay man, his relatives & his lover.
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Nov. 11, 1967: "Celebrity transsexual" Christine Jorgensen appeared on the talk show LID'S OFF - WITH LINKLETTER to plug her autobiography.
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Today in LGBT television history...
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Nov. 10, 1998: On JUST SHOOT ME, straight horndog Finch learned that a woman had the hots for Maya, so he plotted to get them together.
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Nov. 10, 1994: In the high-school dance episode of MY SO-CALLED LIFE, gay regular Rickie (Wilson Cruz) had a crush on a straight classmate.
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Nov. 10, 1992: On ROSEANNE, longtime regular Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) came out to Roseanne & Jackie. Morgan Fairchild played her girlfriend.
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Nov. 10, 1985: On the medical drama TRAPPER JOHN, M.D., Libby was devastated to learn that one of her ex-boyfriends is gay and has AIDS.
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Nov. 10, 1982: The talk show DONAHUE devoted an hour to discussing a sperm bank for lesbians.
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Today in LGBT television history...
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Nov. 9, 1983: On DYNASTY, Steven kept custody of his son by marrying a woman, thus ending the anti-gay custody hearing.
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Nov. 9, 1983: CBS News reported Bill Allain won the governorship of Mississippi despite a smear campaign alleging sex with male prostitutes.
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Nov. 9, 1997: SUNDAY TODAY reported that Clinton's speech at an HRC event made him the first sitting president to address a gay rights group
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- Name Steven Capsuto
- Location Philadelphia
- Web http://stevecap.c...
- Bio Author and traveling lecturer. Video-illustrated talk: ''60 YEARS OF 'QUEERS' ON TV: HOW WE GOT HERE.'' See website for more info.
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