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QueerTV_Lecture

  1. LGBT images on TV: a 1960s documentary with Mike Wallace; GLEE; SMASH; TWO AND A HALF MEN; SNL - on.fb.me/uFG24h
  2. New video links on my LGBT-on-TV page: classic comedy (All in the Family, Ernie Kovacs), and Degrassi cast interviews on.fb.me/uFG24h
  3. New video clips links on my page: disco, RuPaul, "Degrassi," "Some of My Best Friends" (w/Jason Bateman & Alec Mapa). facebook.com/alternatechann…
  4. Here's the BBC's page for LGBT History Month (which is held in February in the UK). Interesting program(me) lineup.. bbc.in/xq7q4O
  5. Just learned that my Feb. 28 "queers-on-TV" talk will be sign-language interpreted. I'm sitting down to add captions to the video clips. :)
  6. A clip from a new sitcom about a gay science fiction club: OUTLAND, from Australia's ABC network. It debuted Feb. 8. bit.ly/vEikZF
  7. NBC has green-lighted a pilot episode for a potential U.S. remake of the British series BAD GIRLS. on.fb.me/rvnPHq
  8. On Feb. 28, I'm giving a talk about the history of queer characters on television at Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, 7 PM.
  9. If you're interested in the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender characters on TV, please "like" my FB page: on.fb.me/uFG24h
  10. New topics on my FB page: MTV's "It Gets Better" show; gay men in primetime soaps, 1980s-2000s; "Second Serve" (1986); Mexican series "XY."
  11. If you're interested in the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender characters on TV, please "like" my FB page: on.fb.me/uFG24h
  12. New topics on my Alternate Channels queer TV page: GLEE (2011), SOUTHLAND (2012), MEDICAL CENTER (1975), THE BOX (70s). on.fb.me/uFG24h
  13. Today on my Alternate Channels page: a classic clip from the 1970s sitcom SOAP, with Billy Crystal. facebook.com/alternatechann…
  14. A good profile of me and my queer media history work, from the November 21 edition of RUTGERS FOCUS: bit.ly/rzR5YN
  15. Recent topics on my queers-on-TV page: a look back at SPIN CITY, DIRTY SEXY MONEY and THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD: on.fb.me/uFG24h
  16. This week on my queers-on-TV page: LGB characters on THE GOOD WIFE and a slide show of current queer TV roles: facebook.com/alternatechann…
  17. On the ALTERNATE CHANNELS queer TV page: Ellen (1997), a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby skit (1950), and a 1971 Gay Lib video. on.fb.me/uFG24h
  18. If you're on FB and want LGBT media history posts to show in your news feed, visit my page and click the "Like" button. on.fb.me/uFG24h
  19. Also today: Links to a great collection of historical lesbian/gay/queer/drag/trans/camp video from Down Under. on.fb.me/uFG24h