'The Inspectn' highlights a gay Black Mare's experience unr 'don't ask, don't tell'

Contents:

• THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
• GAY U.S. MARE DRAMA FROM NORMAN LEAR A GO AT NETFLIX
• 'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'

THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'

Before Sean Penn played the charismatic, martyred gay polician a dramatized film, we got to see the real Harvey Milk this documentary om director Rob Epste.

Director Marlon Riggs chronicled the experienc of Black gay men this 1989 documentary, wrten by Joseph Beam, Essex Hemphill, and Chris Harris. The team of Rob Epste and Jefey Friedman me up wh another important documentary 1996's The Celluloid Closet, based on the classic book by Vo Rso and explorg how Hollywood has portrayed homosexualy.

"Hollywood, that great maker of myths, tght straight people what to thk about gays and gay people what to thk about themselv, " says narrator Lily Toml. It's Elementary: Talkg About Gay Issu School.

GAY U.S. MARE DRAMA FROM NORMAN LEAR A GO AT NETFLIX

In an era when right-wgers are phg "don't say gay" polici schools, this documentary om 1996 remas as timely as ever.

'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'

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But he was often margalized bee of his gayns.

Vo Rso was a pneer of the morn gay rights movement, a film enthiast wh encyclopedic knowledge, and a key player ACT UP.