Here's How 'Quantum Leap' Depicted Gay Rights In The Milary In 1992 | HuffPost Voic

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• MASON ALEXANR PARK PARTNER: IS QUANTUM LEAP CAST GAY? GENR AND SEXUALY
• HERE'S HOW 'QUANTUM LEAP' DEPICTED GAY RIGHTS IN THE MILARY IN 1992

MASON ALEXANR PARK PARTNER: IS QUANTUM LEAP CAST GAY? GENR AND SEXUALY

“I was a queer youth activist the '90s, before we had Gay Straight Allianc schools.

[There] was this moment where I was a 10-year-old kid stg on the uch wh my parents talkg about how 's OK for people to gay, ” Shaka said. Debate over “ Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ” ― the sce-repealed policy banng gay and lbian people om servg the U. Tommy/Beckett disvers that his iend, Phillip (Sean O’Bryan), has been expelled om their naval amy bee he intifi as gay.

By the ncln of the episo, Tommy mt prevent Phillip om beg murred a hate crime and, dog so, prove to the naval amy that s l prohibg gay recs are wrong.

HERE'S HOW 'QUANTUM LEAP' DEPICTED GAY RIGHTS IN THE MILARY IN 1992

”“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was enacted some two years after the episo aired 1994 and, at the time, was nsired by some to be a step forward for gays and lbians the ary. Quantum LeapCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Jan 15, 1992TV-PG48mAt a Naval llege, Sam mt prevent a gay fellow classmate om beg killed by a gang of other a Naval llege, Sam mt prevent a gay fellow classmate om beg killed by a gang of other a Naval llege, Sam mt prevent a gay fellow classmate om beg killed by a gang of other productn, box office & pany Review an hont and effective anti-homophobia treatmentMy brother told me about this episo when aired Atralia the early neti - but I had to wa for the DVD ( 2007) to see myself.

I'm imprsed wh how entertag this episo is, while also alg wh a wi range of the issu around homophobia (cludg ternalised homophobia). I particularly appreciate that Sam is totally at ease his temporary new sk as naval sports jock Tommy - readily acceptg Ziggy's strong predictn (86%) that Tommy is gay.

This show has relevance to gays to the ary - but 's really a universal statement that homophobia is everyone's problem.