Neda Ulaby looks at the current landspe of gay characters on televisn, om the hight brows of Downton Abbey to the surprisgly welg world of realy shows.
Contents:
- WHO'S GAY ON TV? DADS, JOURNALISTS, INVTIGATORS AND FOOTMEN
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- THE JOURNALIST WHO CHANGED HOW WE SEE GAY AMERI
WHO'S GAY ON TV? DADS, JOURNALISTS, INVTIGATORS AND FOOTMEN
Frank BniColumnist, The New York Tim@FrankBniFormerly the chief rtrant cric for The New York Tim, Bni ma history 2011 by beg the Grey Lady's first out gay lumnist.
The Emerson College assistant profsor is also a producer of the upg film Michael, based on his Tim Magaze piece about his "ex-gay" iend.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Kate FaganWrer, ESPN@KateFagan3ESPN ntributor and lumnist Kate Fagan wr about basketball (and genr and sexism and homophobia) om a place of knowledge and ep, personal appreciatn.
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay.
For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn. @AnrsonCooperCNN's Anrson Cooper beme the first out gay man ever to host a printial bate bee Amerins tst him.
THE JOURNALIST WHO CHANGED HOW WE SEE GAY AMERI
Roxane Gay — Author, and Contributg Op-ed Wrer, The New York Tim. @rgayA ntributg edor at Blutem Prs and the founr of Ty Hardre Prs, Gay is a renowned profsor and mentator and New York Tim ntributor wh several fictn and nonfictn books to her name.
@Locs_n_LghsGranrson is equally astute at polics and sports, and he's perhaps the most proment openly gay sports journalist the U. He wr about mic, pop culture and LGBTQ+ issu for publitns cludg Gay Tim, Refery29, i-D, NME, Time Out and Vice, and has terviewed the lik of Ariana Gran, Dua Lipa, and Brney Spears.