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. 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. Roxane Gay — Author, and Contributg Op-ed Wrer, The New York Tim.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
@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.
He’s currently Head of Broadst at Gay Star News. Molly is a member of activist group Lbians and Gays Support the Migrants and is a volunteer for LGBTQI+ homels shelter, The Outsi Project. Her award-wng piece was tled “Beg a gay Christian n be hurtful and gellg.
THE JOURNALIST WHO CHANGED HOW WE SEE GAY AMERI
His work clus reportg om Berl’s first LGBTQ+ refugee centre, vtigatg forced anal examatns for gay men across eight untri, and he has profiled former BP CEO, Lord John Browne and has examed the secret languag ed by queer people. She’s always wanted to wre about queer culture, mostly bee beg gay is the only thg she’s any good at.