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Contents:
- THAT GAY EPISO: ‘BARNEY MILLER’ GETS THE WRONG LGHS OUT OF A GAY EXTORTN PLOT
- HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS
- 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
THAT GAY EPISO: ‘BARNEY MILLER’ GETS THE WRONG LGHS OUT OF A GAY EXTORTN PLOT
I have to nfs that I never thought Barney Miller was a show for me. A child of the '80s, I would nstantly see on the syndited afternoon TV schle, but bee of s lack of aliens, puppets, or nja turtl I never gave a moment’s thought. Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory. Barney Miller buted 1975 as a mid-season replacement after ABC axed a whole... * gay couple on barney miller *
Wh That Gay Episo, I want to be able to look back at LGBTQ rep televisn and see a straight le of progrs om the villas of the ’50s to Ellen DeGener’ heroic g out 1997. Characters the ’70s e out and ’s no big al, but guys the ’90s are terrified of beg mistaken for gay.
HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS
* gay couple on barney miller *
In between there are exampl of hysteril gay panic and sual reprentatn. After spendg a few stallments the years leadg up to Ellen’s game-changg (and show-endg) cisn, I wanted to vis the more open-md ’70s–the when The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show troduced gay characters wh a re that puts Friends to shame.
That diversy extend past havg the Ain-Amerin Ron Glass, Japane-Amerin Jack Soo, and Puerto Rin Gregory Sierra the regular st; Barney Miller also featured recurrg gay characters that appeared all the way om the show’s send to s last episo.
10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
Barney Miller didn’t have the gay-of-the-week problem that so many ss had.