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‘VISIBLE: OUT ON TELEVISN’ SE TV’S MAJOR ROLE THE MARCH TOWARD GAY RIGHTS
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The medium’s role an evolvg view of gay rights – slowly and arduoly – provis the fodr for a fe Apple TV+ documentary, “Visible: Out on Televisn, ” which explor var breakthroughs and signature moments over five distct parts. There are, not surprisgly, plenty of wce-ducg scen the early imag of gays (pecially) on vtage seri. Those aspects clu what me to be known as the “Bury your gays” trope, where LBGTQ characters kept dyg drama seri as a means of advancg a straight character’s velopment arc.
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