Who's Gay On TV? Dads, Journalists, Invtigators And Footmen : NPR

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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.

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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. In 2017 he spoke to all five livg Brish Prime Misters a feature that celebrated 50 years sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy. The first black and first openly gay edor--chief of Vogue, Edward Ennful OBE, was the keynote speaker at the Pri London gala dner last year, where he spoke of how a new generatn was “openg our ey to who and how we n love”.

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Who's Gay On TV? Dads, Journalists, Invtigators And Footmen : NPR.

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