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Summary The documentary series narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Waithe features archival footage and new interviews to look at LGBTQ characters on television and the impact of the LGBTQ movement on the medium.

Directed By: Ryan White

  • Apple TV+
  • Feb 14, 2020
  • 1 h
  • Apple TV+
  • Feb 14, 2020
  • 1 h
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Television as a Tool
Air Date: Feb 14, 2020
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Summary The documentary series narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Waithe features archival footage and new interviews to look at LGBTQ characters on television and the impact of the LGBTQ movement on the medium.

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Episode 1 • Feb 14, 2020 • 1 h
The Dark Ages
Early TV portrayed LGBTQ people as homicidal maniacs and sexual deviants. It wasn't until the '70s that positive portrayals began to emerge.
Episode 2 • Feb 14, 2020 • 1 h
Television as a Tool
Following the Stonewall Uprising, LGBTQ activists began using television as a tool for change.
Episode 3 • Feb 14, 2020 • 1 h
The Epidemic
HIV/AIDS was initially ignored by TV, and fear of the disease stunted LGBTQ representation. Eventually, TV raised awareness on the issue.
Episode 4 • Feb 14, 2020 • 1 h 8 m
Breakthroughs
In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres made history by coming out on her TV show as in her personal life. But the celebration was short-lived.
Episode 5 • Feb 14, 2020 • 1 h
The New Guard
Today's new guard of LGBTQ creators in TV has opened the door to greater representation and wider inclusivity.

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Wilson Cruz

Self (actor - My So-Called Life), Self (actor - Star Trek: Discovery)

Wanda Sykes

Self (actor - comedian)

Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez

Self (actor - Pose)

Abbi Jacobson

Self (creator - Broad City)

Ilana Glazer

Self (creator - Broad City)

Lena Waithe

Self (writer - actor), Self (writer - actor, narrator)

Billy Porter

Self (actor - Pose)

Margaret Cho

Self (actor - comedian), Self (actor - comedian, narrator)

Bruce Vilanch

Self (writer)

Carson Kressley

Self (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy), Self (Rupaul's Drag Race)

Anderson Cooper

Self (journalist), Self (actor - journalist)

Janet Mock

Self (writer - director), Narrator

Don Lemon

Self (journalist), Self (Journalist)

Patrik-Ian Polk

Self (creator - Noah's Arc)

Jonathan Murray

Self (creator - The Real World), Self (producer - I Am Cait)

Holland Taylor

Self (actor - The L Word)

Jonathan Groff

Self, Self (actor - Looking), Self (actor - The Normal Heart)

T.R. Knight

Self (actor - Grey's Anatomy)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Self (actor - Modern Family)

Marsha Warfield

Self (actor - comedian)

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