Subject: Gay TV Shows 5/27/95 - 6/2/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 21:03:00 -0400

Hi, folks!  This is note #1 (of 3) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 5/27/95 - Fri 6/02/95.
Be sure to read notes #2&3 also.  Most times are Eastern.

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The following shows air at multiple/various times:

>> SOAPDISH (CC).  Parody of tv soap operas.  Among the
many villians is a transgendered person.  Transphobia
alert.  Airs:
- Sat. 5/27/95, 11:30 am, Cinemax
- Wed. 5/31/95, 8:45 am, Cinemax

>> WITHNAIL AND I.  This movie reportedly has a gay
character.  Airs:
- Sun. 5/28/95, 9:00 pm, Bravo cable
- Sun-Mon., 5/28-29/95, 3:00 am, Bravo

>> In the "all ISMs are related" category, check out this
week's:  FRONTLINE: A CLASS DIVIDED (CC).  TV Guide says
this show "follows up on an unusual experiment in
discrimination.  In 1970, teacher Jane Elliott divided her
third-graders into two groups and, for two days, had one
group discriminate against the other.  In 15 minutes, says
Elliott, she was able to turn wonderful thoughtful kids
into nasty, vicious ones.  The lessons learned are
discussed by students who participated in the exercise."
Check your local PBS listings, but airings include:
- Tues. 5/30/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
- Wed. 5/31/95, 1:00 pm, on Allentown PA's WLVT ch. 39A

>> SUSAN POWTER:  HATE CRIMES.  I don't know if anti-gay
hate crimes will be included or not.  Airs Wed. 5/31/95 in
many areas, including:
- Wed. 5/31/95, 12:30 pm, Wildwood, NJ WMGM ch. 40
- Wed-Thurs., 5/31-6/1/95, 4:30 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

>> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.  Faithful (and therefore pretty
depressing) 1962 adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play
about two women who run a girls' school in a small town.
One of their students lies and says that the women are
lovers, and the whole turn turns against them in a vile
display of mass homophobia.  Warning:  This movie has a
very upsetting ending.  Airs:
- Wed-Thurs., 5/31/95-6/1/95, 2:45 am, Encore cable
- Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:00 am and 5:00 pm, Encore cable
- Fri. 6/2/95, 8:00 am, Showtime cable (This showing is
closed captioned; the others are not.)

>> MONTEL:  AIDS AND CHILDREN.  Airs Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:00
am, in some (not all) areas, including:
- Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:00 am, NYC NY WNYW ch. 5

>> ORLANDO (CC).  "Visually striking adaptation of
Virginia Woolf's historical fantasy about an individual
(Tilda Swinton) who lives variously as a man or a woman
over the course of four centuries."-TV Guide   Airs:
- Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:45 am and also 6:15 pm, Showtime

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Be sure to read notes #2 - 3  for more shows!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #2 (of 3) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 5/27/95 - Fri 6/02/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 3 also.  Most times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ******************

>> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Harvey Fierstein and California
gay comic Scott Capurro appear as the gay couple who
transform Robin Williams into an elderly woman.  Airs:
- Fri. 6/2/95, 10:00 am and also 6:00 pm, HBO

>> MAURY POVICH:  FEMALE IMPERSONATORS (CC).  Check local
listings.  Airs Fri. 6/2/95 in most areas, including:
- Fri. 6/2/95, 2:00 pm, NYC NY WNBC ch. 4
- Fri. 6/2/95, 3:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
- Fri. 6/2/95, 4:00 pm, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A

The following shows air once this week as far as I know:

>> NAME YOUR ADVENTURE (CC).  Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 11:30 am,
NYC NY WNBC ch. 4.  TV Guide says:  "A 16-year-old Olympic
diving hopeful meets his idol Greg Louganis."

>> CAMILLE PAGLIA SPEECH.  Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 8:00 pm, on
C-SPAN.  TV Guide says: "The author speaks at Yale
Political Union."  (Personally, I can't abide this woman,
but to each her own.)

>> JUSTICE FILES.  Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 10:00 pm, Discovery
channel.  TV Guide says: "Examined:  urban issues,
including AIDS, teen violence and personal safety."

>> THE HANDMAID'S TALE.  Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 10:30 am,
Bravo cable.  Adaptation of Margaret Atwood's futuristic
horror story about a world in which fertile women are
sexual slaves and gays and lesbians are considered "sexual
criminals."  This movie includes one lesbian character.
Warning:  This is another terribly depressing film.

>> JOHNSONS: AN AIDS STORY OF LOVE (CC).  Airs Sun.
5/26/95, 4:00 pm, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12.  May or may not
air on other PBS stations.  TV Guide says:  "A look at a
Midwestern couple who are HIV-positive, focusing on the
couple's speaking appearances before groups of young
adults."

>> GREAT PERFORMANCES: LEGENDARY MAESTROS - THE ART OF
CONDUCTING (CC).  Airs Sun. 5/28/95, 4:00 PM, Phila. PA
WYY ch. 12.  Again, this may or may not air on other PBS
stations.  Includes interviews and footage of several
conductors, including Leonard Bernstein, who came out as a
gay man in his later years.

>> TRAVEL GUIDE.  Airs Sun. 5/28/95, 4:30 pm, CNN.
"Included:  travel options for gay and lesbian tourists."
-TV Guide.

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Please be sure to read notes #1 & 3 for more shows.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
  Prodigy ID = npwc08a         In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers.
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Hi, folks!  This is note #3 (of 3) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 5/27/95 - Fri 6/02/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also.  Most times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ******************

>> CANADIAN GAY PROGRAMMING.  According to an email
correspondent, gay-related programming airs every Sunday
night at 11:00 pm ET on the following Canadian PBS super-
channels.  Content varies from week to week:
- WTVS ch. 56, available in Canada on cable provideers
with CanCom
- WTVS on the Anik E1 satellite, Transponder 14
NOTE:  I won't list this again, so take note of it if it
interests you.

>> TODAY SHOW (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/29/95, 7:00 am, NBC. 
The segments include one on children of gay parents.

>> MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/29/95, 8:00 pm, Fox.
Among the stories in this rerun:  "Matt is reunited with a
lost love (Jason Beghe)."-TV Guide

>> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/29/95,
9:00 pm, The Movie Channel.  Includes a gay couple, who
are reportedly portrayed positively.

>> POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Phila. PA every Tuesday
(including 5/30/95) at 7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35.  Locally
produced show by and for PWAs and people who are HIV+.

>> THREESOME (CC).  Airs Wed. 5/31/95, 8:00 pm, Showtime
cable.  Somewhat amusing story about two men and a woman
who become college roommates.  The woman is in love with
man #1.  Man #1 is in love with man #2.  Man #2 is in love
with the woman.

>> IN A NEW LIGHT:  SEX UNPLUGGED (CC).  Airs Thurs.
6/1/95, 8:00 pm, ABC.  TV Guide says:  "Rosie Perez and
Stephen Baldwin co-host the fourth annual special
dedicated to educating young people about AIDS.  Perez
teams with MTV's Ed Lover for a group discussion with New
York teens about safe sex, while Baldwin offers statistics
on the toll STDs have taken on the Nation's young.  The
hour also features documentary segments, which look at
couples dealing with the threat of HIV, a woman being
tested for AIDS and workshops where parents and children
learn to talk about sex.  Celebrities offering advice
include Barbara Walters, TLC, Greg Louganis, Melissa
Etheridge, Jon Stewart, and former US Surgeon General C.
Everett Koop."

>> VIEW FROM THE VALLEY.  Airs Fri. 6/2/95, 7:30 pm,
Allentown, PA WLVT ch. 39A.  The topic is hate crimes.
Unknown if it will address anti-gay hate crimes or not.

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Please be sure to read notes #1 & 2 for more shows.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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