Subject: Gay TV Shows 9/2/95 - 9/8/95
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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 20:58:43 -0400

Hi, folks!  This is note #1 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/2/95 - Fri 9/8/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes.  Local shows are listed with
local times; national shows are Eastern time zone.
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The following shows air at multiple/various times:

- LIFEBEAT: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FIGHTS AIDS.  Airs:
> Sat. 9/2/95, 9:30 pm, VH-1
> Mon. 9/4/95, 8:00 pm, VH-1
> Wed. 9/6/94, 7:30 pm, VH-1

- NETWORK Q.  Weekly gay tv program.
1) Definite airings include:
> Sat. 9/2/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch.35 (#9)
> Wed. 9/6/95, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35 (#10)
2) Other likely/reported air times include:
> Miami:  weekly on Sundays, 1:00 pm, WLRN
> San Francisco:  weekly on Tuesdays 9:00 pm, KMTP
> Tacoma, WA:  weekly on Wednesdays, 11:00 pm, KBTC
> Denver, CO: weekly on Fridays, 10:00 pm, KBDI

- ED WOOD:  A LOOK BACK IN ANGORA.  Documentary about the
straight cross-dresser who filmed some of Hollywood's
worst (but unintentionally funniest) films ever.  WHYY's
program guide calls this "A salute to director/cross-
dresser Ed Wood, who developed a penchant for making
movies about monsters and a fetish for the soft fabric of
the title."  WYBE's guide says "includes interviews with
lovers and friends, plus clips from Wood films like Jail
Bait, Orgy of the Dead, & Glen or Glenda."  Check local
listings. Airs on some PBS stations this week, incl.:
> Sat. 9/2/95, 10:40 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
  (Immediately followed by Wood's "GLEN OR GLENDA".)
> Wed., 9/6/95, 8:00 pm, on Phila.PA WYBE ch.35
> Sat., 9/9/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila.PA WYBE ch.35

- DAME EDNA EXPERIENCE.  Hosted by Australian cross-
dresser Barry Humphries.  Airs in San Francisco:
> Sat-Sun., 9/2-3/95, 12:35 am & 1:20 am, on KQED ch. 9

- MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Harvey Fierstein and CA gay comic
Scott Capurro appear as the gay couple and makeup artists
who transform Robin Williams into an elderly woman. Airs:
> Sun. 9/3/95, 9:00 am and 8:00 pm, HBO
> Tues. 9/5/95, 12:30 pm, HBO

- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.  A decent movie about a female
high school student who cross-dresses & enrolls as a male
student in another school, to research an article on
sexism.  When she falls for a male student at the other
school, the kids think that she is a gay male.  Airs:
> Sun. 9/3/95, 5:45 pm, HBO
> Wed. 9/6/95, 12:15 pm, HBO

- STOLEN MOMENTS.  TV Guide says:  "A concert by jazz and
hip-hop artists benefiting AIDS research and treatment.
Performers include Digable Planets, the Pharcyde, M.C.
Solaar, Guru, Donald Byrd, Ron Carter and the Last Poets."
Airs:
> Sun. 9/3/95, 11:00 pm, on New Jersey public tv stations
(including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23, Trenton WNJT ch. 52, and
possibly others)
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Hi, folks!  This is note #2 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/2/95 - Fri 9/8/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.
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- TODAY (CC).  A 2-part feature with Elton John.
> Part 1:  Airs Tues. 9/5/95, 7:00 am, NBC
> Part 2:  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 7:00 am, NBC

- DONAHUE: BISEXUALITY (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/7/95 in some
(NOT all) syndicated tv markets.  Check your local
listings.  Airings include:
> Thurs. 9/7/95, 11:00 am, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3

- M. BUTTERFLY (CC).  TV Guide says "Adaptation of David
Henry Hwang's Tony-winning play about the deceptive love
affair between a French diplomat (Jeremy Irons) and a
Chinese opera singer."  What they don't say is that the
opera singer turns out to be a man in drag.  Airs:
> Thurs. 9/7/95, 11:35 am & again at 10:35 pm, Prism

- GERALDO: LESBIANISM.  Airs Fri. 9/8/95 in some areas.
Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Fri. 9/8/95, 9:00 am, on NYC NY WCBS ch. 2

- SUSAN POWTER: HATE CRIMES.  Airs Fri. 9/8/95 in most
areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Fri. 9/8/95, 12:30 pm, on Wildwood NJ WMGM ch. 40
> Fri.-Sat., 9/8-995, 3:30 am, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

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

- GLEN OR GLENDA.  Airs Sat 9/2/95, 11:30 pm, on Phila. PA
WHYY ch. 12.  May or may not air on other PBS stations, so
check local listings.  WHYY's APPLAUSE program guide says:
"This 'docu-fantasy' about transvestism stars director Ed
Wood as Glen, who doesn't know how to tell his fiancee he
wants to wear her clothes; starring Bela Lugosi, Dolores
Fuller and 'Tommy' Haynes."

- BIOGRAPHY:  J. EDGAR HOOVER.  Airs Sun. 9/3/95, 5:00 am
(NOT pm!), Arts & Entertainment cable.  Unknown if this
will address Hoover's closeted homosexuality.

- BIOGRAPHY: MICHELANGELO (1475-1564).  Airs Sun. 9/3/95,
8:00 am (NOT pm!), A&E cable.  Unknown if this will
address the artist's sexuality.

- GO TOWARD THE LIGHT.  Airs Sun. 9/3/95, 11:35 pm, on
Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6. 1988 tv movie.  "Poignant, fact-
based story of a couple (Linda Hamilton, Richard Thomas)
who must prepare their AIDS-stricken 8-year-old son
(Joshua Harris) for death."-TV Guide.

- THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/4/95, 11:35 am,
Cinemax.  It's incidental to the plot, but one of the US
Supreme Court Justices who gets killed in this movie turns
out to have been a closeted gay man.

- CHICAGO HOPE (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/4/95, 10:00 pm, CBS.  TV
Guide says "a dying AIDS patient (Obba Babatunde) hopes
Dr. Hancock (Vondie Curtis-Hall) can arrange a surgical
procedure that might allow him to see at least one more
sunrise."
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Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #3 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/2/95 - Fri 9/8/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.
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- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs Tues. 9/5/95, 7:30 pm, on Phila.
PA WYBE ch. 35.  A show by & for people with AIDS and HIV
disease.  This week's topic:  "The Female Condom:
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know."  WYBE's program
guide says: "An interview plus a video on the new female
condom.  Meet men and women who have used it, and check
out the show and tell."

- LIVE SHOT (CC).  Airs Tues. 9/5/95, 9:00 pm, on UPN
(incl. Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57 & national cable WWOR ch. 9).
"Lou (Tom Byrd) refuses to allow an old teammate to come
out of the closet during an interview."-TV Guide

- BIOGRAPHY: ROCK HUDSON (1925-1985).  Airs Tues. 9/5/95,
Disney channel.  This show will almost certainly discuss
his closeted homosexuality and his death from AIDS.

- MAURICE.  Airs Tues. 9/5/95, 10:30 pm, Bravo cable.
Beautifully-filmed version of E.M. Forster's novel about a
man in Edwardian England who is coming to terms with his
gayness.

- A DIFFERENT STORY.  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 2:00 pm, Cinemax
cable.  Very strange story about a gay man and a lesbian
who become a couple.

- BIOGRAPHY: LIBERACE.  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 8:00 pm, Arts &
Entertainment cable.

- IN CONCERT: SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK.  Airs in San
Francisco Wed. 9/6/95, 8:30 pm, on KQED ch. 9.  A friend
writes "Filmed at S.F.'s Glide Memorial Church, the award-
winning a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock performs
songs celebrating self-esteem and empowerment in a concert
titled 'Songs for the Children.'"

- FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC).  Airs Wed. 9/6/95,
9:00pm, The Movie Channel.  (NOTE:  TMC is supposed to be
offering free previews to cable users on 9/6, so this show
will probably be available to most cable viewers.)  This
movie has been highly praised by readers for its positive
portrayal of a gay male couple.

- THE REAL WORLD.  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 10:30 pm, MTV.
According to TV Guide, this is the show in which the
roommates from San Francisco move in together, so this
will probably be the show that introduced Pedro, the gay
man who later died of AIDS.

- TODAY (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/7/95, 7:00 am, NBC.
Scheduled guests include Patrick Swayze, who plays a drag
queen in the new movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for
everything!, Julie Newmar.

- FRIENDS (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/7/95, 8:30 pm, NBC.  When
Ross's ex-wife Carol goes into labor and is rushed to the
hospital, he gets into an argument with her lover Susan.
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Be sure to read all 5 notes.
Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #4 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/2/95 - Fri 9/8/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.
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- THE CREW (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/7/95, 8:30 pm, Fox.  I
caught part of the first episode of this new comedy about
airline flight attendants this week, and one of the
characters, Paul Steadman (David Burke), is gay and out.
It looks like there will be numerous moments built around
that fact in the show.  TV Guide doesn't indicate any gay
storyline for this week's episode, but I suspect there
will be gay-oriented aspects on a regular basis.

- CBS REPORTS: FATH & POLITICS - THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT (CC).
Airs Thurs. 9/7/95, 9:00 pm, CBS.  TV Guide says that this
show will cover many topics, including "opposing views of
homosexuality through interviews with ministers, including
a Texas preacher who presides over a same-sex union and a
clergyman who disagrees with the lifestyle."

- PHILADELPHIA.  Airs Fri. 9/8/95, 6:40 pm, The Movie
Channel.  TMC's free preview is still supposed to be going
through this movie.  Tom Hanks won a Best Actor Oscar for
his performance as a gay lawyer who is fired after he
develops AIDS and his gayness becomes known.  Denzel
Washington costars, and the wonderful gay male singers The
Flirtations make a brief appearance.

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In the "ALL ISMS ARE RELATED" category, check out these
non-gay diversity-related tv shows:

- BE GOOD MY CHILDREN.  "A 1992 drama about a Korean
family's pursuit of the American Dream in New York City
deals with issues of assimilation, racism, and
biculturalism."-TV Guide  Airs:
> Sat. 9/2/95, 10:00 pm, on New Jersey public tv stations,
including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23 & Trenton NJ WNJT ch. 52.

- THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN (CC).  Excellent movie about the
Army Air Corps' 332nd, which was first U.S. division of
African-American fighter pilots in WWII, & the incredible
racism they encountered.  Highly recommended.  Airs:
> Sun. 9/3/95, 2:00 pm & 10:30 pm, HBO
> Wed. 9/6/95, 2:00 pm & 11:30 pm, HBO

- BEIJING '95: A WOMAN'S PLACE (CC).  TV Guide calls this
"A 10-part series examining the issues and events of the
United Nations Women's Conference."  Airs daily starting
Mon. 9/4/95 at 11:00 am ET on CNN.

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Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #5 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/2/95 - Fri 9/8/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.
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Attention PBS viewers:  Philadelphia PA's WHYY ch. 12 has
a major lineup of shows dealing with racism on Wed.
9/6/95. These may or may not air in other areas on PBS
stations, so check your local listings:

- YOU DON'T HAVE TO RIDE JIM CROW!  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 8:00
pm, WHYY ch. 12.  "Documents the story of the 1947
'journey of reconciliation,' America's first freedom ride.
The program closely profiles these idealistic travelers,
including co-planners Bayard Austin, a black Quaker who
had been a backup singer to Leadbelly, and George House, a
white Methodist minister."-WHYY guide

- THE MOREHOUSE MEN (CC).  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 9:00 pm, WHYY
ch. 12.  "Follows a group of students during the academic
year at Atlanta's Morehouse College, the only African-
American men's college in the United States, where Martin
Luther King jr. and Spike Lee were educated."-WHYY guide

- RICHARD WRIGHT: WHITE BOY.  Airs Wed. 9/6/95, 10:00 pm,
WHYY ch. 12.  "Profiles the life, work and legacy of
Richard Wright, one of America's most influential writers,
with excerpts from his work and historical footage and
recollections of friends, associates and scholars."-WHYY

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That's it for this week's list.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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