Bonus video! Television's long, mostly-awful history of gay teens
Added 2024-09-15 16:00:12 +0000 UTCHello there!
For today's bonus video, we're taking a look at the history of gay teens on TV -- going alllllll the way back to Dobie Gillis in the early 1960s, then wandering through the groovy vibes of Richard Dreyfuss into the 1970s with lesbian-teacher scares. And of course, who can forget young Ryan Phillippe as a troubled soap opera youth? And that's just to name a few.
I'm sure there are a bunch I've left out in this video, so let me know if there are others I should've mentioned!
Comments
Oh wow, were they like local celebrities/infamous?
Matt Baume
2024-09-19 15:57:13 +0000 UTCI grew up in Santa Barbara where American Family was shot. It was legendary, but I didn't get to see clips of it until it started showing up on the Internet. The fact that there was a gay son almost always got mentioned, also the divorce. That letter nearly made me cry. Wow.
Zardogs! Zardogs!
2024-09-19 14:45:27 +0000 UTCOh that's a good idea -- there's very few gay actors I can think of who took roles like those! Ian McKellen came out during a radio interview and hasn't been afraid of taking more daring roles, and Rupert Everett comes to mind. But I'm struggling to think of others!
Matt Baume
2024-09-19 06:44:24 +0000 UTCConsenting Adult was written by the same author who wrote Gentleman's Agreement, Laura Z. Hobson, about antisemitism. On another note, have you done a video on queer actors who took on queer roles despite the risk? For instance, I remember Robert Reed of The Brady Bunch playing a transgender doctor on Medical Center (1975?).
Johnny Townsend
2024-09-17 21:59:03 +0000 UTC
