>>> I AM NOT OBSESSED WITH SEX. .
IT IS CALLED I AM THINKING ABOUT SEX.
SEXUALITY HAVE COME ALONG WAY IN SITCOM HISTORY.
CAN YOU DONATE A PENIS TO A PERSON THAT’S TRANSITIONING?
HALTOM CITY GREAT WAY TO DEAL WITH A TRICKY WORLD.
SITCOMS TALK ABOUT SEX. MY UNDERWEAR?
BAD RELATIONSHIPS. I AM BREAKING UP WITH HIM
TONIGHT. THESE SHOWS CHANGE THE WAY WE
THINK ABOUT SEXUALITY. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT GAY
RIGHTS. SHE KNOWS SEXUAL REVOLUTION.
I HAVE TO GET MARRIED OR MOVED?
IF YOU CAN MAKE THEM LAUGH THEN OH MAYBE WE’LL WATCH IT
AGAIN.
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, LET’S GET OUR SEX TALK ON.
OH, MOM COVERED IT ALL PRETTY GOOD.
MAYBE ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, BUT I AM YOUR DADDY, I AM
HERE TO KEEP IT 100. DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOUR MOM
THINKS I AM UP ENTITYTIGHTUPTIGH RIGHT?
I WANT TO GO HOME IN MY OWN ROOM AND SLEEP.
I DON’T WANT ANOTHER BEER. WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER BEER.
OH YEAH. IT IS ALWAYS BEEN FROM LIKE
THE STRAIGHT, WHITE MAN’S POINT OF VIEW.
I REMEMBER EARLY SITCOMS, I SAW A MOTHER, A WIFE IN A
COCKTAIL DRESS ALL DAY LONG. WE SIT THERE GOING WHO THE HELL
ARE THESE PEOPLE? IT WAS AS DENIAL OF REALITY.
ETHEL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY.
WE GOT TO SEE A REGULARPREGNA WOMAN ON TELEVISION, WEARING A
DRESS STARTED FRZ AOM THE NECK. AS IF WE DIDN’T ALL COME FROM
A PREGNANT WOMAN. IN THE ’60s, SITCOMS WERE
STUCK INTO THE 1960s SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFEVES MENTALITY.
WE SEE TV TRYING TO ADDRESS THE GENDER WAR THAT WAS COMING.
I DEFINITELY THINK "I DREAM OF JEANIE" IS AN ESCAPE FOR MANY
PEOPLE. WHEN YOU HAVE MAGIC, YOU CAN
DO A LOT OF THINGS. WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I AM READING A SQUIRREL. THE E MANMANCIPATION OF MODERN
WOMEN. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
OH, YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE THIS CHARACTER WHO’S THE EPIPHANY OF MALE FANTASY.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR WAY OF LIFE SO I CAN PLEASE YOU.
WELL, YOU PLEASE ME VERY MUCH.
YOU ARE PERFECT. THERE IS AN EPISODE CALLED
THE AMERICANIZATION OF JEANIE, WHERE SHE DIPS HER TOES INTO THE
WATERS OF FEMALE LIBERATION. I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE E
MAN SLAUGHTER EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN.
I THOUGHT YOU GOT SO CAUGHT UP THAT YOU FORGOT TO DO HOUSE
WORK, RIGHT? I DIDN’T FORGET, I THOUGHT I
LET YOU DO IT? ME?
TONY DOES NOT FIND IT ATTRACTIVE.
HE’S TURNED OFF BY IT. YOUR BEHAVIOR THIS EVENING IS
DISGRACEFUL. LET ME TELL YOU ONE MORE
THING. SITCOM TELEVISION HAS CHANGED
AT THE TIME BUT IT WAS A LOT MORE COMMONALITY THAN JEANNIE
AND HER MAERSSTER. A LOT GOING ON.
YOU HAVE THIS INTERESTING MOMENT BECAUSE IN THE REAL
WORLD, THE WOMEN LIBERATION MOVEMENT IS PUSHING FEMALE
EQUALITITYY FURTHER THAN IT EVER BEEN.
THESE MAGICAL POWERS. THAT’S THE REAL YOU ARE KIND
OF TRANSFORMED TO SHOWS LIKE THAT GIRL WHERE POWER DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE MAGICAL. ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO?
WELL, THERE ARE 4,000 THING TO DO AROUND HERE THAT I CAN DO
ALL MYSELF. THAT’S MY GIRL.
THAT GIRL. WITH HER CRUNCHY VOICE AND HER
CUTE FACE AND HER HAIR. YOU HAD MARLOW THOMAS AS
REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALES INDEPENDENT SELF F‐EMPLOYED CARE
WOMEN. THE PREMISE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
THAT WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
SOMEBODY? AN ACTRESS?
THAT WAS WHAT MADE IT EARTH SHATTERING AT THE TIME.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN A GIRL WITH A DREAM.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE ME IN THE SUBWAY COMING HOME.
ANNE‐MARY, GIRL TELEVISION STAR.
WE WERE REALLY ‐‐ WE COULD NOT EVEN APPEAR TO BE HAVING
SEX. WE BETTER GO TO THE NEXT ROOM
AND TALK. ANYTHING YOU SAY TO ME, YOU
CAN SAY IN FRONT OF MY PLANT. IT WAS ALL HAPPENING TON
STREET BUT NOT ON TELEVISION. STANDARD OF PRACTICE WATCHED US
LIKE HAWKS. THEY WERE MARRIED AND HAD TO
SLEEP IN SEPARATE BEDS. DONALD WENT HOME, YES, IT WAS
THE TIME OF FREE LOVE. IT WAS THE TIME OF WOODSTOCK.
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR SOCIETY.
I REMEMBER WHY I BROKE OFF WITH HOWARD.
MARY TYLER MOORE WAS SO MASSIVE TO ME.
HAVING HER JOB AND DEALING WITH LIKE ALL OF THESE MEN.
I HAVE BEEN DATING SINCE I WAS 17.
I AM 37. THAT’S TWO DECADES OF DATING.
MARY RICHARD WAS ACTUALLY HAVING SEX.
WHAT YOU GOT IS WOMEN NOT EMBARRASSED TO HAVE A HUSBAND TO
TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HAD TO STAY HOME.
THAT MADE A STATEMENT. DIDN’T THEY USED TO CALL THAT
BEING MARRIED? WE STARTED FILMING "MUD" OF
JULY OF ’72 AND ROE V. WADE HAD PASSED.
SO ABORTION WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR ME.
THE EPISODE OF ABORTION AIRED IN NOVEMBER OF ’22 AS A TWO
PARTER. MOTHER, I DON’T UNDERSTAND
YOUR HESITANCY WHEN THEY MADE IT A LAW?
OF COURSE, I WAS NOT PREGNANT THEN.
THERE WERE STATIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WE HAD A PLATFORM BUT WE WERE NOT SHOVING IT DOWN TO ANYBODY’S
THROAT. WE WERE MAKING THEM LAUG
>>> LBGTQ REPRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER. YOU CAN’T LEAVE IT OUT ANYMORE.
THE HISTORY OF LBGTQ CHARACTERS OF SITCOM IS SIMILAR TO THE
LBGTQ PEOPLE IN AMERICA. THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE BUT THEY
HAD TO BE HIDDEN. DON’T YOU GET IT DUMB, DUMB?
THIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER OF YOURS?
YOU HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY SEEING THEMSELVES
DEPICTED ON SCREEN BUT NOT ALL THE WAY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE? I HAVE BEEN PRAYING.
UNGCLE ARTHUR GIVES OFF THE ENERGY.
OH, LOOK AT THAT COOKIE ODD BALL, I HOPE HE HAS A WIFE THAT
LOVE HIM VERY MUCH. A ROUTINE POLICE RAID ON A
GAY BAR. THE WILD INSURRECTION WOULD
ENTER HISTORY AS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT.
IN THE ’60s AND ’70s, YOU SEE AN EXPLOSION OF FIGHTING FOR
RIGHTS OF CLEAR LIBERATION. THE CREDIT OF THE MANY PEOPLE
WHO WORKED WITH HIM. THEY PUT PEOPLE WITH LBGTQ
IDENTITY ON TELEVISION AND TREAT THEM AS CHARACTERS AND NOT PUNCH
LINES. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A GAY KYLE
CLARK, WHY HAVE WE SEEN A GAY CHARACTER?
>>> THEY EXIST.
MAY SON‐IN‐LAW IS TINKER BELL.
HI, MR. BUNKER. THEY BRING THEIR OWN STORIES
TO FAMILIES ALL THE TYPE. YOU TRY TO TELL ME THAT STEVE
IS ‐‐ I WOULD NOT WANT MY PLACE. HE THINKS YOU ARE JUST
JUST ‐ CAN’T EVEN SAY IT, STEVE. THESE SHOWS WERE CHANGING THE
WAY WE THINK ABOUT CLEARNESS AND UTTERNESS.
HE’S HERE. ?
1977, WE GOT A GROUND BREAKING EPISODE OF THE JEFFERSONS TITLED
"ONCE A FRIEND." IT IS ME, EDDIE.
ONLY I AM EATING NOW. GEORGE CAN’T WAIT FOR EDDIE
TO COME TO TOWN, HIS BEST FRIEND.
WHEN EDDIE COMES TO TOWN AND EDDIE IS EDY.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK. REPRESENTATION MATTERS BECAUSE
IF YOU KNOW AND LIKE THIS PERSON, THAT’S FICTIONAL, HOW
CAN YOU NOT KNOW AND LIKE THIS PERSON IN YOUR REAL LIFE?
WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, I USED TO HATE YOU, YOU USED TO STEAL
MY CLOTHES. WHY DO YOU PEOPLE DRINK?
YOU MEAN NEW YORKERS? NO, HOMOS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY DELICIOUS ABOUT THE GAYNESS OF
BILLY CRYSTAL CHARACTER. IT WAS LIKE MAINSTREAM
TELEVISION. WOW, THIS IS HAPPENING AND
THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT IT RIGHT
NOW, THERE WERE MOMENTS THAT WAS SENSITIVE, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT
CHARACTER. YOU HATE ME BECAUSE I AM GAY,
RIGHT? WELL, I GUESS IF YOU NEED A
REASON, THAT’S A GOOD ONE. IT IS A TERRIBLE REASON.
LOOK AT ME. I AM A PERSON.
YOU DON’T LOOK GAY. I AM STILL ME.
WITH THAT SAID, THAT SHOW KIND OF DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS
SUING. NOW I AM FINALLY USED TO
BE ‐‐ HOMOSEXUAL. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A SEX
CHANGE AND BE A GIRL? THE USE OF STEREOTYPE LIKE
JODI, IT CREATES A SENSE OF WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT ME IS THAT I AM
DILUTED AND I SHOULD SORT OF GLOM BACK ONTO SOCIETY.
NOW PEOPLE ARE MORE OPEN TO TRANS IDENTITY.
WHEN I STARTED MAKING TRANSPARENTS ‐‐ OKAY, THIS IS
NEVER GOING TO FLY. DAD, WHAT WERE YOU WEARING?
I WAS CONFUSED OF WHAT AMERICA CAN HANDLE.
I HAVE SOMETHING
>>> TRANSPARENT IS AN INTERESTING CASE.
THEY WERE TELLING A STORY ABOUT THEIR OWN PARENT WHO HAD COME
OUT AS TRANS TO THEM. I HAD MAJOR UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT TRANSNESS AND THE LEARNING CURVE I HAD TO GO ONTO
UNDERSTAND OH, THESE ARE TWO CROSS‐DRESSERS ARE AND THEY’RE
NOT THE SAME AS DRAG QUEENS OR TRANS WOMEN.
ALL MY KIDS, YOU CAN SEE ME MOST CLEARLY.
THE FAMILY WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MOIRA.
IT FELT LIKE THERAPY. PEOPLE CAN BUILD A BETTER
WORLD TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE IT ON THAT NORMAL.
IT NORMALIZED A LOT OF THESE CONCEPTS.
MY WHOLE LIFE I HAD BEEN DRESSING UP LIKE A MAN.
JEFFERY WAS A MAN WHO WAS DRESSING UP AS A TRANS WOMAN
KIND OF DANGEROUS ACTUALLY. THERE IS DANGER OUT IN THE WORLD
FOR TRANS WOMEN WHERE IF THEY WANT TO USE THE WOMEN’S
RESTROOM. SOMEBODY THINKS THEY ARE QUOTE
ON QUOTE "FAKING IT." ULTIMATELY, I DO THINK IT MADE
TRANSNESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY COULD BE
AND LIFE GOES ON. IT CREATES A SENSE OF
ABNORMALITY. OH, HELLO GIRLS.
COME ON IN, GIRLS. IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU, GIRLS.
HI GUYS. A MAN DRESSING AS A WOMAN IN
1982 IS NOT AT ALL A MAN DRESSING AS A WOMAN IN OUR
CULTURE TODAY. I FEEL LIKE COMPLETELY A
DIFFERENT KIND OF MAN. THE JACK LEMON TONY CURTIS
MOVIE. WE CAN POINT AS THE USE OF
DRAG AS A KOURTNEY TERRELL REEDC >>.
ARE YOU TWO FARM GIRLS? I MEAN YOU ARE REALLY BIG.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS A LOT OF GAY CHARACTERS WERE PEOPLE THAT
WERE CREATED BY PRIMARILY HETEROSEXUAL TO BE A LAUGH LINE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I AM LOOSENING UP MY WRISTS.
DIDN’T KNOW YOU GUYS HAD A PRACTICE.
THAT’S HOW YOU SAY GAY. HELLO JACK.
IT WAS KIND OF A TERRIBLE SHOW AND BOY DID YOU WANT TO BE
AROUND THEM. NOBODY IS TRYING TO HURT
ANYBODY, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
>>> YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS MAN TO SAY ONE THING BUT HE’S NOT.
HEARING THOSE WORDS ON TELEVISION WAS IMPORTANT AT THE
TIME. HE’S WILLING TO BECOME A PART OF
THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS THE
OTHER.
"THREE COMPANIES" EMERGED AT A TIME THAT AMERICA WAS SAYING I
DON’T WANT SEX TO BE A TABOO SUBJECT ANYMORE.
THAT’S A LOVELY MOLE YOU GOT ON YOUR THIGH.
TWO GIRLS AND A GUY LIVING IN AN APARTMENT AND THE LANDLORD IS
OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE HE THINKS JOHN RITTERS’ CHARACTER IS GAY.
IT IS SUCH A PERFECT ’70s IN TERMS OF SEXUALISM.
I HAD BEEN WALKING BEHIND YOU SINCE YOU WERE WALKING OFF THE
BUS. WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING?
I WAS ENJOYING THE REAR.
YOU CAN DO IT. THE WAY CHRISTIE SNOW BECAME
QUEEN OF THE JIGGLE WAS IN THAT FIRST YEAR.
CHRISSY GOT SO EXCITED AND JUMPED BACK AND FORTH AND THAT’S
WHEN BOOBS WERE REAL. THE WRITER WOULD ADD THE LINE
AND CHRISSY JUMPS FOR JOY. IT WAS A SIGN THAT AMERICA
MIGHT HAVE BEEN BURNT OUT ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES.
WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE VIETNAM WAR AND IT ONLY RECENTLY ENDED.
MY ERA WAS THE ERA OF LOSING FRIENDS GOING TO FUNERALS SO
MAYBE THIS WAS THE COMIC RELIEF WE NEEDED.
"THREE COMPANIES" WAS A MASSIVE HIT OUT OF THE BOX.
I WAS WATCHING THESE KYLE CLARKS THAT I WAS SCARED OF WHO
I WAS. I CAN LOOK BACK AT THEM AND HAVE
A CERTAIN FONDNESS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE COATED, IT WAS
SOMETHING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
GOOD NIGHT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE BRAIN DEAD NOT TO.
NO, MONROE WAS GAY. I WAS IN THE CLOSET AND I WAS
TERRIFIED THAT IT WOULD RUIN MY CAREER AND THEN IN 1985, I
DISCOVERED THAT I WAS HIV
>>> I THINK BEING GAY WAS ADMITTING TO SOMEONE THAT YOU
COULD HAVE AIDS. ULTIMATELY WE DIDN’T SEE MANY
LBGTQ CHARACTERS IN SITCOMS AND THE ’80s FOR MOST LBGTQ
COMMUNITIES. IT WAS AS VERY DARK TIME.
SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD A TRANSFUSION WHILE YOU WERE
THERE. THE BLOOD MAY HAVE CONTAINED HIV
ANTIBODIES. WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AIDS. "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" BEING
ABOUT OLDER CHARACTER GAVE THE WOMEN HOW THE WOMEN REACT TO
IMPORTANT ISSUES. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN TO ME?
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ME.
YOU MUST GONE TO BED HUNDREDS OF MEN.
AIDS IS NOT BAD AND NOT GOD PUNISHING PEOPLE WITH SINS.
YOU ARE RIGHT. "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" WERE ABLE
TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY WERE.
WHEN WE SEE THESE MOMENTS, BECAUSE THERE IS ACTIVISTS
TRYING TO NORMALIZE AND HUMANIZE FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN
HUMANIZED FOR SO LONG. MY FATHER’S GAY.
YOU GOT THE OUTING. JUST BECAUSE YOU TWO ARE
HOMOSEXUAL, SO WHAT? THE PREMISE OF THAT SHOW WAS
THE JOURNALIST ‐‐ JERRY AND GEORGE WERE GAY LOVER.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THIS SHIRT?
IT IS NICE. JERRY SAID HE DIDN’T LIKE IT.
THE MINUTE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS THE IMPRESSION WE WERE
GIVING. WE WENT INTO OVER DRY TO PROVE
TO HER THAT WAS THE FURTHEST THING.
LOOK, IT WAS A JOKE. YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH ME
RIGHT NOW.
IT IS NOT TRUE. NOT THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG
WITH US. THE MORE WE SEE THINGS, THE
MORE WE NORMALIZE THOSE THINGS BECOME.
HELLO. WHETHER IT IS SEXUALITY OR
GENDER DIVERSITY. WE GOT PUT IT OUT THERE.
HOW ABOUT YOUR BOYFRIEND, MR. FEEL THIS.
THROUGHOUT THE ’90s. THE GAY COMMUNITY STARTED MAKING
BABY STEPS. WHEN ELLEN CAME ON THE AIR,
THERE WAS NO LBGTQ REPRESENTATION AT ALL.
ELLEN SHOW DID NOT START WITH A SHOW ABOUT ‐‐ IT WAS ABOUT
ABOUT ‐‐ ELLEN WANTED TO HE WILL THE TRUTH AND HAVE HER CHARACTER
DO SO. ELLEN, ARE YOU COMING OUT OR
NOT? YES, QUIT JERKING US AROUND
AND COME OUT ALREADY. COME ON.
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? I GOT A WHOLE HOUR.
I DON’T THINK YOU CANOVER STATE WHAT WAS AT STAKE FOR
ELLEN DeGENERES IN TERMS OF COMING OUT.
SHE WAS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING CAREER AND THIS PRESSURE COOKER
HAD BEEN MOUNTING AND HER SHOW REALLY WAS WHAT BLEW THE LID OFF
OF IT. SUSAN, I GAY.
ELLEN MORGAN CAME OUT COINCIDE WITH ELLEN’S CHARACTER.
IF TFRS NOT DIFFICULT, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT A LONG TIME
AGO. IT BECAME A NATIONAL EVENT.
IT FELT SO GREAT AND LOUD. SHE MUST HAVE FELT A HUGE
RELIEF. I MEAN SHE WAS US.
SHE WAS AMERICA BUT SHE JUST WAS GAY.
ORGANIZATIONS OBJECTED TO THE IDEA OF A GAY PERSON COMING OUT
ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. SITCOM "ELLEN" IS BEING
CANCELLED AFTER ONE YEAR THE CHARACTER CAME OUT AS A GAY LESS
I DON’T KNOW. YOU WOULD DROP THE FIRE
BECAUSE I AM GAY. I BELIEVE THE SHOW WAS SO
GAY. YES.
THE FACT THAT THE SHOW DIDN’T CONTINUE MUST HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC. ELLEN WAS DRIVEN OUT THE
INDUSTRY AFTER THAT EPISODE. THERE WAS A BACKLASH.
THAT THREATEN TO PUT A CHILL ON DEVELOPMENT OF ANY MORE SHOWS
WITH GAY
>>> THAT FELT SO GREAT AND IT FELT SO LOUD.
ELLEN PLAYED SUCH A FORMATIVE ROLE IN SHIFTING THE
CONVERSATION BUT THERE WAS STILL A LANDSCAPE OF FEAR.
IN THE ’90s, THERE WERE GAY MEN AND WOMEN WANTED THEIR
STORIES TOLD. WE WERE AFRAID OF ALIENATING
AN AUDIENCE. NORMAN LEERY TOLD US NOT ONLY IT
IS A GOOD THING TO REFLECT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN BUT IT IS
WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. SO I THINK WHAT IT SAID IS
CONTINUE BE AFRAID. ♪
THIS IS DECEMBER OF 97. I WANTED TO BE ANYBODY ON
"FRIENDS" OR "SEINFIELD." OH, WHEN THE SCRIPT ARRIVE, OH,
BOY, I HOPE IT WAS FOR ME. DID YOU BUY ANYTHING?
YEAH, I GOT A GREAT CAMISOLE. SEXTING?
OH, ASK ME IN THE MORNING. WAS IT DANNY?
YEAH. YELL
JEALOUS? NO, I GOT MY DANNY.
DID I HAVE NERVES ABOUT IT? 1998?
YES. I HAD PLAYED SEVERAL GAY
CHARACTER IN THE THEATER AND ON TELEVISION.
YOU AND GRACE SHOULD GET MARRIED.
GRACE AND ME? WHEN I SAW IN THE PAGE WAS
CHARMING LEADING MAN BUT UNAPOLOGETICALLY BGAY MAN.
HONEY, I AM HAVING AN AFFAIR, HIS NAME IS DONALD.
I DIDN’T GET TO BE MATT LABLANC BUT I KNEW I CAN BE IT
WITH DIGNITY. DID YOU KNOW I WAS GAY WHEN
YOU MET ME? THE ANSWER WAS YOU COULD NOT
GO GAY ENOUGH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE
YOU ‐‐ THERE WAS TWO OPENLY GAY MEN
WHO WERE DIFFERENT. BEING GAY IS NOT JUST ONE THING.
NOT AS LONG AS YOU THINK. I THINK IT IS A GREAT WAY FOR
ANYONE TO CONNECT. I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE WE LOVE
IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WAS
LIKE A BIG FAT THANK YOU. THE NETWORK FOUND OUT, YES,
THERE IS AN AUDIENCE FOR THIS. I THINK THAT REALLY CHANGED
THINGS FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH THESE
CHARACTERS AND THEY REALIZED WELL, WHAT’S THE PREJUDICE.
I THINK WILL AND GRACE DID MORE EDUCATING THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC THAN ANYTHING ANYBODY HAVE DONE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? LOIFI LOVE WEDDINGS.
IT IS NOT STRICTLY WEDDING. WHERE ARE THEY GOING FOR THEA
HONEYMOON. IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER NOW
BUT DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, BARACK OBAMA
SAID HE WAS OPPOSED TO GAY MARRIAGE.
"MODERN FAMILY" CAME AT THE RIGHT THIAMINIME, RIGHT ON THE H
"WILL AND GRACE." YOU JUST MADE A LITTLE GIRL
VERY HAPPY. YES, I CAN SEE THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LOVE IT MITCH AND CAM
TOGETHER. IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO HEAR
PEOPLE SAY MY HUSBAND IS JUST LIKE MITCH OR MY WIFE WAS JUST
LIKE CAM. ALL THEY CARED ABOUT IS
RAISING THEIR DAUGHTER WELL AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.
THEY WERE SWEET TO EACH OTHER. THIS AMAZING LOOKING GUY, I
AM NOT AMAZING. REALLY?
I WOULD NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. THE HEARTS ACCEPTED US BEFORE
OUR MINDS DID. WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT THEM TO
BE MARRIED? JUBILATION AMONG SAME‐SEX
MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS AS THE COURT CLEARS THE WAY FOR SAME‐SEX
MARRIAGE TO RESUME IN CALIFORNIA.
-THE WHOLE MITCH/ -CAM MARRIED WAS SPARKED BY THAT SUPREME
COURT DECISION. MITCH WAS ON THE SECURITY
WATCHING AND PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING IN FRONT OF THE
SUPREME COURT. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS FINALLY
HAPPENED. "MODERN FAMILY" CREATED THIS
WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF COMEDY THAT YOU WOULD NOT GET IN A
-TRADITIONAL MALE/ -FEMALE RELATIONSHIP.
HE WOULD LIKE IT IF I PROPOSE TO HIM.
I BOOKED THE RESTAURANT FROM OUR FIRST DATE.
CAM. OH MY GOSH.
AND IT THEN WITH THEM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TRYING TO FIX A
FLAT TIRE. YES.
IT CAN OPEN UP PEOPLE’S MINDS AND PEOPLE’S HEARTS.
AND I DO THINK THAT "MODERN FAMILY" COULD TAKE SOME CREDIT
MAKING AMERICA COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF SAME‐SEX MARRIAGE.
YOU MAY NOW KISS YOUR HUSBAND.
THE SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZED THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES
MARRIAGE EQUALITY. NOW WITH SHOWS THAT ARE SOME
OF THE STREAMERS WHERE WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE STORIES LIKE
THE THANKSGIVING EPISODE FROM "MASTER OF NONE."
THESE CREATORS FROM THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
GIVEN PLATFORMS TO TELL THEIR STORIES.
BEING GAY IS NOT SOMETHING BLACK PEOPLE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT.
WHY? SOME BLACK PEOPLE THINK BEING
GAY IS A CHOICE. WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THEIR KIDS
WAS GAY, THEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY DID WRONG.
MA, I AM GAY. YOU ARE WHAT?
LENA WADE, WINNING AN EMMY, WHICH WAS HER COMING OUT STORY.
THAT WAS REVOLUTION. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING TO STILL BE BOTH
ENTERTAINING AND THOUGHT‐PROVOKING AND SPARK
>>> HEY POPS, HOW COME YOU NEVER GIVE ME THE TALK?
I CERTAINLY DID, WHAT DID YOU THINK THE BOX OF CONDOMS I GAVE
YOU ABOUT? THAT’S IT?
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY ARE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES
TO ISSUES OF SEX. DON’T GET IT ALL CAUGHT UP
WITH THIS DIALOGUE. IT IS NOT NATURAL.
SHOW ME ONE WAY IN THE BIBLE WHERE KIDS TALK.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LAUGH ANYTHING THAT SCARES US OR
DISTURBS US. I AM SURE YOU HAD SEX WITH MY
MOTHER WHICH IS FINE BUT ARE YOU USING PROTECTION?
IT TOOK A LONG TIME. SITCOM REALLY OPENED THE DOOR
FOR US BEING ABLE TO TELL STORIES ABOUT SEX AND LAUGH AT
THEM. WITHOUT "THREE’S COMPANY,"
YOU DON’T GET "GOLDEN GIRLS." THAT’S SUPER OPEN ABOUT SEX AND
SEXUALITY. I THINK I KNOW YOU FROM SOME
WHERE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE
[ BLEEP ]. I THINK I KNOW YOU IN
COLLEGE. IN THE 1990s, WE HAVE NOT
SEEN SHOWS OF WOMEN BEING FRANK OF THEIR SEX LIFE.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HBO WAS THEIR CRITERIA WAS QUALITY.
TELL ME EXACTLY HOW HE WORDED IT.
I WANTED TO EXPLORE THIS WAY OF SEX AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
FEMALE POINT OF VIEW. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING EACH
OTHER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I REALLY LIKE YOU AND TOMORROW
NIGHT, I WANT US TO HAVE ANAL SEX.
IT FEELS A LITTLE FUNNY TO CALL IT A SITCOM AND I THINK THE
REASON FOR THAT IS IT REALLY PUSHED A LOT OF BARRIERS AROUND
TALKING ABOUT SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS IN WAYS THAT
SITCOM DIDN’T DO. HOW BIG WAS IT?
FRESH PEPPER. MY GUILTY PLEASURE WAS "SEX
AND THE CITY." YOU MEN DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE
DEAL WITH DOWN THERE? THEY DON’T CALL ATEIT A JOB F
NOTHING. I FELT NAUGHTY WATCHING IT.
THERE IS STILL A RARITY. I HAVE NOT HAD SEX IN A YEAR.
DAMN, GIRL, YOU SURE YOU STILL OPEN ARE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS? AT THE TIME "SEX AND THE
CITY" WERE ON, BEING RAISED NOT TO COMPLAIN BUT SEE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PITCH GIRLFRIEND. I GOT A GREAT HOUSE.
I DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO SHARE IT WITH.
IT WAS LIKE A NETWORK VERSION OF "SEX AND THE CITY" BUT WITH FOUR
BLACK WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES INSTEAD OF NEW YORK.
WE SEE HOW THEIR LIVES ARE DIFFERENT.
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TO YOU, BIG BOY.
SMOO WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
WHAT? GIRLFRIEND STARTED TO DEAL
WITH SUBJECT MATTER THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE DEALING WITH FROM THE
LIGHT AND FLUFFY STUFF. MY FRIENDS ARE PERKY TONIGHT.
BLACK WOMEN NEED TO BE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND NOT
TEARING EACH OTHER DOWN. YOU ARE THE ‐‐ I ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE. WOMEN IN SITCOM HISTORY HAVE
BECOME MUCH MORE VOCAL IN ADVOCATING
THEMSELVES. I DON’T WANT A PICTURE OF
YOUR DICK. BECAUSE I LIVE NEAR YOU.
IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT YOUR DICK, I CAN COME OVER AND LOOK
ATE. IT WAS ABOUT THEM FINDING A
WAY TO BE A MESS. NOTHING WAS OFF THE TABLE.
PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED AT WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
IT WAS STILL A NARROW VISION OF AMERICA.
IT WAS NOT THE REALITY OF MOST AMERICANS.
I THINK YOUR ‐‐SP IS BROKEN. INSECURE CENTERS IN ON THE
CHARACTER AND THE IDENTITY AND THE CULTURE THAT SHOWS" SEX AND
THE CITY" AND GIRLS HAD NOTHING DO WITH IT.
OH, IT DEFINITELY DO. FOR RTHE FIRST TIME MAYBE A
LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE A BLACK WOMAN AND MILLENNIAL BLACK
WOMAN. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS TO BE. THIS IS MY FAVORITE BED.
PLAY BACK WAS JUST REVELATION. IT FELT DANGEROUS.
BE SURE TO TREAT YOU LIKE A NAUGHTY LITTLE ‐‐
SITCOMS DON’T USUALLY FEEL DANGEROUS.
FLE
E "FLEA BAG" IS RESTLAWNAU
"FLEA BAG" WAS JUST ‐ SHE SLEPT WITH A PRIEST?
YEAH. OH.
THAT’S INTIMATE. IT IS FUTURE CAST NATSINGASCI
THE EVOLUTION OF FEMALE SEXUALITY.
YOU START WITH BEDS THAT HAD TO BE SEPARATE AND YOU COULD NOT
SAY THE WORD PREGNANT. I HAD A LOT OF SEX OUTSIDE OF
MARRIAGE. FAST FORWARD TO NOW WHEN WE
CELEBRATED LOVE AND WE’LL GIVE YOU AN AWARD FOR IT.