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From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
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Subject: Re: Summary of an article on Gays on TV
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 14:53:04 EST
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Here's something I came across in the April 28-May 4 issue of TV Guide.

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		GAY CHARACTERS ALMOST ROUTINE

        With an upcoming series on Showtime, an episode of THE
LOVE BOAT and a pilot at NBC, gay characters and situations in
prime-time TV are becoming almost commonplace, and gay groups are
happy about it. 

        "We're very pleased." says Chris Uszler, chairperson of
the Alliance for Gay Artists, "because they're getting away from
treating gays and lesbians as an issue or a problem.  There are
more of what we call 'happens-to-be-gay' characters."

        'Brothers' concerns two older brothers who try to deal
with their younger brother's announcement that he is homosexual.
the six episodes will be shown on Showtime this summer. 

        Next season, THE LOVE BOAT will air an episode in which
one of the three subplots involves a gay couple.  Roy Thinnes will
play a former fraternity brother of Doc's who tells his old
friend about his new life. 

        'All Together Now', an NBC pilot, is a comedy in which
Tom Byrd (who starred in 'Boone') plays a son in an All-American
family who comes out of the closet. 

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	Well, this is a start.  Comments?

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