“Capsuto is a dead-on analyst
of trends and political patterns, championing the many people
who have fought to bring gay lives and stories into our living rooms...”
Peter Terzian, Brill's
Content magazine
August 2000
“LESBIAN,
GAY AND BISEXUAL YOUTH ON TV”
See
how U.S. television portrayed (and struggled to avoid portraying)
LGB teenagers from the 1970s to the present.
I put
together this 35-minute talk in response to requests from high school
teachers and their schools' gay/straight alliances. It's built around
video clips showing the swift growth and evolution of TV portrayals
of sexual-minority youth since 1979.
See
excerpts of the latest roles (such as the bisexual son on Desperate
Housewives) as well as past breakthroughs including a CBS
Schoolbreak Special from 1987, and series regulars on My So-Called
Life, Once and Again and All My Children, among others.
Between the clips, I describe the behind-the-scenes battles in the
TV industry over whether and how to portray lesbian, gay and bisexual
youth.
Booking Information:
Contact Steven Capsuto directly at stevecap@dca.net.
