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Podcast: The Locher Room
Episode: Author Steven Capsuto - Alternate Channels - Queer Images on 20th Century TV. 12-29-2020
Description: Author Steven Capsuto joined me in The Locher Room on December 29, 2020 to discuss his book “Alternate Channels: Queer Images on 20th-Century TV.” The book explores the battle for lesbian and gay visibility on American TV in the twentieth century, which pitted sexual-minority groups (from the Mattachine Society in the 1950s to GLAAD in the 1990s) against powerful far-right religious organizations, with TV executives and scriptwriters caught in the crossfire. It documents countless famous or now-forgotten programs, characters, and political skirmishes, examining gay portrayals and the era's few pioneering depictions of bisexual and trans people.This revised 20th Anniversary Edit...