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Tag: Michael Callen

Hosts: Katherine Linton, Greg Watt.  Featured guests: Linda Akamine, Charlie Carson, Bruce Hayes, Marie-Helene Charlap, Patrick Riordan, Juan Pable Ordonez, Linda Chapman, Karen Brown, Ann Northrop, Lou Maletta, Marvin Schwam, Scott Capurro, Chrisanne Eastwood, the Flirtations.

Summary: The first segment is a preview of Gay Games IV, including footage of Team New York Aquatics and interviews with Bruce Hayes and other athletes. The Global Minute about gay life in other countries features Colombian attorney Juan Pablo Ordoñez. The segment on gay cable programming features interviews with television producers and clips from numerous cable programs. A tribute to Michael Callen includes clips from his life as an LGBT activist, including a 1989 PWA (People With AIDS) Health Group press conference, testimony at the 1988 AIDS Commission hearings, and footage from the March on Washington. Actor Scott Capurro is profiled with clips from Mrs. Doubtfire and his stage performances. Chrisanne Eastwood's independent commentary is titled, "Am I on a Date?" The episode concludes with a performance by the Flirtations.

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18:31 - 19:11: Film clip from Philadelphia (1993).

Host: Katherine Linton.  Correspondents: Bill Britt, Cathay Che.  Featured guests: Sid Sheinberg, Richard Jennings, Kirby Tepper, Elton John, Allan Bérubé, Vernon Berg, Michelle Benecke, Bill T. Jones, Linda Villarosa, Urvashi Vaid, Ann Northrop, Charles Flowers, Phillip Sherman, Tony Kushner, Ann Bannon, Barbara Hammer, Jim Fouratt, Chay Yew, Francis Jue, B.D. Wong, George C. Wolfe, Maria Maggenti, Amber Hollibaugh, Risa Denenberg, Martina Navratilova, Melissa Etheridge, Arthur Dong, Stewart Wallace, Michael Korie, Robert Orth.

Summary: The first segment looks at how Hollywood studios discuss sexual orientation in the workplace. LGBT war veterans are featured in a segment about gays in the military, while the Veterans of AIDS segment includes an interview with and performance by choreographer Bill T. Jones, plus a tribute to author Paul Monette. The Outwrite conference, a meeting of gay authors in Boston, is spotlighted, and the episode also includes a profile of Audre Lorde. Chay Yew's play, A Language of Their Own, is the focus of the theater spotlight. Maria Maggenti provides the episode celebrity ID. A segment about women with HIV follows, and the L.A. Women's Night segment is about a fundraiser honoring famous lesbians. The episode presents excerpts from the documentaries, Tuesday Night, about a group meeting of parents of AIDS patients, and Coming Out Under Fire, about gay veterans. Next is the segment Harvey Milk, which features a profile of the politician, Hetrick-Martin students remembering him, and a look at an opera about his life. A tribute to Michael Callen concludes the program.

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Alan Ball, Harvey Fierstein, Paul Rudnick, Keith Boykin, RuPaul Andre Charles.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment about gay Muslims. The next segment spotlights the Callen-Lorde Health Center in New York City, which is followed by an Out & About segment. This episode features a rebroadcast of the segment about the Lesbian Herstory Archives from episode 901. Filmmaker Alan Ball is profiled, and the Out Takes segment features Harvey Fierstein. Paul Rudnick and Keith Boykin provide historical PSAs during the episode, and RuPaul Andre Charles provides the celebrity ID.

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