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Host: Katherine Linton. Correspondents: Janet Baus, John Catania, Amy Harrison, Desireena Almoradie, C.D. Ignacio, Trish Cosgrove. Featured guests: Leone & MacDonald, Samuel Delany, Lady Chablis.

Summary: The first segment is about a civil suit against the Louisiana sodomy statute, and the second segment is the New Orleans gay heritage tour. This episode's A Day in the Life segment profiles the Lady Chablis, who also provides the episode's celebrity ID. The next segment features visual artists Leone & MacDonald discussing their video piece, "Passing." A segment about advertising and gay consumers follows. A look at documentaries about the gay Jewish experience features Sandi Dubowski's Trembling Before G-d and Treyf. The theater spotlight covers Robert O'Hara's play Insurrection, and the episode also includes a profile of author Samuel Delany.

Host: Laura Linney.  Featured guests: RuPaul, Sonja Sohn, Barry Monush, Michelangelo Signorile, David Collins, Will Wikle, Stuart Krasnow, Joan Garry, Harvey Fierstein, Beth Anthony, Chip Arndt, Rosie O'Donnell, Mathew St. Patrick.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment that explores the evolution of queer imagery throughout TV history. The next segment examines how the gay identity is constructed in advertising, followed by a look at reality television as it relates to LGBTQ representation. The next segment goes behind-the-scenes of The L Word. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "Where's Your Anger?" Beth Anthony, Chip Arndt, Rosie O'Donnell and Mathew St. Patrick provide PSAs during the episode.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:19 - 55:48: Pet Shop Boys, "Positive Role Model"

 

Host: Laura Linney.  Featured guests: RuPaul, Sonja Sohn, Barry Monush, Michelangelo Signorile, David Collins, Will Wikle, Stuart Krasnow, Joan Garry, Harvey Fierstein, Beth Anthony, Chip Arndt, Rosie O'Donnell, Mathew St. Patrick.

Summary: This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 1404, originally broadcast January 2005. The episode focuses primarily on LGBT representation on television and in advertising. The episode begins with a segment that explores the evolution of queer imagery throughout TV history. The next segment examines how the gay identity is constructed in advertising, followed by a look at reality television as it relates to LGBTQ representation. The next segment goes behind-the-scenes of The L Word. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "Where's Your Anger?" Beth Anthony, Chip Arndt, Rosie O'Donnell and Mathew St. Patrick provide PSAs during the episode.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:19 - 55:48: Pet Shop Boys, "Positive Role Model"

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