In the Life Presents: “The Right to Live”
March 9, 2010
In this month’s episode of In the Life, a documentary-based program that focuses on issues surrounding the LGBT community, an epidemic coined ‘bullycides’ is addressed by the families most affected by it. A bullycide, or a suicide resulting from excessive bullying, can be attributed to a child’s perceived sexuality. Featured in this segment is Sirdeaner Walker, the mother of Carl Joseph Walker Hoover, an 11 year old boy who committed suicide resulting from anti-gay taunts from his classmates. The segment seeks to address an often disregarded issue facing LGBT youth who are bullied, and the toll it takes on a child’s mental well-being.
Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover committed suicide after getting bullied for being gay
Parents like Sirdeaner Walker are coming to the forefront to prevent bullycides from becoming a widespread epidemic, by working to get legislation passed to protect children like Carl from suicide resulting from bullying.
Also featured in this episode is a focus on the state of Ohio’s lack of legislation to protect LGBT people. In Ohio, it remains legal to fire an employee based solely on their sexuality or gender identity, unmarried LGBT people cannot obtain domestic partner benefits, and it is impossible for transgender Ohioans to change their sex on their birth certificates. Several LGBT activists from organizations like Equality Ohio are interviewed, discussing Ohio’s legalized discrimination and what they have planned for the future of LGBT Ohioans.
Check your local listings for airings of this month’s In the Life to learn more about these pressing issues that face our community, or visit the series’ official website.
Related Posts:In the Life Showcases Conversations with LGBT Trailblazers
February 1, 2010
This month’s episode of PBS’s In the Life, premiering February 1st, features provocative interviews with some of the most influential entertainers, activists, and allies for the LGBT movement. Highlighting some of the most powerful interviews in the show’s history, some of the topics covered include homophobia in Hollywood, the civil rights movement, and commercialism in Broadway theatre.
Independent film producer Christine Vachon discusses lesbian representation in film with her long time collaborator, Julianne Moore. Vachon, an out lesbian herself, has produced LGBT films such as Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Boys Don’t Cry, and Far From Heaven– films which paved the road towards acceptance through visibility.
Also featured is a segment with actress Kathleen Turner and openly gay theater legend Edward Albee, and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Capehart with NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, who together discuss the parallels between the 1970s civil rights movement and the fight for marriage equality.
GLAAD continues to applaud this spectacular news program, which highlights pressing issues facing the LGBT community through captivating interviews with pioneers of the LGBT movement. For airtimes on your local PBS affiliate, visit In the Life’s official website. View the trailer below:
Related Posts:Religion, Faith & Values Staff Speaks About Faith Leaders on In The Life Episode
January 13, 2010
The first 2010 episode of In The Life, scheduled to air in New York City on PBS Channel 13 on Sunday, January 17th, will document historic changes in the faith world. 
Daniel Karslake (For the Bible Tells Me So) interviews Emily Eastwood of Lutherans Concerned and Baptist Dr. Welton Gaddy. GLAAD Director of Religion, Faith and Values Ann Craig along with MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow provided perspectives on these two important faith leaders for the episode.
GLAAD’s invitation to the In the Life episode stemmed from media work with Lutheran LGBT leaders as they pushed for the historic vote for full inclusion of LGBT partnered and married gay and lesbian ministers as well as GLAAD’s promotion of Dr. Welton Gaddy’s “white paper” that made marriage equality a priority for The Interfaith Alliance. Dr. Gaddy is a Southern Baptist who follows the Baptist tradition of freedom of religion.
GLAAD will continue to work with these two organizations to bring their message of acceptance and their historic moves towards inclusion from their religions to all Americans. These groups, and In the Life, are changing the media conversation from “Gays vs. God” to “Gay people are part of the changing face of religion.”
Related Posts:In the Life Presents: “Creating Solutions”
December 1, 2009
Throughout December, In the Life will be airing its latest installment, “Creating Solutions,” on PBS affiliates nationwide. “Creating Solutions” features an in depth look at the scientists working tirelessly to find a cure for and curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.
From the press release:
Over twenty million people have died from AIDS since its cause, HIV, was discovered in 1981. Though leading scientists worldwide have dedicated their lifes work to understanding the virus, its genetic complexity is unprecedented and a cure is still beyond reach. This month on IN THE LIFE, we speak with scientists working tirelessly for a cure, advocates speaking out about the stigma of HIV, and look at the success of a cutting edge prevention effort to stop the spread of the disease.
View the trailer below:
Check your local listings or In the Life’s official website for airtimes near you.
Related Posts:In the Life Presents a Special Presentation of Preacher’s Sons
November 1, 2009
Throughout November, In the Life will be airing the introductory excerpt of the film Preacher’s Sons, a provocative, real-life story about The Stewarts: five troubled boys – pulled from the train wreck of foster care, and Greg and Stillman, the two men who are now their fathers.
This intimate look at an unlikely family transcends all political convictions, revealing the struggles, humor and love that unites all families. Filmmaker, C Roebuck Reed shares her experience making this film about a non-traditional family and gay adoption.
In the Life is the GLAAD Media Award-winning gay and lesbian newsmagazine with guest hosts discussing youth and education, health and AIDS, arts and culture, workplace, relationships and family, and global issues.
To learn more about this incredible film, please visit the official In the Life website.
Related Posts:In the Life Presents: “Living On the Margins”
October 2, 2009
Throughout October, In the Life will be airing its latest installment, “Living On the Margins,” on PBS affiliates nationwide. “Living On the Margins” shines a light on the LGBT people who have remained largely invisible, even as the LGBT community has become more visible than ever.
From the press release:
This month, we look at how LGBT people living on the economic margins of our society are organizing themselves to find housing, improve their professional skills, and obtain employment and health care.
The Unseen Gays: Struggling on the Margins
At a time when nearly every corner of the country is suffering from market downturns and high unemployment rates, many in the LGBT community are especially hard hit. In our lead segment, we look at how racial, economic and gender-based discrimination result in disproportionate rates of poverty, unemployment and homelessness among the most marginalized members of our community.
A CONVERSATION WITH…
Stonewall Community Foundation Director Thai Pham, and FIERCE Executive Director Rickke Mananzala discuss the renewed commitment to philanthropy many LGBT people are making, economic activism and the synergy of their organizations.
Habitat’s First LGBT Unity Build
For many LGBT people, the recent economic crisis reinvigorated the spirit of volunteerism. At Habitat for Humanity’s first LGBT Unity Build Day, we speak with the community members who came out in support of affordable housing while raising visibility for the movement.
Check your local listings to see when “Living On the Margins” will be airing near you, or visit In the Life’s official website for download/streaming video.
Related Posts:In the Life Presents: “It’s About Time”
September 2, 2009
Throughout September, In the Life will be airing its latest installment, “It’s About Time,” on PBS affiliates nationwide. “It’s About Time” explores what it means to grow old as a gay person in America – how a generation once at the frontlines of establishing the modern LGBT movement finds new challenges living life openly gay in what should be their golden years.
In the Life is the GLAAD Media Award-winning gay and lesbian newsmagazine with guest hosts discussing youth and education, health and AIDS, arts and culture, workplace, relationships and family, and global issues.
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Related Posts:PBS’ In the Life Presents: “Coming Together”
August 6, 2009
Throughout this month, PBS‘ In the Life will be airing its conclusion to its Summer of Stonewall series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots with “Coming Together,” a look at how LGBT culture has shaped and inspired the movement for equality.
In the Life is the GLAAD Media Award-winning gay and lesbian newsmagazine with guest hosts discussing youth and education, health and AIDS, arts and culture, workplace, relationships and family, and global issues. “Coming Together” will feature three segments:
Credited as the first Off-Off-Broadway theatre, CAFFE CINO began in 1958 as a Greenwich Village coffee house with a tiny makeshift stage. This Bohemian refuge was home to burgeoning gay playwrights and performers, who, inspired by its owner, Joe Cino, were liberated to create their most experimental and daring works of self-expression.
In A CONVERSATION WITH… writers Edmund White and Doric Wilson share first hand accounts of the Stonewall Riots, and discuss how bearing witness to the uprising impacted their work and shaped their politics.
Capping off the Summer of Stonewall series, this episode’s REAL TO REEL highlights Crayton Robey’s 2009 documentary “Making the Boys,” a tribute to Mart Crowley’s 1968 play and William Friedkin’s subsequent film adaptation of the classic story that swept gay and straight audiences alike, The Boys in the Band.
“Coming Together” began airing this past weekend and will be available for streaming or download throughout August on the In the Life website. The website also has local airtimes available.
Trailer:
Related Posts:In the Life Presents: “Civil Disobedience”
July 6, 2009
Throughout the month of July, PBS affiliates nationwide will be airing “Civil Disobedience,” part II of In the Life’s Summer of Stonewall series, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
In the Life is the GLAAD Media Award-winning gay and lesbian newsmagazine with guest hosts discussing youth and education, health and AIDS, arts and culture, workplace, relationships and family, and global issues. “Civil Disobedience” examines how the heroic actions taken by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn ignited a movement.
CENTER SPACES
Before Stonewall, few LGBT groups publicly assembled despite their constitutional right to do so. But when they began to, these pioneering activists needed spaces to gather in. Our lead segment highlights the LGBT centers that have sheltered the movement and its organizations, providing refuge, legitimacy – a home – for LGBT people since Stonewall.
In A CONVERSATION WITH… two of our movement’s longest serving executive directors— Katherine Acey of Astrea and Lambda Legal’s Kevin Cathcart—discuss their lives as activists, the impact of Stonewall on their generation, and the passion that keeps them advancing the movement.
STORME DELARVARIE
In this episode’s final story, we profile Storme Delarvarie, the activist, organizer, and celebrated drag performer who—legend has it—threw the punch that started a revolution.
Visit In the Life’s website to check your local listings and view the entire episode.
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Related Posts:In the Life Presents “Confronting Crisis”
May 11, 2009
Throughout the month of May, PBS affiliates will be airing “Confronting Crisis,” the latest edition of In the Life, the long-running LGBT-centric news program.
In the Life’s 2008 episode “Funding the Marriage War” received the award for Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine this past weekend at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco. “Confronting Crisis” continues In the Life’s long-standing record of excellence as it examines the AIDS epidemic as it has affected LGBT communities of color and interviews Kris Hayashi and Glen Francis, the executive directors of two organizations at the forefront of the issue.
You can check out the In the Life website for airtimes, or view the entire episode online.
In the Life Presents “Revising Gender”
March 31, 2009
American Public Television’s long-running LGBT-centric program In the Life has just produced a new episode for April. Throughout the month, this very special episode — all about gender identity — will be available online for free!
The hour will examine the battle over whether to reform or eliminate Gender Identity Disorder (GID) from The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) – the “bible” of mental illness. The episode will also feature a conversation between Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, and political theorist, Paisley Currah.
The episode becomes available online April 1, but may also air on your local PBS station. Check listings for air dates and times.
Watch a clip here:
Get a Life
March 6, 2009
Celebrate Women’s History Month with American Public Television’s long-running LGBT-centric program, In the Life. Throughout the month of March, this very special episode — all about queer women in TV and film — will be available online for free!
The episode features interviews with GLAAD Media Award honoree Julianne Moore, legendary film producer Christine Vachon, The L Word cast and crew, as well as a look back at the 1986 groundbreaking lesbian film Desert Hearts.
The trailer is available below, but you can watch the episode in its entirety by clicking here.
