The Paley Center LA Is celebrating Gay Pride All Month Long

If you are loving Gay Pride here in Los Angeles, you are in luck, because all month The Paley Center LA is celebrating too by showcasing queer visibility on mainstream television.

The Paley Center LA is celebrating Gay Pride Month by presenting weekend screenings throughout June showing how the LGBTQ+ community has made the journey from invisibility to mainstream prominence on television...and the best part, admission is FREE

Once a forbidden subject that was suggested only in the most coded of terms, homosexuality has become not only an allowable topic on television--as so neatly summed up in the classic line from Seinfeld, "not that there's anything wrong with that"--but a ubiquitous part of it. This screening series, paying tribute to the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that changed history for the LGBTQ+ community, presents a comprehensive look at how gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people have made the journey from invisibility to mainstream prominence over the past fifty-plus years.

Here is the schedule for the rest of the month:

Not That There's Anything Wrong with That... Sitcoms look at the LGBTQ+ Community  

Comedies that centered around LGBTQ+ characters
June 15 & 16 | 12:15 pm:

* Sirota's Court: "Court Fear" (1976)

* All in the Family: "Judging Books by Covers" (1971)

* Maude: "The Gay Bar" (1977)

* The Corner Bar: "Harry and the Hoods" (1972)      

* Soap (1977)

* Hot L Baltimore: "Gordon and George" (1975)

* Snip: "Out of the Closet" (1976)

* The Simpsons: "Homer's Phobia" (1997)

* The Golden Girls: "Isn't It Romantic?" (1986)

* Seinfeld: "The Outing" (1993)

* Ellen: "The Puppy Episode" (1997)

* Will & Grace: Pilot (1998)

Young and Restless: LGBTQ+ Teens  

Notable series to feature LGBTQ+ teens
June 22 & 23 | 12:15 pm:

* One Life to Live (1992)

* My So-Called Life: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" (1995)

* Dawson's Creek: "Promicide" (2001)

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Once More, with Feeling" (2001)

* Once and Again: "The Gay-Straight Alliance" (2002)

* United States of Tara: "Wheels" (2011)

* The Real O'Neals: "The Real Thang" (2016)

The New Millennium: LGBTQ+ Goes Mainstream

New millennium episodes, showing the great strides made in portraying LGBTQ+ characters on television
June 29 & 30 | 12:15 pm:

* Queer as Folk: Premiere (2000)

* Orange Is the New Black: "Lesbian Request Denied" (2013)      

* Modern Family: "A Stereotypical Day" (2016)

* Black Lightning: "Black Jesus" (2018)

* Pose: "Love Is the Message" (2018)

Screenings are FREE and begin at 12:15 pm each day tickets available on a first-come, first served basis.

This is super cool that a museum in Beverly Hills is showcasing such amazing work from so many talented people.  The gays make great TV. We ❤️that.  See ya there.  xoxo