TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

DONAHUE: "Gay High School" - 6/10/1985, Syndicated

Today in 1985 on this popular daytime talk show, Steve Shlomo Ashkinazy of the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth (now the Hetrick-Martin Institute), playwright/activist Larry Kramer, and others discussed New York City's newly opened Harvey Milk High School, a small school created for kids who had dropped out of other schools due to homophobic violence or harassment.

https://youtu.be/sdZ8ASNlYHc

#QueerYouth #LGBTQYouth #television #TalkShows #education #PhilDonahue #LarryKramer

my favorite thing about #MSNBC is that famously "left wing" MSNBC fired #PhilDonahue for being against the War in #Iraq, the objectively correct position and replaced him with racist, #homophobic shithead #MichaelSavage who told a gay caller that he hoped he gets #AIDS and dies.

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God damn it. I truly miss seeing #PhilDonahue on tv. My mom loved his show and would watch it every day. During the #summer when school was out, I’d often wake up to the sounds of people arguing or being #interrogated by Phil on his talk show. I miss her and those days.

I just remembered: 32 years ago today, after watching an Episode of #PhilDonahue (google him), I ran down stairs and declared my gayness to my dear mom and dad out of the blue (or was it pink...).
Anyway, It made for an awkward #ThanksGiving dinner the following day. It all worked out, and obviously I'm well adjusted (as evidenced by all my many nude photos).

Really it wasn't bad for me, and I feel grateful for that...and Phil Donahue, of course. #comingout #gaysofacertainage. #gaymastodon

Watching #Halston documentary on #primevideo reminds me of how much of an impact #PhilDonahue had on #gayvisibility in the 80s. Pretty sure his show was the only place I saw gay people on tv as a kid.

Another critical question. Who would win a #deathmatch #fight between #LarryKing, #RegisPhilbin, & #PhilDonahue? https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20170320122714AA47cWo