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.

youtu.be/sdZ8ASNlYHc

#queeryouth #lgbtqyouth #television #talkshows #education #phildonahue #larrykramer

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Terra Jones · @TerraTorment
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my favorite thing about is that famously "left wing" MSNBC fired for being against the War in , the objectively correct position and replaced him with racist, shithead who told a gay caller that he hoped he gets and dies.

#msnbc #phildonahue #iraq #homophobic #michaelsavage #aids

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

#interrogated #Summer #phildonahue

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Clayton Hollingsworth · @BusterNutz77
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I just remembered: 32 years ago today, after watching an Episode of (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 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. .

#gaymastodon #phildonahue #thanksgiving #comingout #gaysofacertainage

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Favorite Frosting · @favoritefrosting
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Watching documentary on reminds me of how much of an impact had on in the 80s. Pretty sure his show was the only place I saw gay people on tv as a kid.

#halston #primevideo #phildonahue #gayvisibility

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