"Out in America" by PBS... The Series Comes on Several Times in June 2011...

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Emmy award-winning director Andrew Goldberg and PBS Present “OUT In America,” airs 1st time on June 8th on PBS. Please check your local listings. The one hour film will make its national premiere on PBS in conjunction with National Gay & Lesbian Pride Month. Interviews include Andy Cohen, Armistead Maupin, Chely Wright, Kate Clinton and many more.

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OUT features a mixture of diverse queer experiences and people including a gay rancher, a Latino rapper, a Muslim lesbian, and Puerto Rico’s first openly gay and HIV positive political candidate. In addition, there are also interviews with such people as Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin and Dr. Patricia Hawkins (a psychologist renowned for her early work with HIV patients).

“The first of its kind, OUT in America is a more realistic representation of LGBT life than almost anything seen on TV before,” said Goldberg. “So often, media coverage of LGBT life in America is polarizing or exploitative of controversy and homophobia, or alternately LGBT individuals are presented as caricatures of a stereotype. OUT in America however focuses on empowerment, diversity and relationships.”