Gay Life

Gay Life was a groundbreaking documentary series on London Weekend Television, produced by its London Minorities Unit. Broadcast in 1980, it may have then been the first series devoted to LGBT people and issues on a major television network.

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Created By

Michael Atwell

Status

Ended

Original Name

Gay Life

First Air Date

February 10, 1980

Last Air Date

June 16, 1980

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

LWT

Networks

London Weekend Television

S01E13

Male Sexuality

From clubbers at Heaven and cruisers on Hampstead Heath to academics and journalists, gay men offer their candid views on sex and relationships. They give a brief history of cruising, rue the dashed hopes of Gay Lib, and, most interestingly, critique the goal of emulating the traditionally masculine ideal of the heterosexual man, a self-loathing trait still prevalent among gay men today.

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