The Change Mariner

Gay-Themed TV Gains a Wider Audience

New York Times

Thirty years ago, prime-time television series often depicted homosexuals as suicidal or psychopaths. In an episode of "Marcus Welby, M.D.," the doctor tells a tormented patient to "win that fight" against his homosexual feelings. An episode of "Police Woman" centered on three lesbians who murdered the residents of a retirement home.

If American television audiences could have seen then what viewers can see now.