1977 NEWS SPECIAL: Parents Of Gays | First Homophobia Network Broadcast

Jul 19, 2025 | CBS" PARENTS OF GAYS "in 1977. Produced four years after homosexuality was declassified as an anxiety disorder and eight years after the Stonewall Riots, PARENTS OF GAYS was the first presentation on network television where homosexuality was presented as within the normal range of behavior. The special explored the emotional journeys of parents coming to terms with their child’s sexual orientation during a time when homosexuality was still widely stigmatized.

As the Welsh of yesteryear often used to say… Poor dabs! These people got their knickers in a twist over nothing. — © Mark Alexander