Streitmatter, Rodger, <br/><br/>
From "perverts" to "fab five" :  the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians / 
 From "perverts" to "fab 5 
Rodger Streitmatter. 
 - vi, 222 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index. 
<br/><br/>"Perverts" on the Potomac : homosexuals enter the news arena -- Stonewall rebellion : reporting on an epic event -- The boys in the band : homosexuality comes to the big screen -- Soap : a gay man comes to TV land -- Aids enters the news : reporting on the "gay plague" -- AIDS becomes major news : "now no one is safe" -- Gays in the military : the debate over lifting the ban -- Fleeting images of lesbians : killing, kissing, being chic -- Philadelphia : "a quantum leap for gays on film" -- A new gay man in town : Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes -- Ellen : coming out, on screen and off -- Will & Grace : the biggest gay hit in TV history -- Queer as folk : "an unvarnished treatment of gay life" -- Queer eye for the straight guy : the "fab five" as gay reality TV -- Notes on gay visibility vs. lesbian visibility -- The L word : lesbians move into the spotlight -- Same-sex marriage : a journalistic love fest -- Brokeback Mountain : "a breakthrough gay romance" -- Conclusion: From "perverts" to "fab five" : progress in three stages-- and waiting for a fourth. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0789036711 9780789036711 0789036703 9780789036704 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008024917 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gay men--Social conditions--United States<br/>Lesbians--Social conditions--United States<br/>Gay men in mass media<br/>Lesbians in mass media<br/>Gays in popular culture--United States<br/>Mass media--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--1980-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ76.2.U5  / S87 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.7660973