Letters to the Open Mind
- 2013
- 20m
In 1956 New York, Professor Richard D. Heffner aired one of the first television programs in the nation's history about homosexuality on NBC. The airing marked the opening of a national conv... Read allIn 1956 New York, Professor Richard D. Heffner aired one of the first television programs in the nation's history about homosexuality on NBC. The airing marked the opening of a national conversation on homosexuality, and the response was electric. At a time when being gay was a f... Read allIn 1956 New York, Professor Richard D. Heffner aired one of the first television programs in the nation's history about homosexuality on NBC. The airing marked the opening of a national conversation on homosexuality, and the response was electric. At a time when being gay was a felony, viewers queer and straight alike wrote in to sound off with their opinions - result... Read all