Highlights From The Turbulent 1960s Civil Rights Movement

CBS airs “The Homosexuals”

If The Rejected had made a positive step forward for gay rights in America, The Homosexuals, aired in 1968, helped them take two steps back. The hour-long documentary is often considered to be one of the biggest setbacks for homosexuals of the 1960s.

Source: Brain Pickings

It was a completely unbalanced piece of negative reporting which had been generated in response to a CBS survey which showed that current attitudes had homosexuality as a bigger threat to the nation than adultery, prostitution, and abortion. The men involved in the making of the documentary felt betrayed as they had been assured that the piece would be balanced and portray gay life in a positive light.