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Gentleman Jack on HBO Period Tale of Lesbian Rebel Anne

ListerBased on her extensive personal writings, 19th century landowner and noted social rebel Anne Lister gets a series of her own. Suranne Jones plays the black-clad businesswoman, who not only sought to develop industrial projects on her family’s land, but made her intentions known to marry a wife in the process. The series combines a central romance between Lister and her intended, Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle), and Lister’s attempts to reinvigorate the coal-mining efforts on her family property at Shibden Hall.

Watched the 1st espisode last night and found it most enjoyable...

You can watch the first season right now on Demand on HBO! Still no exact air date for season 2, only that there definitely will be a season 2!

[homoe]

'Pride' offers snapshots in the battle for LGBTQ rights across the decades.

"Pride" offers an off-the-beaten-track history of LGBTQ experiences and activism in the US from the 1950s to the present, with different filmmakers undertaking each decade/episode. Even diced up that way it's a lot to cover, most effective when it comes to highlighting key individuals and moments than connecting those dots.

Indeed, the format of this FX project -- which precedes Pride Month and coincides with the final season of the network's Emmy-nominated drama "Pose" -- ensures that the result will provide snapshots of the gay-rights movement, eliding over certain events while emphasizing less-heralded ones.

"Pride" begins in that post-war period, chronicling the turn into homophobia during the McCarthy era, and how the world was in some ways less prejudiced toward gays and lesbians prior to that decade than after it.
As interview subjects note, entrapment was common in policing, and the prospect of being outed wielded as a weapon. Perhaps the starkest illustration of the dirty political tactics employed focuses on Wyoming senator Lester Hunt, who was blackmailed over his son's "activities," before dying by suicide.

"Pride" premiered May 14 at 8 p.m. ET on FX, with episodes available the next day on Hulu.

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Originally Posted by homoe

'Pride' offers snapshots in the battle for LGBTQ rights across the decades.

"Pride" offers an off-the-beaten-track history of LGBTQ experiences and activism in the US from the 1950s to the present, with different filmmakers undertaking each decade/episode. Even diced up that way it's a lot to cover, most effective when it comes to highlighting key individuals and moments than connecting those dots.

Indeed, the format of this FX project -- which precedes Pride Month and coincides with the final season of the network's Emmy-nominated drama "Pose" -- ensures that the result will provide snapshots of the gay-rights movement, eliding over certain events while emphasizing less-heralded ones.

"Pride" begins in that post-war period, chronicling the turn into homophobia during the McCarthy era, and how the world was in some ways less prejudiced toward gays and lesbians prior to that decade than after it.
As interview subjects note, entrapment was common in policing, and the prospect of being outed wielded as a weapon. Perhaps the starkest illustration of the dirty political tactics employed focuses on Wyoming senator Lester Hunt, who was blackmailed over his son's "activities," before dying by suicide.

"Pride" premiered May 14 at 8 p.m. ET on FX, with episodes available the next day on Hulu.

I watched the first two episodes and it was very good! Covered stuff I had no idea about, like Hunt's suicide and other events!

[Stone-Butch]

I just watched 3 episodes of PRIDE. Good stuff, lots of memories.

[Cin]

I saw this on twitter and thought it was kind of amusing. Well if by amusing one means disturbing, alarming, horrific and frightening.

The Amazin Jason tweets:

This final season of America has been absolutely amazing. I mean it starts with an attack on the capital and ends with a new Supreme Court actively dismantling democracy. That's some top notch writing. And it perfectly sets up the Civil War miniseries that will follow...

I know America is not a real tv show but it could be, it could rival The Handsmaid's Tale. It could be titled Gilead 2.0 or Gilead part deux.