BELLOWS FALLS-Bellows Falls Pride will be presenting a short collection of episodes of sitcoms from the ’70s and ’80s following with an open discussion on LGBTQ+ representation from the past to present day at the Rockingham Free Public Library Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
While the LGBTQ+ community has always existed, it wasn’t until the 1970s that there was much representation of the community in widespread public media.
Following the 1969 Stonewall Riots, viewers began to see a trickle of episodes of television shows that attempted, to varying degrees of success, to offer glimpses into the lives of the LGBTQ+ community.
Sitcoms have long been a way to normalize and offer the public heavier topics in a light and digestible way and the ’70s and ’80s were a golden area for creative and topical comedies.
All are invited to join Bellows Falls Pride in viewing a selection of sitcom episodes and to join the open discussion on the historical significance of the episodes and how they helped lead to representation today.
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