The Rejected

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The Rejected is generally acknowledged as being the first ever U.S. televised documentary about homosexuality. It was broadcast on September 11th 1961.

It has recently been re-mastered (though still with a fair number of minor glitches) and put on line by San Francisco State University. It's a great reminder of how far society has come in the past 50 years. Though phrased in the terminology of the day, some of those interviewed have opinions that are still relevant.

The Rejected is comprised of varied discussions about sexual orientation from: Margaret Mead (anthropologist); Dr. Karl Bowman (former President of the American Psychiatric Association); Harold Call, Donald Lucas and Les Fisher of the Mattachine Society; San Francisco District Attorney Thomas Lynch; Dr. Erwin Braff (Director of San Francisco's Bureau for Disease Control; Al Bendich; Mr J. Albert Hutchinson and Mr. Morris Lowenthal (who engage in debate); Bishop James Pike and Rabbi Alvin Fine.

https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/225539