PBS Presents – ‘In the Life’ Segments

Client: PBS
Format: Documentary
Broadcast: 2007 – 2009
Duration: 7-12 minute segments

As senior producer and host of IN THE LIFE Katherine Linton brought gay and lesbian issues to a national public television audience. In her subsequent works she has continued to focus on the stories of the marginalized in society and their struggle to maintain dignity in a mostly hostile landscape. Linton Media has continued to produce segments for In the Life over the last couple years.

EPISODES:

Ties that Bind – January 2009, “In God We Trusted” Segment
Believing that homosexuals have no place in the Christian church, evangelical ex-gay ministries, such as EXODUS, have been established around the country to re-program LGBT people to make them heterosexuals… often with tragic consequences.

Revising Gender  – April 2009,“Looking Back, Pushing Forward” Segment
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) – the “bible” of mental illness – is currently being reviewed in preparation for its fifth release. Among its nearly 300 entries is Gender Identity Disorder (GID), a diagnosis applied to every transgender person who enters the healthcare system. IN THE LIFE looks at the battles being waged within the psychiatric and transgender communities over whether to reform or eliminate GID as a diagnosis, and the implications for transgender healthcare.

Anniversary of Stonewall– June 2009, “Youth Now” Segment
Forty years after Stonewall, the average age for coming out has dropped significantly. In response, LGBT youth service providers have arisen throughout the country. Yet, as these same providers will tell you, these are the best and the worst of times for our young people.

Coming Together  – August 2009, “Caffe Cino” segment
Credited as the first Off-Off-Broadway theatre, Caffe Cino began in 1958 as a Greenwich Village coffee house with a tiny makeshift stage. This Bohemian refuge was home to burgeoning gay playwrights and performers, who, inspired by its owner, Joe Cino, were liberated to create their most experimental and daring works of self-expression.