5.787 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestAn energized Cleve inspires a group of young activists to organize a march on Washington to demand full LGBTQ civil rights, while Roma uses her skills to reform healthcare in San Francisco. Elsewhere, a group forms to try overturning California's discriminatory proposition banning gay marriage.
The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The period piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Acting
Rachel Griffiths ages decades in her eyes alone.
Writing
Dustin Lance Black lived this—every frame aches with truth.
Costume
From Stonewall leather to AIDS crisis flannel, era-perfect.
Creator
Dustin Lance Black
Austin P. McKenzie
Young Cleve Jones
Emily Skeggs
Young Roma Guy
Jonathan Majors
Young Ken Jones
Fiona Dourif
Young Diane Jones
Rachel Griffiths
Diane Jones
Mary-Louise Parker
Roma Guy
Guy Pearce
Cleve Jones
Michael Kenneth Williams
Ken Jones
Ivory Aquino
Cecilia Chung
Debra Winger
Elena Kagan
David Hyde Pierce
Dr. Jones
Whoopi Goldberg
Pat Norman
Rosie O'Donnell
Del Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cleve Jones created the actual NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in 1985; the series filmed replica panels with volunteers from the real organization.
ABC buried this miniseries with minimal promotion and a dead-end timeslot—Dustin Lance Black called it 'the most expensive gay history lesson nobody saw.'
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