How to be gay
Margriet van der Linden made the six-part series How To Be Gay, in which she travels to countries such as Russia, Lebanon, China and England. She answers the question: what is it like to be gay there? Her journey leads to a series of special and intimate encounters with people who talk about their orientation. To what extent can they be themselves? And what must they do or not do to be accepted?
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1.How to be gay
23-11-201840mMargriet is in China, where homosexuality is a big taboo and according to many Chinese it doesn't even exist. During a cruise, a number of people come out of the closet, much to th...
2.The Killer Plague
30-11-201840mMargriet visits the world-famous gay men's choir in Los Angeles. More than 150 choir members died of AIDS in the 1980s. And she discovers the true story behind the censored video c...
3.A Jailed Freedom
07-12-201840mIn Russia, Margriet visits the town of Vyborg, where, according to the mayor, no gays live. During a lesbian party it turns out that the women don't think Putin's policy is so craz...
4.The Dark Years
14-12-201840mMargriet is in Utah, the heart of the Mormon community. There are still re-education institutes here for children with 'homosexual tendencies'. And she meets Steven Carrington from...
5.The Bubble
21-12-201840mMargriet is in Lebanon, where homosexuality is prohibited. She meets special people in Hezbollah areas as well as in the conservative north who are not held back by the law. And th...
6.Molly & Me
28-12-201839mMargriet investigates the position of gays within large companies during the World Economic Forum in Davos. And she meets the writer who made a difference for herself: Rita Mae Bro...
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