The Homosexuals

The Homosexuals

60 mins | Documentary | March 7, 1967

On March 7, 1967, 40 million Americans tuned in to watch CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, network television’s first documentary on homosexuality. Near the top of the program, host and interviewer Mike Wallace calls homosexuals “the most despised minority in the United States.” The hour that follows is filled with salacious location footage, sermonizing therapists, and shadowed interviews with distraught homosexuals.

The Homosexuals

60 mins | Documentary | March 7, 1967

The Homosexuals
On March 7, 1967, 40 million Americans tuned in to watch CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, network television’s first documentary on homosexuality. Near the top of the program, host and interviewer Mike Wallace calls homosexuals “the most despised minority in the United States.” The hour that follows is filled with salacious location footage, sermonizing therapists, and shadowed interviews with distraught homosexuals.
Producers CBS News Productions
Original title The Homosexuals
Directors
Writers Harry Morgan, William Peters, Mike Wallace

Cast

Mike Wallace

as Self - Correspondent

William Baer

as Self

Irving Bieber

as Self

James Fisk

as Self

Albert Goldman

as Self

Franklin Kameny

as Self

Wayne Kidwell

as Self

Hal Kohl

as Self

Jack Nichols

as Self

Gore Vidal

as Self

Dean Rusk

as Self (archive footage)