"On March 9, 1991, in a Mission District production studio that rented for $10/hour, Mark Kliem looked into the camera and made a proclamation: 'Welcome to ‘Lavender Lounge,’' said the host of the country’s first queer 'American Bandstand'-style dance party TV show. 'We’re making history today.'"
Rahawa Haile
Six years before Ellen DeGeneres caused mayhem by uttering the words “I’m gay” on primetime, anyone flipping channels in San Francisco at 2pm on a Tuesday could stumble upon a “Lavender Lounge” segment called “Travels Through Transgender Land.” www.coyotemedia.org/the-most-gro...
‘Lavender Lounge,’ a queer variety show that ran from 1991 to 1995, returns to the screen for the first time in 30 years in a new documentary short.
