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Season 1

4 episodes · 27th February 2017

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Episodes

01 Part I still Part I Episode 127th February 2017 A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was back home. Elsewhere, NOW purges lesbians from its ranks. 02 Part II still Part II Episode 21st March 2017 Ken, Cleve, and Roma fight an initiative that would ban gays from working in California public schools, while Cleve works on the campaign to elect Harvey Milk as San Francisco City Supervisor. But soon a disease starts killing gay men all over the country. 03 Part III still Part III Episode 32nd March 2017 AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the AIDS quilt in order to get the President's attention, while Diane's daughter Annie struggles with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and a gay man. 04 Part IV still Part IV Episode 43rd March 2017 An 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.
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01 Austin P. McKenzie profile Austin P. McKenzieas Young Cleve Jones 02 Emily Skeggs profile Emily Skeggsas Young Roma Guy 03 Jonathan Majors profile Jonathan Majorsas Young Ken Jones 04 Fiona Dourif profile Fiona Dourifas Young Diane Jones 05 Rachel Griffiths profile Rachel Griffithsas Diane Jones 06 Mary-Louise Parker profile Mary-Louise Parkeras Roma Guy 07 Guy Pearce profile Guy Pearceas Cleve Jones 08 Michael Kenneth Williams profile Michael Kenneth Williamsas Ken Jones 09 Ivory Aquino profile Ivory Aquinoas Cecilia Chung 10 Debra Winger profile Debra Wingeras Elena Kagan 11 David Hyde Pierce profile David Hyde Pierceas Dr. Jones 12 Whoopi Goldberg profile Whoopi Goldbergas Pat Norman 13 Dustin Lance Black profile Dustin Lance BlackCreator
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